To the guys who get 600ks

[Flaps]

I just filled up this morning 40.5l's for $59.14 . I got 500km's out of the tank. I tired to run it almost dry as I did about 45kms with the fuel light on. I was surprised when I could only fit 40.5 litres in?? This is with APR which needs an update as its running too rich on boost.

[Funkdancer]

I just filled up this morning 40.5l's for $59.14 . I got 500km's out of the tank. I tired to run it almost dry as I did about 45kms with the fuel light on. I was surprised when I could only fit 40.5 litres in?? This is with APR which needs an update as its running too rich on boost.

Hey folks, I'm new here! A blue 2006 polo gti , bought 2nd hand with 22kkms on the clock, leather and sunroof - see interior pic below. Black would have been my preferred colour, but the blue is very nice as well. So if you see one with LFS (Live For Speed) and www.carbonneutral.com.au stickers wave hello

I fill it up every Tuesday with about 1/3rd left in the tank. Travelling from around Pascoe Vale road on the Citylink in Melbourne to Richmond with a bit of slow traffic on either end (and during...) I'll get 7.8-8.5 litres on the run in, depending on traffic, whereas using normal roads only on way home nets me around 9-9.5 litres. It only goes down at last third where I typically get little traffic, typically see around 11.5 until that time - and a lot higher for the first few kays.

Driving style is "smart spirited" i.e. a combo of leadfoot and being mindful of traffic patterns ahead, coasting to a red light etc.

Makes you think about how much better a hybrid car really is in the city. If the Civic had have ESP, I would have gotten the Civic hybrid instead. Really coming to love the polo so glad I didn't

(Have offset emissions by way of 29 trees.)


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[SoVeReIgN]

Makes you think about how much better a hybrid car really is in the city. If the Civic had have ESP, I would have gotten the Civic hybrid instead. Really coming to love the polo so glad I didn't

(Have offset emissions by way of 29 trees.)

Meh, Hybrids are a big waste of time.

Saves a little on exhaust gasses, saves a tiny bit of petrol (over say - a golf diesel) but do people realise how difficult it is to dispose of all the extra components - Especially the battery. I read somewhere the battery bank has a service life of ~3years and degrades overtime (So towards the end, you're running your petrol motor to charge much more often). That, ontop of actually trying to dispose of batteries would probably make hybrids produce more waste than an economic petrol/diesel small car.

Useless for anything but symbolism imo.

[shaneth]

welcome to the forum funkdancer, Nice car.

[DaveMack]

... 542 ks on that tank of gas.

Dave

[Wand Weaver]

Welcome to VW Watercooled, funkdancer.

You're certainly brave putting a full bottle of Mount Franklin's finest in the dash-mounted cupholder!

Just looking at the pictures of your car, and the cold mornings we've had recently here in Sydney....I'm wondering whether I really should have spent the extra $2500 on the leather pack and seat warmers. But then again, I look at my car, and absolutely love the look of the Interlagos trim.

Looks like my Reflex Silver Polo is a bit of a rarity - everyone here seems to have Candy White, Shadow Blue or Red (can't remember the full name for the VW red). Which is a little odd, because every second Golf GTI I see is Reflex Silver.

[PeterHBne]

Hey Funkdancer - if you don't mind me asking, what did you pay?

[Funkdancer]

Thanks all

I paid $28k with 22kkms on the clock. This for a September 05 build date, delivered in December 05 (does this make it an 06? or is it an 05?), with leather and the small yet nice sunroof.

Nick condition except for just a couple of tiny chips here and there, which is as expected. Absolutely love the leather, to me it felt a lot better than the fabric - especially with the seat warmers in the morning. Also like the fact that the leather extends to the door trims etc, so got a completely different look.

Main family car is an Accord Euro Luxury 5AT 2005; this is a 2nd car to replace my GSXR600 after moving further away from work and having to get on the (pretty crazy) Citylink every day... just so happened I missed the horrific tunnel crash by a few minutes in March on the bike and that finally sold the getting a second car thing to the better half. As 1st is an auto, the 2nd had to be a stick. My bro had put an order in for a Polo TDI (Norwegian engine and feature nerfed version, still pretty good) and that made me look at the Polos. Had considered the Suzuki Swift Sport, but no ESP, so it was out. Am really coming to love the Polo. In Norway the same spec would have cost about 360 000 NOK, or $72k - go figure!

Just about everything is an extra on it there, our polos are incredibly well featured. The only thing they get above ours, as an option, are OEM reverse sensors and the full climate control box.

Sorry to go a bit off topic with this

Am not missing the bike [which is to be sold at some time, I guess.. ] anywhere as much as I thought I would, so am thinking the Polo was a great buy. Will try & get it properly APR'ed soon, maybe also get an air upgrade. It's a lease car, but am going to buy it at the end, so will just have to see how much I can get away with.

[blutopless2]

have had ours for 6 months and notice on the trip computer it averages around 7L/100k's...
did a trip to heathcote on the weekend and travelled 420km's with the needle still above the 1/4 mark.
i should get 600k's to a tank.