Fuel Consumption Issue

[Shteifen]

i dont reckon this is a problem at all. if your overall fuel economy is crap and u actually are using heaps of fuel then ya thats a problem
But if ur just worried that just MFA says ur using 99.9L/100km for the first few minutes, take into consideration that it is a reading of litres per hundred kms yeah? so if u just started ur car and let it idle for a minute or so, or even hardly at all while you turned the lights on, and got ur seat belt on (buckle up!), then drove 3 meters down the road and wonder why ur reading says uve use heaps of fuel for the distance uve travelled well.....its cos you have. you've only moved 3 meters and ur car is generally going to use heaps of fuel to warm up and u havent moved car so there for the reading is high.

try it next time. and ull notice if ur car is a little warm the number will reduce alot quicker than from a dead cold start. makes sense no?

-steve

[The_Hawk]

When I fill up I reset that meter and it's always fun to see what it goes up to. If I hit 1st hard out of the driveway it can go up to 99L/100km, but then it drops very quickly, even staying on it round the first few corners rarely see's it stay above 30L/100KM. Bt the time I have driven the 5KM home from the servo I'm usually back under 12.

According to the manual for a manual car you get:
Manual is here if you want a copy: http://www.mooshen.com/vwwc/golf/

90km/h - 7.3l/100KM
120km/h - 8.9l/100KM
"Urban" - 12.5l/100KM

and for the Auto:

90km/h - 7.7l/100KM
120km/h - 9.4l/100KM
"Urban" - 13.8l/100KM

In all my testing these numbers come out near spot on in my car and I have the DRIFT CAI and a high flow exhaust.

Cruising in 80 zones I can see figures under 8L, on a run to Melbourne I was averaging about 8.5L, driving to and from the train station every day (which is barely enough time for the car to warm up) I can get an average of near 14l/100KM, but this really is the extreme since it's all very short runs.

I keep logs of all my fuel use and can tell you in the last two year my running average is sitting at 11.1L/100KM which is MOSTLY trips to the station.


Long story short, I don't know how people get (and maintain) figures that are that much higher?

[MattyT]

Neither really. Must be leadfooting it hardcore.

[Povi]

haha honestly tell me its not tempting in a VR though...