Official Fuel Economy Thread (formerly Highway economy).

[MGV]

Hmmm, sounds like the reasons why i run only 98 in my air cooled Buell...
Just another quick observation: I went to Bendigo & back yesterday, a bit over 300 k's, sitting on the limit (115 on the MFD, 110 on the GPS) & average consumption for the trip was about 8.4 l/100k. So, about 0.6 or 0.7 greater than if cruising at 100. (from relatively few previous comparisons including ~50k's of city driving).

[Pinarelloman]

Well we have had the 103TDI with 7SPD DSG box for a week now and have just filled up.
463km for 31ltr = 14.93km/ltr or 6.7ltr/100km.
Car only has 650km on ODO at the moment.
Hopefully it will improve slightly as the engine loosens up.

[G-rig]

This isn't too bad for a 2L turbo (APR tuned MK6 GTI), Brisbane to sunshine coast (lowest it got to on mostly highway driving), cruise control set between 105-115km/h.

[neil]

Central Coast - Forster - Sydney on Saturday speed limit all the way 4.6L/100km
Just ticked over 35000ks with overall consumption of 4.9L/100.
Total distance since new has been 95% freeway.

[neil]

Well we have had the 103TDI with 7SPD DSG box for a week now and have just filled up.
463km for 31ltr = 14.93km/ltr or 6.7ltr/100km.
Car only has 650km on ODO at the moment.
Hopefully it will improve slightly as the engine loosens up.

Should this be 77tdi with 7 spd DSG or 103 tdi with 6 spd DSG, I thought the 77 TDI only had the 7 speed.

[NZTiguan]

Should this be 77tdi with 7 spd DSG or 103 tdi with 6 spd DSG, I thought the 77 TDI only had the 7 speed.

Sorry Neil you thought WRONG, all new Tiguans with the DSG are 7 speed. The DSG box was developed specifically for higher torque engines such as the Tig diesel. By the way, what's a 77 TDi ? I've never heard of one, it's certainly not a Tiguan engine ??

Cheers

[neil]

Sorry Neil you thought WRONG, all new Tiguans with the DSG are 7 speed. The DSG box was developed specifically for higher torque engines such as the Tig diesel. By the way, what's a 77 TDi ? I've never heard of one, it's certainly not a Tiguan engine ??

Cheers

Thanks for that Derek.

The 77 kw TDI is the new 1.6 litre engine.
Offered in the Golf, Jetta and I think the pollo.

[Bulkyegg]

What would you consider the engine to be "run in" to show true fuel economy? We have the car for two weeks and done 650kms, the best was something like 11l/100km, the average since delivery is 14.3l./km. We have a 147 in DSG and mainly city driving.

[Jamanta]

Hi All,

Back from holidays. Car was parked for five weeks after only 2 weeks of driving since pick up.
1200Km on the clock of mostly city traffic and two trips to Tullamarine Airport (100K).
Current avg on MFD 7.9l/100Km.
Will top up on the weekend and do the pump average.

[neil]

I noticed a slight improvement after 20000 but not all that great.