Really bad fuel consumption

**golf_r32** · 09-06-2012, 10:18 AM

I had my scirocco for just on one month now and noticed the fuel consumption is terrible. From the mfd It is averaging 11-14 liters per 100km with a full tank of petrol showing 450km distance to empty! drivin is mostly urban. Official figures should be around 8L/100km

By comparison my r32 used to show 550km on a full tank and similar liters per 100km and in some cases better. Seems strange that r32 is awd and bigger engine.

Can someone please share their fuel consumption figures.

**mr gee** · 09-06-2012, 10:28 AM

It will get slightly better with time.

I started at about 10.3 and now regularly get 9.9 (reading the MFD 2 averages)

**Diesel_vert** · 09-06-2012, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by golf_r32

I had my scirocco for just on one month now and noticed the fuel consumption is terrible. From the mfd It is averaging 11-14 liters per 100km with a full tank of petrol showing 450km distance to empty! drivin is mostly urban.

The brochure lists urban fuel consumption at 11.3 l/100km, so your figures seem normal to me.

**Mac135** · 09-06-2012, 10:55 AM

I'm showing 12.1 l/100km . That is over 1200km but very little cruise in that aside from a few trips to Melbourne airport and the pick up from Geelong. I haven't tried to be economical nor have i been blasting about.

I averaged - in similar circumstances - 14.9 l/100km in the 135i. With the BMW tank holding just 50 litres I already feel i'm spending less time on Shell forecourts filling up with V power!

**golf_r32** · 09-06-2012, 11:01 AM

Seems like mine isn't so bad then. I was expecting better compared to r32 and not similar.

**Diesel_vert** · 09-06-2012, 11:19 AM

The official urban fuel consumption figure for the Mk5 R32 is 15.0 l/100km (or 13.2 l/100km for the DSG), so either your driving conditions have changed, or the engine in your Scirocco has yet to be fully run-in, or both.