Mk5 GTI fuel consumption

[JoshJaggard]

I get around 24/25 mpg around town in my mapped ed30.

And no more than 32/35 on a long run.

I'm happy with that :)

Yeah mine has been averaging 27mpg in the year or so it's been mapped.

I don't care about the cruise mpg because it will always be 30+ if you drive like a granny, which I don't, so it's irrelevant to me 

Doesn't seem to bad for town driving, thanks

[JoshJaggard]

Mine is very similar to Chris_R.  I have a round trip to and from the office of 400 miles a week.  I live in the country so have a mix of back country lanes, main country A roads, motorway and town.  I average 30 mpg and like Chris_R leave early in the morning to avoid motorway congestion (its being converted to a smart motorway with speed restrictions!).

Don't be put off by the DSG box.  I have this.  Not  got this because I am a man of advancing years,  but to me its far better than the manual.  More or less instant gear change and its quicker than the manual.  You can out it in Drive and treat the car like a grand tourer or put it in Sport, use the paddles and come over all hooligan.  Very happy days!

AJP is spot on.  Take your to time.  There are some really good GTIs out there.  Good luck.

I'm hoping to find one this weekend, £5800 for one with 53k and full service history, but it is a dealer and I'm always weary buying from second hand car dealers, will see how it goes I guess! I will keep posted if I do make a purchase

[pudding]

I get around 24/25 mpg around town in my mapped ed30.

And no more than 32/35 on a long run.

I'm happy with that :)

Yeah mine has been averaging 27mpg in the year or so it's been mapped.

I don't care about the cruise mpg because it will always be 30+ if you drive like a granny, which I don't, so it's irrelevant to me 

Doesn't seem to bad for town driving, thanks

I don't know what the town mpg is as I never check it, but it will be awful, 18-22ish.   I just check the overall average on the memory setting about once a month and it's always been 27mpg.  Not bad for a 300hp B road blaster that is in boost often and averages 85-90mph cruise speed on the dual carriageways.  The only time I'm ever under the speed limits is in heavy traffic, otherwise it's Mr Lead Foot everywhere.

[JoshJaggard]

I get around 24/25 mpg around town in my mapped ed30.

And no more than 32/35 on a long run.

I'm happy with that :)

Yeah mine has been averaging 27mpg in the year or so it's been mapped.

I don't care about the cruise mpg because it will always be 30+ if you drive like a granny, which I don't, so it's irrelevant to me 

Doesn't seem to bad for town driving, thanks

I don't know what the town mpg is as I never check it, but it will be awful, 18-22ish.   I just check the overall average on the memory setting about once a month and it's always been 27mpg.  Not bad for a 300hp B road blaster that is in boost often and averages 85-90mph cruise speed on the dual carriageways.  The only time I'm ever under the speed limits is in heavy traffic, otherwise it's Mr Lead Foot everywhere.

That's actually quite impressive considering

[pudding]

I get around 24/25 mpg around town in my mapped ed30.

And no more than 32/35 on a long run.

I'm happy with that :)

Yeah mine has been averaging 27mpg in the year or so it's been mapped.

I don't care about the cruise mpg because it will always be 30+ if you drive like a granny, which I don't, so it's irrelevant to me 

Doesn't seem to bad for town driving, thanks

I don't know what the town mpg is as I never check it, but it will be awful, 18-22ish.   I just check the overall average on the memory setting about once a month and it's always been 27mpg.  Not bad for a 300hp B road blaster that is in boost often and averages 85-90mph cruise speed on the dual carriageways.  The only time I'm ever under the speed limits is in heavy traffic, otherwise it's Mr Lead Foot everywhere.

That's actually quite impressive considering

Yeah I thought so.  Same as my old R32, which had a lot less power and torque 

I wouldn't get too hung up on town mpg because it's terrible on all petrol engines.

[JoshJaggard]

I get around 24/25 mpg around town in my mapped ed30.

And no more than 32/35 on a long run.

I'm happy with that :)

Yeah mine has been averaging 27mpg in the year or so it's been mapped.

I don't care about the cruise mpg because it will always be 30+ if you drive like a granny, which I don't, so it's irrelevant to me 

Doesn't seem to bad for town driving, thanks

I don't know what the town mpg is as I never check it, but it will be awful, 18-22ish.   I just check the overall average on the memory setting about once a month and it's always been 27mpg.  Not bad for a 300hp B road blaster that is in boost often and averages 85-90mph cruise speed on the dual carriageways.  The only time I'm ever under the speed limits is in heavy traffic, otherwise it's Mr Lead Foot everywhere.

