What are you guys getting?

**gldgti** · 24-03-2007, 05:30 PM

i've been doing a LOT of hyway driving lately....

i cant get worse than 5.6l/100 km, even going 120/130 mostly... but thats with the 5 speed, and my car is quite low as you guys know.

**briseos** · 10-05-2007, 10:55 AM

2005 2.0TDi Sportline Golf - love the way you can drive it hard around town and use all that beautiful torque, make screetchy noises off the line in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears (DSG) and still walk away with less then 6.5l/100k -

BUT

IF you get stuck in trafik, you get 8+l/100k..... might as well do the rat runs and circumnavigate the globe than sit in trafick!!!

Incidentally, my Satnav (Navman N60i) tells me CONSISTENTLY that the speedo is exactly 10% optimistic - and this error corrects the fuel consumption calculations on the trip comp too!! (Have actually verified Satnav speed at 60, 80 and 100kmh via trafick cop mate!

**Rod_H** · 11-05-2007, 12:09 PM

My 2.0TDI has about 8500 km's on clock now, my run to and from work is a pain, stop start, 50kmh zones 2nd 3rd gear crapola. It gets around 6.6 to 8.0. I can never get a run long enough for it to get into a good gear...

On the freeway it get's down to 5.0 is the best Ive seen so far.

But she's a hoot to drive.

**Volvo Driver** · 11-05-2007, 06:50 PM

Dad's Mk3 tdi used to easily get 5l/100km's when just going to work and back, which is down the monash then down princess highway, and usually it's about 6l/100km's, it's gone down over the years since bought as I'm sure the intercooler isn't running as efficiently as it should be abd the oil changes are too far apart among other things, but if I ever get it, it will be back down to those low economy marks, oh and the 6l/100km figure is with hard launches and stuff like that.

n our N/a 2.4 T4 transporter, we get 10l/100km's out of a tank, and slightly less when towing our hovercraft and other gear, but it revs it's head off in 5th at 3000rpm and when towing it won't go past 100km's, even without towing but with a full van, you can have the foot flat to the floor and barely do 110km's, downhill!

**gldgti** · 11-05-2007, 07:58 PM

i've just been naughty...

way back from work on the freeway, thought i'd see how slow the old girl goes.... relatively flat, i had about 400m of road until the next cars - the old 1.5 n/a managed 145, still had plenty of pedal left too!

**Rod_H** · 11-05-2007, 10:00 PM

Very Nice (Borat voice)

**GoLfMan** · 12-05-2007, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by gldgti

i've just been naughty...

way back from work on the freeway, thought i'd see how slow the old girl goes.... relatively flat, i had about 400m of road until the next cars - the old 1.5 n/a managed 145, still had plenty of pedal left too!

thats not bad at all for 33kw's

**Volvo Driver** · 12-05-2007, 07:06 PM

That is excelent considering my dad's old B1 passat maxed out at 130km downhill and our van maxes out unladen at 135 and 4500rpm, on level ground.

brackie · 12-05-2007, 08:36 PM

Yeah, but don't forget Ayden's Mk1 has a 5 speed. Is that an overdrive box, Ayden?

My Mk1 gets to 110kph no probs but has a real struggle to hold it once it gets to a hill.

**Transporter** · 12-05-2007, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by GoLfMan

Hi guys,
just filled the polo up for the first time. Dad and i worked it out we got an economy of 5.67L/100km around town and thats on a tight engine.
what are you guys getting economy wise?

Hi,
I've got Golf V 2.0L Tdi DSG done 1500km and today when I filled up I've got an economy of 6.2L/100km mostly city driving and short trips too. Lowest I saw while driving 65km/h throgh several intersections at night was 4.2L/100km and at the end of that 22km trip computer was saying 4.9L/100km.

I'm also aware that some petrol station cheat and we pay for more fuel than we have in the tank.