Fuel Consumption - Post Your Figures

**LukePolo** · 17-01-2014, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by TSI_Dan

P.S Luke, hit the button on the bottom of the stalk, so we can see your real average!

So it goes up by 1.2lt/100km, what does that mean?! is the 4.6 just a figure to make me feel good hahaha

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**Hillbilly** · 17-01-2014, 07:57 AM

A very inaccurate way of measuring consumption.

The only sure way is to fill up at a pump that you use frequently. Fill it till you can see the level take the odo reading Drive it and the fill at the same pump to the same level and read the odo.

That will give you the true consumption.

All these ones who say "I get from A to B on about half a tank so must be getting about 4L per 100Km" are dreaming if they think that's accurate.

I did a trip from Brissy to Coffs and return Carefully filled and recorded figures and got 5.1L per100k , traveling at the speed limit wherever possible. Figures on dash differed. I had to top up in Coffs but did it to the same level it was filled to first.

**LukePolo** · 17-01-2014, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

A very inaccurate way of measuring consumption.

The only sure way is to fill up at a pump that you use frequently. Fill it till you can see the level take the odo reading Drive it and the fill at the same pump to the same level and read the odo.

That will give you the true consumption.

All these ones who say "I get from A to B on about half a tank so must be getting about 4L per 100Km" are dreaming if they think that's accurate.

I did a trip from Brissy to Coffs and return Carefully filled and recorded figures and got 5.1L per100k , traveling at the speed limit wherever possible. Figures on dash differed. I had to top up in Coffs but did it to the same level it was filled to first.

I fill up at the same pump each time I refuel, I also use Road Trip Lite app on my iPhone. This is returning figures of 5.1-5.7 per tank. This records the amount of litres I put in, amount of Km's I do til i refuel next, and then spits back the consumption figures.

I completely understand that the fuel gauge is non-linear.

**Hillbilly** · 17-01-2014, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by LukePolo

I fill up at the same pump each time I refuel, I also use Road Trip Lite app on my iPhone. This is returning figures of 5.1-5.7 per tank. This records the amount of litres I put in, amount of Km's I do til i refuel next, and then spits back the consumption figures.

I completely understand that the fuel gauge is non-linear.

Accepted BUT You could get better figures if you don't actually fill it as full as it was previously.(unintentionally of course)

In my Landcruiser I could and did fill it right up to the top of the neck each time so I knew I had the same level each time.

Then do it.. Its not good relying on the auto shutoff on a pump as they are as inaccurate as the dash figures.

Same with the Polo I filled it till I could see the level and then refilled it the same.

There is another thread on this which has unreachable figures on it and people saying I got 890 k out of a tank.

So how big is a "tank"

EG I could get to Coffs and back on a "Tank" in both the Polo and the Cruiser so working on that theory I must have got just as good figures out of both cars.

Not likely. The Polo holds 44 litres and did 5.1/100 The Cruiser holds 145 litres and did 10.4/100

**h100vw** · 17-01-2014, 10:40 AM

The difference is that #1 is the current journey and #2 is a long term average. Read the owners manual for the exact numbers but #2 resets itself automatically after maybe 9999KM. #1 after the car has been off for a couple of hours.

This has been a feature of GTIs since the MK1 1800 came out in about 1983. Grinds that my 2000 S3 only has a long term and instantaneous output on the computer......

Gavin

Originally Posted by LukePolo

So it goes up by 1.2lt/100km, what does that mean?! is the 4.6 just a figure to make me feel good hahaha

**jeremy629** · 17-01-2014, 04:07 PM

772 kms from 35.1 litres = 4.5 litres per 100km. Managed to average 4.0 litres from ballarat to geelong as part of the journey. Also a trip frim ballarat to melbourne

**amazeer** · 17-01-2014, 06:45 PM

If our speedo is out by 7% that means our fuel consumption would be out 7% too.

**Hillbilly** · 17-01-2014, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by amazeer

If our speedo is out by 7% that means our fuel consumption would be out 7% too.

Speedos are optimistic Odometers arent

**The_Hawk** · 17-01-2014, 07:28 PM

All the numbers reported by the computer are pretty much bang on... Just the displayed speed is over. So odometer, average speed, consumption etc are all good...