That's actually quite impressive considering

Yeah I thought so.  Same as my old R32, which had a lot less power and torque 

I wouldn't get too hung up on town mpg because it's terrible on all petrol engines.

Most of my driving will he B style roads and rural roads tbh,
So shouldn't be too bad! I can't bring myself to change to a diesel

[Oldy]

I added the link below on another thread I started in the general area.  You may find the article in the link helpful.

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-heroes/top-gears-bargain-heroes-mk5-vw-golf-gti#1

[mkmg76]

I'm in a similar boat as others here, I do 500 miles/week to work and back. 5 days a week, 50 miles each way.

Coming from a 320cd BMW I'm feeling both the extra money required but also the lack of range. (My car is a bog standard DSG.) 60euro used to get me about 600miles at motorway speeds in the BMW (not holding back) but the GTI will only get me about 300miles for the same money and speeds. So, in the beginning I was getting about 30mpg sitting at motorway speeds but recently as a test I've stopped using speed and started using RPM as a marker. I sit the car at 2500rpm (about 65mph) on cruise (6th) and let the car do it's thing.

It's jumped to 450 miles in range and about 35mpg which is a huge increase. Instead of refilling on a Wednesday evening, i'm getting a full extra day and filling up on a Thursday. (the final 50 miles is in the lower quarter or less of the tank so never used).

For comparison, my TME Evo 6 used to get 280 miles from a full tank (40 litres) if you drove it like a pensioner (which you'd never do), or about 200miles if it was driven normally, (160miles if driven "properly"). I used to fill that thing 3 times a week for the same drive to work and back at 50quid a fill, it was worse than a mortgage!! 

All in all the current MPG situation is not bad for a turbo engined petrol sports hatch. 

HTH

[AJP]

I'm in a similar boat as others here, I do 500 miles/week to work and back. 5 days a week, 50 miles each way.

Coming from a 320cd BMW I'm feeling both the extra money required but also the lack of range. (My car is a bog standard DSG.) 60euro used to get me about 600miles at motorway speeds in the BMW (not holding back) but the GTI will only get me about 300miles for the same money and speeds. So, in the beginning I was getting about 30mpg sitting at motorway speeds but recently as a test I've stopped using speed and started using RPM as a marker. I sit the car at 2500rpm (about 65mph) on cruise (6th) and let the car do it's thing.

It's jumped to 450 miles in range and about 35mpg which is a huge increase. Instead of refilling on a Wednesday evening, i'm getting a full extra day and filling up on a Thursday. (the final 50 miles is in the lower quarter or less of the tank so never used).

For comparison, my TME Evo 6 used to get 280 miles from a full tank (40 litres) if you drove it like a pensioner (which you'd never do), or about 200miles if it was driven normally, (160miles if driven "properly"). I used to fill that thing 3 times a week for the same drive to work and back at 50quid a fill, it was worse than a mortgage!! 

All in all the current MPG situation is not bad for a turbo engined petrol sports hatch. 

HTH

Well that's completely put me off the idea of ever owning an Evo...!

To own a Tommy Makinen though. Wow. Beautiful beasts.

[Energybutton]

I used to drive my GTI 450 miles a week like a few others, commuting between Perth and Edinburgh I managed to get 4 days between trips to the petrol station. My GTI usually registered between 38-39MPG on the trip computer taking it easy at 70mph (realistically 33-35mpg as it would have been overestimating to some degree). I've since bought a Seat Ibiza Fr 1.6TDI to commute as I really didn't want to put 24,000 miles on the GTI a year just commuting.

Now that my GTI is a weekend car it does alot less but I'm having much more fun! 

I'll just leave these here! 





1700 miles in less than a month! 

[mkmg76]

I'm in a similar boat as others here, I do 500 miles/week to work and back. 5 days a week, 50 miles each way.

Coming from a 320cd BMW I'm feeling both the extra money required but also the lack of range. (My car is a bog standard DSG.) 60euro used to get me about 600miles at motorway speeds in the BMW (not holding back) but the GTI will only get me about 300miles for the same money and speeds. So, in the beginning I was getting about 30mpg sitting at motorway speeds but recently as a test I've stopped using speed and started using RPM as a marker. I sit the car at 2500rpm (about 65mph) on cruise (6th) and let the car do it's thing.

It's jumped to 450 miles in range and about 35mpg which is a huge increase. Instead of refilling on a Wednesday evening, i'm getting a full extra day and filling up on a Thursday. (the final 50 miles is in the lower quarter or less of the tank so never used).

