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Offline RedRobin

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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2010, 08:49:24 pm »
Quote from: stealthwolf on February 15, 2010, 08:36:10 pm

RR, I can get 40+mpg by staying at 60mph on cruise control, 6th gear.

Going at say 80mph, I'd get 30-35mpg.


....If conditions are right, I'm normally around 75-80 with the traffic flow and in Manual-mode and I never ever use Cruise Control even though my car has it.

I'm happy enough if I see 30 mpg but not fussed if I'm around 27/28.

22 mpg on unrestricted German autobahns  :jumpmove:
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2010, 03:29:19 pm »
I get about 32mpg per tank according to trip 2 which I always re-set when I fill up, which is meaning about 360-370 out of a tank of 98-99.  Round town it varies from 25-29 mpg generally always in D, but with climate, heated seats, and I guess the xenons will suck up a little more juice as well.

But I will say ive only had the car 2 months, so I am still enjoying pressing the happy pedal, every time the engines warmed up  :grin:

One thing I have noticed is that I put Shell V power in the last 2 tanks and at 80 the computer shows a 2-3mpg improvement or tesco 99 needle at 78-79 on cruise in D mode, not sure if this is the sign of a better fuel, or just change in atmospheric conditions?
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2010, 05:23:43 pm »
most i have ever seen was 47.7 on a trip from manchester to brighton and i get this on a regular basis on that long trip...funnily enough i get 38mpg on the way back up  :signLOL:

the least being 12.2mpg

my average is around....19/20

i dont drive my car to work, i get to drive it about twice a week...so when i get in it i never feel like a gental cruise haha.
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2010, 05:36:50 pm »
Quote from: edd666999 on February 24, 2010, 05:23:43 pm
most i have ever seen was 47.7 on a trip from manchester to brighton

 :confused: ... and I thought 41.7 was bl00dy good!!

Long term I'm at 26.7, but I do really short trips Mon-Fri and I'm usually too impatient/running late to do the '60 in 6th' thing on a motorway.

It has to be said though, if MPG is your thing, buy a diseasel....
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2010, 07:37:44 pm »
I saw 40's once in my Stg2 GTI but too be honest it was boring  :wink:

Managed 59.9 in the remapped mk4 25th Anniversary once - rubbish busy roads with average speed cameras made it a slow journey - about 130miles in the end.

My 5-6mile trip out in the new Golf R today say 13mpg  :grin:
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2010, 07:51:38 pm »
Quote from: edd666999 on February 24, 2010, 05:23:43 pm

most i have ever seen was 47.7 on a trip from manchester to brighton and i get this on a regular basis on that long trip..
.funnily enough i get 38mpg on the way back up  :signLOL:



Your in trouble when she reads that.  :laugh:

And i have quoted it now so you cant remove your post.  :P

Misses ED you have a PM.  :grin:
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2010, 08:00:49 pm »
I'm not worried at all, as everyone knows its all up hill on the way back :p
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2010, 08:09:53 pm »
Ahah why would I be bothered? We both know my mpg is worse than that :D
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2010, 08:19:50 pm »
Yey  :jumpmove: another ED and his Misses domestic.   :signLOL:
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2010, 08:38:21 pm »
Quote from: neg on February 24, 2010, 07:37:44 pm
My 5-6mile trip out in the new Golf R today say 13mpg  :grin:

Impressions...
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2010, 09:13:54 pm »
My GTI has DSG and I usually get about 300 to 330 miles to a tank. The best I have got is about 400 and 35 MPG on a long trip abroad. I cannot get near VW official figures usually. 
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2010, 09:28:24 pm »
Quote from: bacillus on February 24, 2010, 08:38:21 pm
Quote from: neg on February 24, 2010, 07:37:44 pm
My 5-6mile trip out in the new Golf R today say 13mpg  :grin:

Impressions...

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,12152.0.html

quick response, nothing quite as fancy as some other 'reviews'.
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2010, 09:59:43 pm »
since It got cold I noticed the MPG gone down about 2-3mpg on my work journey
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2010, 08:53:42 am »
since its been cold my mpg has dropped a good 3-4mpg. most i have ever seen is 41.3mpg  :driver: most boring drive of my life!!!
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Re: Better mpg.
« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2010, 09:12:03 am »
Quote from: neg on February 24, 2010, 07:37:44 pm
My 5-6mile trip out in the new Golf R today say 13mpg  :grin:

That's commitment  :happy2:
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