Quote Originally Posted by brad View Post
At 6000km it won't be fully run-in yet. Most VWs seem to take 15,000km to start getting good fuel figures. Until then, drive with vigour to ensure you are getting pressure behind the rings.


Are you saying that the guage hits half after 300 km? At the half point does it require ~23-27L to come back to full? If it's outside of that range then maybe the gauge needs a tweak. I think this is possible via VCDS or the dealers scan tool.


Combined 4.9L/100? Really? So the highway consumption is down around 3L/100? I thought the combined was 5.7L/100...
. What kind? Sherman, Churchill, Abrahms. - sorry but as Hillbilly says, there is no measurement unit called "a tank".


Is the Mk7 a different readout? Isn't it Instantaneous, avg1 (since last start if more than 2hrs from previous start) & avg2 (up to 99hrs)


Stop refreshing the data. It will reset every 99 hrs unless the Mk7 is different to all the other VWs.

I can make the instantaneous consumption read 0 going down a hill & 99 going up. It's not really a useful figure unless you are trying to drive for maximum economy.

Have you tried just driving until the "refuel now" comes on at 1/4 tank with about 100km DTE remaining? That should be about the figure you get.

I don't think you have a problem. Stop playing with the buttons & just drive it. Disregard the economy because it's still more economical than most other cars. Disregard what your mates are getting because they don't drive like you or drive the same roads & they have a well worn-in MkV.
Thank you for your detailed explanations and I really appreciate that. I think it's different from MK6 but i don't know if it's after 99 hrs. I haven't check that if it needs 23~27L to fuel another half tank but I assume it is. On the freeway, the instant consumption is about 3.4L/100km.
I didn't check the capacity of the fuel tank and forgot cars are different and routes are different as well. The other thing is that my mk4 GTI has got 0.4L/100km less than the book statement. That's probably why I'm always oversensitive about how things are going. Thanks again.