DSG in neutral

[MurphyTheElf]

You shouldn't be getting 0L/100km when the car is in neutral.

In fact, at rest with the car idling, your fuel economy is terrible. Since you are going zero distance yet still using fuel, no matter how little, the fuel economy in litres per 100km is effectively infinity (divide by zero). Which is why the MFD intelligently changes the measurement from litres per 100km to litres per hour.

[Corey_R]

yep, exactly.

[booya]

In fact, at rest with the car idling, your fuel economy is terrible. Since you are going zero distance yet still using fuel, no matter how little, the fuel economy in litres per 100km is effectively infinity (divide by zero). Which is why the MFD intelligently changes the measurement from litres per 100km to litres per hour.

But surely it takes more fuel to move a car than it does to keep one on but still?

[Corey_R]

yes... but it's moving....
If you're not moving, then you're not increasing the km, just the fuel used, hence as [b]Murphy[/b[ said, you're infinitely higher fuel consumption. Hence the change from L/100km to L/h

[MurphyTheElf]

But surely it takes more fuel to move a car than it does to keep one on but still?

Sure does. But how long will it take you to get from A to B if you are going 0km/h? Forever, ignoring seismic activity and wormholes of course. Even if you had one million litres of fuel, you'd use the lot before you got to B. Ergo, your economy is rubbish.

[kennyc]

I always put it in neutral on my old pos cos the fuel economy was crap.
But in the golf i leave it in drive, fuel economy is great and not much difference leaving it neutral.