Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[Brendan_A]

The up section is crap! The run down is not bad now. Very impressive figures anyway.

[Kesh]

Figured this doesn't require a new thread. In your experience, at what speed do you get the best fuel economy? Probably best to list engine and transmission.

[anduril]

1,500kms into mine and it's 9.9l/100km on city driving. Struggles to even get close to 500km before the fuel light comes on. Drives in Comfort or Normal mode. Wonder what others are getting as the car gets run-in further..

[brad]

Figured this doesn't require a new thread. In your experience, at what speed do you get the best fuel economy? Probably best to list engine and transmission.

top gear, around 2000rpm. Probably 80-90kmh. It desn't sound very fast but surprisingly that's about the speed most city motorways flow at.

1,500kms into mine and it's 9.9l/100km on city driving. Struggles to even get close to 500km before the fuel light comes on. Drives in Comfort or Normal mode. Wonder what others are getting as the car gets run-in further..

You shouldn't be trying for economy at such low mileage. The engine will still be bedding-in right through to 15,000km. You'll be about 90% there at 5,000km

[Mountainman]

Figured this doesn't require a new thread. In your experience, at what speed do you get the best fuel economy? Probably best to list engine and transmission.

On my 90 TSI manual I reckon it is around 70km/h in 6th at around 1500rpm, just after it's reached peak torque. It would bring in an average well below 4L/100km (even 3.5 maybe) but where would you have the patience to try it? It would certainly piss off most other road users.

[brad]

On my 90 TSI manual I reckon it is around 70km/h in 6th at around 1500rpm, just after it's reached peak torque. It would bring in an average well below 4L/100km (even 3.5 maybe) but where would you have the patience to try it? It would certainly piss off most other road users.

Sounds like a perfectly normal speed for a Sydney urban Motorway.

Somedays I dream of being able to motor along doing a heady 70kph.

[Kesh]

Yeah I seem to be getting the best around 70km/h as well in 7th around 1500RPM. The road surface and gradient obviously changes it but I do seem to hover around 3.6-4.2. My car's done around 2500KM.

[brad]

Yeah I seem to be getting the best around 70km/h as well in 7th around 1500RPM. The road surface and gradient obviously changes it but I do seem to hover around 3.6-4.2. My car's done around 2500KM.

The engine is still bedding in. You should be keeping it spinning above 2000rpm. Use the manual feature. What you spend on fuel now you'll save later.

[Kesh]

The engine is still bedding in. You should be keeping it spinning above 2000rpm. Use the manual feature. What you spend on fuel now you'll save later.

Oh really? I've never heard of that. I've absolutely bashed my engine if I'm honest. Took it to some mountain roads. But ill leave it in 5th or somethkng

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[flagger]

So I decided to start tracking my fuel usage accurately via fuelly: Black Mk7 Golf (Volkswagen Golf) | Fuelly. Currently only 3 fill ups and ~2000km recorded, but my average is 5.7L/100km which is bang on with the rated mixed mode figure. I actually do a 50/50 mix of driving too. The current long term average is according the car computer is 5.3L/100km and the car is at ~9000km now.