Golf R Observations and Questions

[Candyman]

It's greener than an R32, isn't it?

LOL.

Depends on the use/abuse of the go pedal eh

[Ryan_R]

Hehe - I was comparing the 2.0l engine and the 3.2V6
I love my 118TSI since no matter how hard I try, I can't get my average fuel consumption above 7.6l/100km (atm it's at 7.2). And yet I can still reach any speed limit in 3rd gear with 4 more to spare (wrong thread, I know)

[abufijli]

lol.. yes, you are wrong. But that's ok. Check out the manual again, whilst sitting in the car.
There is an instant fuel consumption. But there are TWO averages. Just the same as there are two travel times, and travel distances etc etc. You'll see what I mean when you look again

Yep, checked it out in the morning again and realised that if you press the "ok" button on the steering wheel you cycle between the two fuel consumption averages. Thanks for the help

There are three fuel consumption info screens on the R. Instant, current trip and overall fuel consumption. The trip fuel consumption wll reset after 2 hours of non use. This is the one I was stuck on and it was resetting every morning when I jumped in the car.

My fuel consumption is pretty bad at 17.1 litres. I hoping the will improve as the vehicle does more km's?? I have only done 500KM's so far.

[dyljoy]

I hope it will improve a lot when your car run in, just wait and see

Yep, checked it out in the morning again and realised that if you press the "ok" button on the steering wheel you cycle between the two fuel consumption averages. Thanks for the help

There are three fuel consumption info screens on the R. Instant, current trip and overall fuel consumption. The trip fuel consumption wll reset after 2 hours of non use. This is the one I was stuck on and it was resetting every morning when I jumped in the car.

My fuel consumption is pretty bad at 17.1 litres. I hoping the will improve as the vehicle does more km's?? I have only done 500KM's so far.

[DDTW]

My fuel consumption is pretty bad at 17.1 litres. I hoping the will improve as the vehicle does more km's?? I have only done 500KM's so far.

Depends on what sort of driving you do. I've done 3,500kms and I can easily get 9L/100km on freeway driving. In the city I get about 15L/100km.When I first got the car in Jan I was always hitting 25L/100km cuz it was just too fun to drive! Then it went down to 12 and up to 30 when I got my APR tune. Now stabilising at 12 again

[Candyman]

Ouch, it is that high on the highway ?

Our GTI gets under 7 on the highway

I knew the R would use more but thought it would be close to the GTI

Oh well, not too concerned.

[orkers]

My R is showing an average of 9.9l having done just over 10,000kms.

Highway driving can get down to high 7 or low 8 but it is lots of stops/starts and hills that adds to the fuel consumption. Not that I care, the stop/start at the traffic lights is the best bit.

Certainly didn't buy the car for fuel economy but i've been pleasantly surprised by how good it is. Maybe I need to thrash it a bit more...if only there wasn't a gazillion speed cameras around.

[Corey_R]

Ouch, it is that high on the highway ?

Our GTI gets under 7 on the highway

I knew the R would use more but thought it would be close to the GTI

AWD and the extra 116kg will do that to you...

[Candyman]

AWD and the extra 116kg will do that to you...

Maybe but if you compare the "official" figures for my MKV GTI and my upcoming R they are much closer than the posts above are suggesting.

Time will tell. Again, not a drama but interesting

[dyljoy]

True, Candyman, and u are one of guy to show us what result can achieved by u personally, this is very personally view though due to way difference for personal driving habit