Official Fuel Economy Thread (formerly Highway economy).

[MGV]

Though i mainly use BP ultimate also, have not noted any real difference to the Shell VPower. Certainly not 0.5 l/100k's!
Interesting to note my long term average has just reset again (yet another 100 hours clocked up!) & my city driving average still around the 9.2 mark. Heaps better than 19, hey whisky?!!

[z1000]

z1000 - Is that on a 132 or 155 ?

132. All highway figures are obtained from regular Waterfall to Gong drives.

I do such test to prove that Shell is less economical in the daily city commute.

[Dargan]

Am now close to 27000km for an April 2011 TDI and am getting over 1000km per tank. Even an indicated 1150km at one stage. Very economical cruiser for highway running.

[CADman]

HI All

Recently picked up my 118 tsi and driven it about 1500km. Im a little concerned about fuel economy. Ive getting on average about
11.2lt/100km, which is a far cry from the state 6.9lt/100km. I do mainly suburban driving (NOT city grid lock driving), and am averaging about 550km per tank. Im a little dissapointed considering its a 1.4 litre and 2 whel drive and that I am a conservative type of driver. Is this going to improve with more driving?

[masev]

Considering the very low km you've travelled, it will DEFINITELY improve as the km's roll on. I was averaging about 300km on a tank from my Golf R in the first 3000km and am now averaging around 550km (now @ 16,000km).

[Transporter]

HI All

Recently picked up my 118 tsi and driven it about 1500km. Im a little concerned about fuel economy. Ive getting on average about
11.2lt/100km, which is a far cry from the state 6.9lt/100km. I do mainly suburban driving (NOT city grid lock driving), and am averaging about 550km per tank. Im a little dissapointed considering its a 1.4 litre and 2 whel drive and that I am a conservative type of driver. Is this going to improve with more driving?

It really depends from the traffic and how you drive. Remember almost every time when your foot is off the accelerator the engine doesn't use any fuel. The 1500km is too soon to get the best fuel economy for many; it can take 5,000km to 10,000km before you know the car enough to get the best out of it. By then engine will loosen up a bit as well. I'm sure you will get better fuel economy soon. In the mean time, enjoy it.

[CADman]

Thanks guys for your response, given me a little reassurance that better fuel economy is still to come. But despite that, an excellent car to drive. Ill be putting an OEM rear boot handle reverse camera in this Sunday (hopefully) so will try to take some picks of the process as Ive had a bit of a hard time finding info on exactly this type of install, plenty on the badge camera, and I know essentially its the same, but Im sure there are going to be some slight differences Ill have to figure out. Also managed to borrow a vagcom from brother in laws friend, so Im all setup for install.

[donweather]

Left my roof racks on this morning and drove down the coast, averaging 110km on the speedo. Noticed a considerably higher fuel consumption with the roof racks on....at least 1.5-2L/100km more. I was surprised it made such a significant difference.

[MGV]

What type of racks do you have, Don?
I notice a bit of an increase when my racks are loaded up, but negligible when unladen.
OEM looks less aerodynamic than my rhinoceros ones!

[donweather]

What type of racks do you have, Don?

Lockable Rolas just like these ones:

Rola Roof Racks - Volkswagen Tiguan Wagon 5dr (05/08 on) - iRacks - Roof Racks and Accessories

Noticed a fair amount of additional noise driving with them on the highway also.....guess that's what makes the fuel consumption go up.