Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[Mountainman]

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

You know it also displays Since refuelling and Long Term. And that car starts moving towards the fuel bowser once you go below about quarter full. It's fun trying to get it as close to the bowser as possible.

btw Trip to work is morning:
Distance: 121km
Average speed: 73km/h
Consumption: 4.1L/100km

[AWSM]

I notice the fuel gauge of my 90TSI is a little off. I would get about 4xx km when it reaches half way on my fuel gauge. However, I only manage to get about 250 or so km before the warning light come on saying I have 50km worth of fuel left..... If anything wouldn't it make more sense that I would get more km out of the second half because the car is lighter?

Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

[Mountainman]

I notice the fuel gauge of my 90TSI is a little off. I would get about 4xx km when it reaches half way on my fuel gauge. However, I only manage to get about 250 or so km before the warning light come on saying I have 50km worth of fuel left..... If anything wouldn't it make more sense that I would get more km out of the second half because the car is lighter?

Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

My Golf takes 33L when indicating half full. I have usually done around 650km at that stage. The low fuel warning light comes on as it reaches the red zone only another 300km later, where it takes around 48L. I have twice put in 50L when the gauge has been halfway through the red but with 60-89km still showing on the range. (And the picture of the car on the touchscreen has still not reached the pump bowser) The gauge does not move off the full mark until I have done around 250km. Once it didn't move until I had done 290km.

[Jimi]

You can blame human psychology for having it work this way. Read this

Http://autos.aol.com/article/gas-gauge/

[tomcat225]

Ive had two fill ups since getting my Highline and am getting about 850k's with mostly city driving.
Really interested to get on the highway and see what it can do

Would require some very light footed driving to achieve 1000k's im guessing

[brad]

Ive had two fill ups since getting my Highline and am getting about 850k's with mostly city driving.
Really interested to get on the highway and see what it can do

Would require some very light footed driving to achieve 1000k's im guessing

you'd be better off using these early days to run the engine in properly rather than trying to achieve good consumption figures. They'll come later when your engine is sealed up & running at optimum efficiency.

[tomcat225]

you'd be better off using these early days to run the engine in properly rather than trying to achieve good consumption

Good point although not that I've really been babying the car, more so just observing the consumption... How many ks is considered run in out of curiosity ?


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[brad]

Probably 80% of the process is in the first 1000-2000km. You'll notice it will spin better & better as you head towards 5000km and you'll be pretty well done by then although I think my EA888 kept improving right through to 15,000km.

[Velocity_Racing]

We’ve been getting around 920km per tank in our TDI Highline… The long term average shows as about 5.7L/100… That’s doing around 80km per day and a 50/50 mix of city and freeway driving.

[Jimi]

I've only got 550km on the clock of my GTI (manual) but I was pleasantly surprised that I am getting 8l/100kms without even trying when I flicked to the usage screen last night. In fact I've probably been driving in more stop-start traffic than normal, and in a more spirited manner than usual when not in traffic as I try to run the car in properly.

I've come from a Camry with the same displacement, far less performance, less weight and which was run-in that did closer to 10l/100km.