To the guys who get 600ks

[mitch_gti]

I only get a couple hundred kms out of mine


but i only drive it on weekends, and i dont drive it particularly hard either (sometimes)

oh well must just be my driving style which makes it use alot of fuel.

[MR-GTI]

DAMMM you guys..

How the hell do you get those numbers out of a tank.

The most I can remember I have ever got out of a tank , and that's almost running it to empty, was like 520ks.
But on almost every other occasion, I fill her up when the light comes on, and that at 350-380ish ks..

My fuel con is approx. 10ish, I can't drive it easy, but at the same time I don't drive it that hard all the time.
Please define HARD??

As my definition my be a little different to most of you.

Regs MR-GTI

[mitch_gti]

^^^^^^^^^ im the same as you.

We must enjoy our GTI's a little more than most?!

[Wand Weaver]

^^^^^^^^^ im the same as you.

We must enjoy our GTI's a little more than most?!

As mentioned on this forum before - the 1.8T tends to drink a fair bit of fuel when cold (10+L/100km), and quite little when on the freeway (6-6.5L/100km).

If you do lots of shortish trips in the city, your consumption in the GTI is going to be a LOT higher than someone who commutes 30km on the freeway to work every day.

I suspect this might at least partially explain the big numbers some people get, but not others. If your car is a low km example (ie not run in, or barely run in), also expect higher numbers.

My average consumption has only recently dropped below 10L/100km (by the trip computer). It's dropping quite quickly though - i suspect it'll end up somewhere in the high 8s/low 9s, reflecting the mainly city-based driving I do.

[poloplayer]

My consumption has been an average of 8.5L/100km everytime I fill up.

[Shade]

I am averaging about 450 - 480kms. That's with everyday in and out of the city and light weekend work. If i trash some, i'm probably closer to 400kms.

[MR-GTI]

NO WAYYY !!!

If I seen anything over 380 when the light turns on I'm STOKED !!!!.

I drive my car everyday to and from work and visiting customers around most of Sydney,so most of the driving is city..

I can't understand why the Consumption is over 10 almost all the time .....
like I said earlier, yes I do have a heavy foot, but I would have to say that it's less than 50% of the time that I do drive it hard, and when I say hard I mean a few big hits, but mainly short sqirts...

Surely this cannot contribute to such a high consumption, but funny enough, I have found that if I do drive it a little harder all the time every-time, the consump has been around the hight 8's/9's....

GO FIGUER!!!!.

Ohhh by the way my GTI is almost 9-months old with just over 10,000k's on the clock..

Regs a CONFUSED MR-GTI

[DaveMack]

DAMMM you guys..

How the hell do you get those numbers out of a tank.

The most I can remember I have ever got out of a tank , and that's almost running it to empty, was like 520ks.
But on almost every other occasion, I fill her up when the light comes on, and that at 350-380ish ks..

My fuel con is approx. 10ish, I can't drive it easy, but at the same time I don't drive it that hard all the time.
Please define HARD??

As my definition my be a little different to most of you.

Regs MR-GTI

How much do you have the aircon on?

Dave

[Timbo]

I think the explanation is that the fabled learning ECU, among other variables, establishes a long-term fuel trim, and I suspect this trim is different for leadfoots and lightfoots. My long term average consumption is 9.1L/100k

[Ben_GTI]

hahaha well don't feel too bad, I do 120km a day on the freeway and only get it down to 6.9L/100km. If I get a tail wind it goes down to 5.9L/100km.... wish I had a tail wind everyday.

Mind you, If:

a. Its a hot day
b. The highway goes over a lot of hills
c. The air-con is on
d. Driving into the wind

I get 11L/100km on the freeway