The MK6 Fuel Consumption (Most / Least per Tank) Thread

[brad]

Well just got back and filled up 36l and travelled 503kms at an Average of speed of 89km/h. Dash said 7.2l/100 and actual was just a bit less.

Not fantastic but the cruise was set to 116km/h which was 110km/h by the GPS. Car has less than 2k on the odo.

Neither the engine or the oil is run in yet. You'll notice a slight improvement after ~7000km & a noticeable improvement after 15,000km.

[Corey_R]

As per my earlier question is there a way of pulling up litres used on the dash.

Not to my knowledge. I haven't actually seen this function on a car's display before...

[clubbie]

Not to my knowledge. I haven't actually seen this function on a car's display before...

Thanks corey,

Just wondering out loud why it's not available when the data is used to calculate fuel consumption. Would be nice to have litres used/remaining read out.

[DracZ]

Consumption can very quite a bit depending on the situation - I live near the city and most of my trips average <20 minutes, and are mostly of the start/stop variant. In those situations my car averages anywhere from 11-12l/100km. Recently drove to a friend's place in Cranbourne from the city which is about 50kms, reset the consumption meter and the car was averaging around 6~l/100km, non-stop cruising the whole way.

For reference the car has done roughly 3500kms, runs on BP ultimate and has had the ECU fix applied.

[MariusGT]

ok so i'm gonna chip in with my MKV TSI (125) -- close enough!

just returned from trip to Thredbo from Sydney (via Yass for an overnight at friends farm).

fuel cons litres used per kms (own calculation) was 6.849L per 100. MFD was pretty close at 6.5

last tank (Cooma to sydney) used smack on 450kms and it hasn't quite used half. suggesting i'll get 900kms from tank if i get back on a freeway!!

GO THE TWINCHARGER!

[guliver_twist]

performance to fuel consumption this car is awesome! i average 5-8L most of the time..

[coastie]

Average consumption from 20000km to 33000km has been 6.3l/100km some longer highway trips its below 6l/100km round town its up to 7.5l/100km.

[clubbie]

OK my driving style either sucks or you guys have vastly different "interpretations" of city driving.

My average speed (using another cars readout) is about 28km/h as I live close to the CDB with short trips and no freeway travel.

Last fill tonight was 42.6l for 489km so about 8.7l/100kms. Good not great.

[Corey_R]

Define "short trips".
Short trips significantly increase fuel consumption due to the fact that cars use significantly more fuel whilst coming up to operating temperature - which can take ~20 mins (water, oil, gearbox oil etc). There is more info in the VW brochure on fuel consumption in relation to the affect of "short trips".

[clubbie]

Yep 3 out of 4 trips would be less than 10mins in duration. Interestingly I have the MFD on the oil temp and have not seen it go above about 65 degrees on the "short" trips. The longer trips get the oil up to the "normal" high 80's.