Gotta love Tdi economy

[gldgti]

just as I'd love to see a Prius try and follow me on a circuit

I'd pay to watch that - especially if it was a toyota rep at the wheel

[Difinity]

I know it not a tdi, but I've seen 5.7 ACT to Armidale/Coffs & back, and average 5.9-6 over the 29,500ks life so far. Is a Fabia Combi vRS DSG7


Difinity

[Skooter]

Whoa, 8l/100km with an AWD wagon? That's impressive.

Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI PD AWD, probably the same running gear as the Allroad? Haven't bothered with the calculator 'actual' but MFD read 5.3L/100 from Melbourne to Adelaide and identical on the way back (856km on 53L ... what's that?). Lots of flat chat overtaking B-Doubles and cruising at actual 105kph in Vic and 115kph in SA. Took off the bike racks for the trip.

Towing a trailer with canvas cover like a parachute, two bikes on roof, 4 people and loaded up from Melbourne to top of Mt Buffalo via the Hume cruise control set to 114kph (actual) ... 8.5L/100 on the MFD - I was a bit disappointed!

Best seems to be cruising steady at 50-70kph; ridiculously good fuel econ.

[brad]

I thought the Allroad was a 6 cyl?????

I have no idea...

gldgti: Have you started a thread on it somewhere?

[Mysticality]

Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI PD AWD, probably the same running gear as the Allroad? Haven't bothered with the calculator 'actual' but MFD read 5.3L/100 from Melbourne to Adelaide and identical on the way back (856km on 53L ... what's that?). Lots of flat chat overtaking B-Doubles and cruising at actual 105kph in Vic and 115kph in SA. Took off the bike racks for the trip.

Towing a trailer with canvas cover like a parachute, two bikes on roof, 4 people and loaded up from Melbourne to top of Mt Buffalo via the Hume cruise control set to 114kph (actual) ... 8.5L/100 on the MFD - I was a bit disappointed!

Best seems to be cruising steady at 50-70kph; ridiculously good fuel econ.

Allroad is 2.5 V6 AWD, so not quite.

I've noticed the Octy 2.0TDI loves 80km/h cruising... So, roadwork zones! (Read: M5 Sydney)

My overall average is 6.2L/100, best ever is 5; worst is around 8. But the 8 was with two heavy driving days (track day then AuSkoda cruise)
If I hadn't filled the tank after the sunday cruise and just let it go 'till it actually needed filling it would have probably been an average 6.5 tank lol
Also - I boost it. A lot.

Terrence Fuel-up Log | Fuelly

[epicmac]

I have been keeping track of my GTD's fuel consumption for 15 months now, using my logbook and receipts etc. Full tank to full tank, fill at same pump, try to get premium etc. Some results so far.....

Overall distance since new ( picked up 1-10-2011 ) is 51309km at 31-12-2012.

Overall consumption is 6.63 L/100km ( 42.57 mpg ) ( 15.07 km/L)

Overal fuel cost is 9.58 cents/Km

Throw in 3 bottles of Fuel Doctor and 1 bottle of Morey's DSK towards costs in that time.


Worst tank (city only, using manual) ...... 7.75L/100km ( at 15,500km).

Worst Highway tank (loaded + 3 fat aussies, 646km) …... 7.74L/100km - Wentworth to Broken Hill and return ( at 11,000km).

Best Highway tank (legal speed, 1 fat aussie, 588km) .... 5.1L/100km - Brisbane to Chinchilla and return. ( at 34,000km).

Best City tank ….... I don't care, but it is pretty good I'm sure.

The onboard trip computer thingy is always very optimistic, mine reads about 10% “nicer” all the time. The Climatronic is never off, I start the car from cold, buckle up and drive away, doing nothing drastic till at least the coolant has heated up. I have had 6 “fast idles” (DPF I assume ) during the above 15 month period, so that always means a blast down the motorway in fifth to fix the problem.
Run in was trying to stay alive for the first 100kms or so (new car syndrome) and after that it was go for it, make every hill a winner etc, till 5300 km when I went for a cruise to South Australia running at legal speeds only. It is a very good little road runner.
I think I have been lucky and got a good one (touch wood – maintain servicing) it is definitely a sweet car to drive.

Picked up my GTD on the 18/11/2011

Track each tank using the FuelLog app on my phone. 54 fills so far.

Overall distance since new is 42300km

Overall consumption is 6.24 L/100km

Best tank was 5.62 L/100km

Worst tank was 7.09 L/100km

Mostly driving around the suburbs. The best tank was obtained on a drive to Shepparton and back, but that only used half a tank, the rest was the usual around town.

One day I'll do a full tank economy run, just to see what I can get.

[Skooter]

One day I'll do a full tank economy run, just to see what I can get.

They do so many bloody k's on a tank it's difficult to get a clean run for an entire tank - my missus tends to drive quite differently to me (and does a lot more congested city driving). It's incredible what a difference taking off gently from a standstill can make to econ aroudn town - but unfortunately there's nowhere near as much fun in that as capitalising on a nicely remapped TDI!

My Adelaide run was the cleanest tankful or two I've had - did the calc on that and my indic 5.3 was actually 6.1 ... so MFD is out by plenty. If I sat dead on 100kph actual, I would expect the 5.3 to be actual.

Dead right about the 80kph cruising in the Octy TDI.

[kaanage]

I got the MFD to read 14.1 l/100km on Sunday.

Mind you, this was as I lifted off after the chequered flag of a track session with the MFD being reset as I left the pits

Right now, the car thinks it's making diesel (projected range keeps increasing) as the MFD tries to make sense of things with me going back to normal puttering about.

BTW, my other runs are not 'clean' but normal suburban (with a bit of inner city) start/stop.

[gldgti]

Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI PD AWD, probably the same running gear as the Allroad?

Not even close Quattro vs haldex, longitudinally mounted engine vs transverse, and about an extra 150kg

The quattro system in the allroad is passive and full time - the haldex is active and only diverts torque to the rear when slippage is detected (under normal circumstances) - so thats why I can only get 7.5l/100km :-P... well that and the extra 500cc and 2 cylinders

Brad - I will start a thread in due course... just haven't really done anything on it yet other than clean it, fix little trim things and take it out to the booneys for some fun I have however started doing an exhaust bits stocktake.... I think twin 2.5" pipes are in order.

[Skooter]

Not even close Quattro vs haldex, longitudinally mounted engine vs transverse, and about an extra 150kg

There you go - showing my gross ignorance There's an Allroad living at the end of our street - body-wise it looks very similar to the Scout. I thought it was a 2.4 and assumed that would mean 4 cyl. A 2.5 V6 TDI must be particularly funful to drive with gusto - I reckon the 'lowly' remapped 103 TDI is pretty damn spritely!

My running gear is pretty much VW Tig (I think ... but someone will no doubt howl me down ). On the Laverda (Italian moto) forum, I'm far more knowledgable!