Gotta love Tdi economy

[peedman]

200km trip? why not let slip how many km you get out of an average tank?

the point of owning a diesel is NOT about bragging about how much better fuel economy you get (thats a bonus). the point of owning a diesel is to have a great car with a fantastic LIFETIME AVERAGE FUEL CONSUMPTION.

and for me, its not about the cost either - im happier to drive a diesel on moral grounds....

in the 12 months from 0ctober 07 to october 08, i spent $5,500 on diesel and biodiesel (from the pump) and i did 51,000kms.

SO THERE.

off topic, but update ur tdi thread!!!!!

[CatonaPC©]

Just to stir you smelly diesel boys up ...

Got 5.7l/100km average driving Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast this past weekend. and that was not messing around either .... indicated 120 in 100km/h zone and 130 in the 110km/h zone.

Increased to 6.2 in the built up areas on the Coast and dropped back to 5.8l/100km on the way back to Brisbane.

Bet you my 200km round trip using Premium ULP was far cheaper than what the same trip would have cost any TDI at the same speeds ....

PULP was $1.09 filling up ... how much did you pay for the smelly stuff ? .....

Very impessive. But I don't know much about Polos so I'd guess we are talking about a lighter car. You also haven't stated what load your car had and 200km is a small sample. I'm not sure what engine your Polo has but I have heard the 2.0 litre Golf FSI petrol engine is quite economical.

I agree that one really needs to monitor fuel consumption over a longer period, and I have done around 4500km in mine with an average of 6.8l/100km and that is mostly city stop/start driving. There was no way in high heaven I would have ever gotten that in either of my previous two rides, a 2002 Ford Focus and a 1998 Corolla.

So far, so good. Let's hope it stays that way.

[Sharkie]

My Polo (GTI) is now making over 170kw and funnily enough the more mods I've been doing the better the economy has been getting. Load on the weekend was 2 adults and 3 kids and luggage ....

I only do about 7000kms a year in it so not a lot of oppertunity to drive long distance. Long trips are normally done in the 4wd ....

My daily drive does 4l/100kms and does 0-100km/h in 3.5s and does 15000km a year (or should I say ride) Bet you thats more environment friendly than any diesel ....

[gldgti]

My daily drive does 4l/100kms and does 0-100km/h in 3.5s and does 15000km a year (or should I say ride) Bet you thats more environment friendly than any diesel ....

in a way... but i can carry 4 people an luggage.. therefore being more efficient.

[Transporter]

in a way... but i can carry 4 people an luggage.. therefore being more efficient.

And, also you forgot to mention in comfort.

[benno]

0-100km/h in 3.5s

I find that hard to believe.

[Greg Roles]

in a way... but i can carry 4 people an luggage.. therefore being more efficient.

...with no drop in performance.........

still great figures for a hot car, even if your watch is a few seconds fast...

[Sharkie]

...with no drop in performance.........

still great figures for a hot car, even if your watch is a few seconds fast...

I find that hard to believe.

Who said my daily drive was a VW ????? .... I did say ride .... Suzuki GSR600 uses 4l/100km IN THE CITY, and probably does LESS than 3.5s 0-100km/h even though I'm a bit wary to push it that hard ....

Yeah, and only 1 passenger and a very little bit of luggage .....

BUT ..... its quick for commuting, quick anywhere else , cheap to run AND better for the environment than any of the cars on this forum ...

Also ..... my Polo makes in excess of 360NM so loading it up delivers very little drop in performance either ....... loading it up and fanging it does drive the consumption up, but that is what sports hatches are there for ..... not for silly fuel economy runs .... .... even though it seems it can do that as well. I admit though that that is not its main purpose in life.

[Greg Roles]

Very clever mister....you win this round....

[Russ59]

Regardless of your economy figures this thread is meant to be about TDI economy anyway so why drag a petrol car and motorcycle into it Back on topic anyways, I only have 7,500 k's up on the GT so far and the figures have never exceeded about 7.0 L / 100 kms (properly calculated not onboard figures) and that has been in stop start traffic, having a fang on occasions (very occasionally ) and a bit of highway cruising as well. I personally won't be going back to a petrol car again, my little Putt Putt diesel will do me fine and with the prospect of the economy only improving as the km's on the clock get up a bit further, I'll be even more satisfied