Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[Lemonskin]

This morning I drove into work on a very good run, Cronulla to Alexandria, here are my stats

Distance: 23km
Average speed: 46km/h
Driving Mode: Eco
Fuel consumption 7.2L/100km

In normal, non-school holidays times and in normal driving mode, my figures are markedly higher. The 23km drive takes around 45 minutes, average speed around 29km/h and I’ll get high 9’s for my economy.

Interested to know how others fare. I’d love to know what someone in a TDI gets on a similar drive.

[godzilla_110TDI]

^^ Crap. Looking at mine now. Average speed since refuel 34, k's since refuel 669, average consumption since refuel 6.1

[godzilla_110TDI]

Sorry, I mean mine is Crap

[Eaglehawk]

6.3L/100 for me. 110TDI. Similar average speed. 11km to work though, so hardly warmed up by the time I get to work.

[GeckoZAO]

ehhhh GTI got stunning low consumptions...
avg 30km/h 7.0-7.2L/100km on my 103TSI

[Lemonskin]

Did the same drive in today on normal mode and was impressed and also bewildered at the consumption.

Distance: 23km
Average speed: 45km/h
Driving Mode: Normal
Fuel consumption 7.4L/100km

That's only 0.2L/100km less than the same drive yesterday on Eco mode! So no stop/start, no coasting etc, and I was not being light on the throttle. Strange that there is so little difference between the modes?

6.3L/100 for me. 110TDI. Similar average speed. 11km to work though, so hardly warmed up by the time I get to work.

Hmm, any idea of consumption on a 20+km drive in traffic?

[Dutch77]

Did the same drive in today on normal mode and was impressed and also bewildered at the consumption.

Distance: 23km

Maybe the message there is just enjoy the thing.

But I'd also suggest that a longer trip using both modes would be warranted to make a more accurate comparison.

[wasabiz]

GTI PP DSG

I was on my best behavior all the way from home to work in the morning with probably 70%hwy

[Dutch77]

^ I didn't even know that info was available on the main screen on the Mk7.

I remember getting into the high 7s on a part city/part country cruise in my Mk6 that included probably 1/3 of mid-range spirited driving (over about 150km for the trip). I'll be interested to see what I can do when the Mk7 arrives.

[armthehomeless]

First tank of the MkVII R, a fair chunk of it was highway mostly in comfort and normal modes:

Distance: 563km
Avg speed: 49km/h
Time: 11:25h
Consumption: 8.7 l/100km

I was also babying it a bit for the first couple of hundred k's.

Suffice to say the next tank won't be this economical