Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[Mitch89]

My long term is 6.2L/100km based on 2900km from the day I picked it up. That includes a ~800km round trip when the car had 400kms on it where the car averaged 5.3L/100km.

I wouldn't be surprised if the economy improves slightly over the next ~6mths. I give it a rev every now and then, put that turbo to work, but nothing too stressful.

I've got a base 90TSI manual.

[Mountainman]

I have the least economical of the low powered Mk7 Golfs, the 90 TSI manual. The long term average for the first 10,000km was 5.2L/100km and at 17,000km the second reading for the long term average is at 5.4L/100km. That is a direct reflection on the extra city work it has done recently.

I find consumption depends on where I drive it more than how I drive it. A 130km run from Toowoomba to Brisbane with an elevation drop of 700m gives me a regular average of 4.2 but the return trip is usually around 5. Cruising out in the west around an indicated 105 km/h gives in the high 4's. I have never managed to do any extended city driving to get a city average.