For comparison, my TME Evo 6 used to get 280 miles from a full tank (40 litres) if you drove it like a pensioner (which you'd never do), or about 200miles if it was driven normally, (160miles if driven "properly"). I used to fill that thing 3 times a week for the same drive to work and back at 50quid a fill, it was worse than a mortgage!! 

All in all the current MPG situation is not bad for a turbo engined petrol sports hatch. 

HTH

Well that's completely put me off the idea of ever owning an Evo...!

To own a Tommy Makinen though. Wow. Beautiful beasts.

Never let MPG put you off owning one, they're incredible cars. I've owned 9 different versions and loved every one of them.

The thirsty beast in question! (not that any of the others were any easier on fuel!) 



And my rare black TME. Both owned by the same guy in Spain now, lucky Fkr!

[AJP]

I'm in a similar boat as others here, I do 500 miles/week to work and back. 5 days a week, 50 miles each way.

Coming from a 320cd BMW I'm feeling both the extra money required but also the lack of range. (My car is a bog standard DSG.) 60euro used to get me about 600miles at motorway speeds in the BMW (not holding back) but the GTI will only get me about 300miles for the same money and speeds. So, in the beginning I was getting about 30mpg sitting at motorway speeds but recently as a test I've stopped using speed and started using RPM as a marker. I sit the car at 2500rpm (about 65mph) on cruise (6th) and let the car do it's thing.

It's jumped to 450 miles in range and about 35mpg which is a huge increase. Instead of refilling on a Wednesday evening, i'm getting a full extra day and filling up on a Thursday. (the final 50 miles is in the lower quarter or less of the tank so never used).

For comparison, my TME Evo 6 used to get 280 miles from a full tank (40 litres) if you drove it like a pensioner (which you'd never do), or about 200miles if it was driven normally, (160miles if driven "properly"). I used to fill that thing 3 times a week for the same drive to work and back at 50quid a fill, it was worse than a mortgage!! 

All in all the current MPG situation is not bad for a turbo engined petrol sports hatch. 

HTH

Well that's completely put me off the idea of ever owning an Evo...!

To own a Tommy Makinen though. Wow. Beautiful beasts.

Never let MPG put you off owning one, they're incredible cars. I've owned 9 different versions and loved every one of them.

The thirsty beast in question! (not that any of the others were any easier on fuel!) 



And my rare black TME. Both owned by the same guy in Spain now, lucky Fkr!

That's just pure porn...!!!!

Honestly mate, stunning things. I applaud you!

[pudding]

Indeed!  I wouldn't complain too much about filling one of those up 3 times a week 

[ldor1]

Drive an E60 M5 they have some serious thirst 9 mpg city 15 maybe 17 motorway speed limit.

[mkmg76]

I'm in a similar boat as others here, I do 500 miles/week to work and back. 5 days a week, 50 miles each way.

Coming from a 320cd BMW I'm feeling both the extra money required but also the lack of range. (My car is a bog standard DSG.) 60euro used to get me about 600miles at motorway speeds in the BMW (not holding back) but the GTI will only get me about 300miles for the same money and speeds. So, in the beginning I was getting about 30mpg sitting at motorway speeds but recently as a test I've stopped using speed and started using RPM as a marker. I sit the car at 2500rpm (about 65mph) on cruise (6th) and let the car do it's thing.

It's jumped to 450 miles in range and about 35mpg which is a huge increase. Instead of refilling on a Wednesday evening, i'm getting a full extra day and filling up on a Thursday. (the final 50 miles is in the lower quarter or less of the tank so never used).

For comparison, my TME Evo 6 used to get 280 miles from a full tank (40 litres) if you drove it like a pensioner (which you'd never do), or about 200miles if it was driven normally, (160miles if driven "properly"). I used to fill that thing 3 times a week for the same drive to work and back at 50quid a fill, it was worse than a mortgage!! 

All in all the current MPG situation is not bad for a turbo engined petrol sports hatch. 

HTH

Well that's completely put me off the idea of ever owning an Evo...!

To own a Tommy Makinen though. Wow. Beautiful beasts.

Never let MPG put you off owning one, they're incredible cars. I've owned 9 different versions and loved every one of them.

The thirsty beast in question! (not that any of the others were any easier on fuel!) 



And my rare black TME. Both owned by the same guy in Spain now, lucky Fkr!

That's just pure porn...!!!!

Honestly mate, stunning things. I applaud you!

Thank you kind sir!