What are you guys getting?

LS1 Cobra · 14-09-2006, 06:29 PM

My first tank of fuel in the Jetta got me 671KM and I put in 49.31L when I filled up.

By my calculations that's 7.35L per 100KM.

Most of it was running to and from work and round town so not too bad I guess. I figure it'll have to improve as the engine beds in.

My wifes going for a run up country next week. It'll be interesting to see what economy she gets.

**GoLfMan** · 14-09-2006, 07:20 PM

we just filled up again, after about 1400km's we are averagin about 6L/100 around town... not bad but should improve as engine frees up

**Moonan** · 14-09-2006, 08:05 PM

The economy of these VW TDI's is pretty amazing, and even extends up to the big toys...
My daily drive is Newcastle-Muswellbrook & return, mostly country highway but with a bit of traffic, a few km of freeway, and several small towns along the way. In fact there are around 54 different speed limits on the round trip of around 220km (unless it is school zone time in the afternoon then it is 60).
For a tank-full of diesel, this tends to average 8.6 l/100km in the Touareg (with around 50k on the clock). Remember this thing weighs in at 2.4 tonnes.
Now I've done some tests...
Using Biodiesel (approx B50) this rises to 9.4, but if you add in a DP chip (still on the B50) it improves to 8.4!
With D2 (ordinary) diesel and the chip, that has improved further still to 7.9 this week. Thanks to the nice man at Newcastle TJM for letting me try the chip for a week with no obligation to buy.

**peter_j_g** · 14-09-2006, 08:26 PM

I have averaged 4.5 l/100km over the last 15,000km in a 99 passat tdi wagon.

Brackie - interesting the difference in consumption betweeen the silver & red mk1s. I had been adjusting the "smoke screw" too to get the best compromise between emmisions & performance. There is quite a clear sweet spot in the adjustment where any less fuel impacts performance and any more just produces smoke! I used to verfiy the adjustment on a nearby steady steep hill, 2nd gear and note what speed it would hold. I used to average around 5l/100km around Sydney.

Also is there any difference in the tyre sizes between the two cars? I have noticed with the passat that fuel consumption rises by about 0.5l/100km when using studded winter tyres (compulsory here for 5 months of the year), however most of the difference is actually due to the winter tyres being slightly larger in diameter, although they are the same nominal size.

Rgds, Peter

**TDI DSG** · 05-10-2006, 07:15 PM

Does anyone have any preference for brands of diesel based on experience with results of performance and or economy ? I was of the opinion that it should all be the same but filled my fourth tank with a different brand and felt there was a perfomance and economy difference...

neo25x5 · 05-10-2006, 09:45 PM

i noticed today that the over fuel consumption on my new jetta fsi is 7.8 p/100km. i thought that was pretty good given the published figure of 8.6. granted i do a fair bit of highway motoring, but i also don't like to thrash her either.

**GoLfMan** · 05-10-2006, 10:23 PM

we just filled her up again!!!
we are now averaging 800km to a 45L (about 5.6L/100km) tank around town, and thats with varied driving conditions (some full throttle applications

)
not bad at all.... we have been using BP Diesel the whole time

just out of convienience really.
isnt BP diesel reccommended by VW?

brackie · 06-10-2006, 05:13 AM

I got the TDI to 4.7L/100km for a full "trip" the first time last week. It was on a 100km mixed run of hilly country roads and dual carriageway. Haven't been able to do it again (5.1 is the best).

LS1 Cobra · 06-10-2006, 10:46 AM

Are these the figures you are getting from the display on the dash or from calculating the number of litres filled to the KM traveled?

I'm begining to think the dash display can be a bit optomistic sometimes.