Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[brad]

So my question is ..... if I drive my new GTI like an old fart (which I am ) could I approach or even better the fuel economy of my old car?

you'll get better economy - esp if you use 98ron.

My old Mk3.5 Cabrio 2.0 5 speed used to average 8.5L/100km.

I have a 1.8tsi 6 speed 1st gen EA888 with a few mods & a tune and I average 6.6L/100km. VW Turbos are the best of both worlds.

[Mountainman]

You don't always find that what the manufacturer claims is the result you get in the real world too. My brother runs a 2003 Forester manual 2.5 that Subaru claimed about 9.5L/100km combined and my other car is a turbo Forester XT manual that Subaru claimed 11.4l/100km. That's a big difference yet we get almost identical consumption figures on the road, even when driving in convoy and swapping cars. And overall we both average around 9.3L/100km.

[Dutch77]

Agree with what others have said, sure the usage will spike if you're going hard at it on the twisties, but in general cruising it's a pretty economical beast.

Since my commute changed to a 20km run one way, I'm getting around 6.9-7.3l/100km in the mornings (emptier roads, overall downhill run) and around 7.8-8.8l/100km in the evenings (more stop-start traffic).

I happened to click over to my all time average over 4,500km which is sitting on 8.7l/100km, but that was skewed by my Adelaide travels - I now expect it to settle into the lower 8s.

My Mk6 probably used a little more but not surprisingly was fairly comparable. I remember I used to do an 'economy' run from my folks place at night over 6-7km and try to get to the mid 5s - needed some friendly light changes for that.

[1NSANE]

I had an 09 Skoda RS manual that was averaging very low 8's high 7's l/100km. My Mk7R is struggling to get under 9 with the same driving conditions. Disappointing considering VW are claiming a lower consumption for the R.

[Moonee]

Thanks guys. I look forward to seeing if I can achieve some good figures with our new baby

[petercr]

Having gotten about 3/4 of the way through my first tank of 98 RON, I'm averaging 7.8lit/100k. Based on this I should be getting around 700k's per tank. Only been city driving so far with one trip out to Mt Samson and back.

[Kesh]

The 90tsi is averaging about 5.6 now which is great. Like others have said, economy greatly depends on where you live. On the same 25km route, I can vary between 4.8 (on a petrol :O) and 5.7 just from a few lights and changes in traffic.

[indirokk]

I live 10km from work but have about 16 sets of traffic lights on the way >.< . My 90tsi gets about 6.3 on an average run, 7.5 on a bad run, and as low as 4.9 on an awesome run, which means stopping at 5 sets of lights or less! Weekend driving sees me average 5.3-5.6, so all in all, very happy with my car I'm getting about 850km per tank, which is great for me, though a couple trips to the airport saw my range jump up to the high 900s. It's amazing to think what the car could be capable of if I had a longer drive to work!

[Mountainman]

I've now have passed 56,000km in less than 17 months in my 90 TSI and I seem to be getting 5.3L/100km long term average almost every time. When I calculate it though that ends up being a real 5.5L/100km - so much for accurate gauges. I do a lot of highway km's where the indicated average is nearly always in the mid to high 4's. It's the low 7's I get around the city that bring the long term average up.

The same driving in our Forester XT gives a real long term average of 9.3L/100km so, along with all the other positives of the Golf, you can easily guess which car gets the most use.

[brad]

I seem to be getting 5.3L/100km long term average almost every time. When I calculate it though that ends up being a real 5.5L/100km - so much for accurate gauges. I do a lot of highway km's where the indicated average is nearly always in the mid to high 4's. .

Tweak it so it's accurate! Worked for me.

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