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Offline patrickcullen87

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poor mpg...
« on: September 10, 2011, 10:05:07 am »
im interested to see what everyone else is getting on a daily mixed drive.

my fuel consumption is pretty bad. if i am driving sensible on motorways and towns i am lucky to get an average of 32mpg! heard quite a few people on here getting alot higher! on motorway journeys i can hit about 38mpg driving at 60!! personally a think this is quite bad? anyone else?

i never bought the car because of its good fuel consumption but always hear of people getting good mpg on gtis
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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2011, 10:10:27 am »
Alright bud, I've had my gti for 2 months now and I haven't seen anything higher than 31mpg on mine!!!??? Still think thats good though because I had a mk3 gti which did that to the gallon and had 80 less bhp, I'd be happy with yours mate if thats what your getting.

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2011, 10:21:44 am »
Wow your consumption is pretty good.
The best I can get on highway is 28mpg, I average around 24-25mpg
I had it to vw a few times with "nothing wrong", so I just live with it.

I found a thread on golfmk5 from memory, someone had the same consumption. Turned out to be a vacuum line behind the engine. My laptop crashed so never actually got to read the full thread. However I will try and find it.

I will hopefully install my boost gauge with in the next week. Then see if I'm loosing boost due to leak or if there is actually a problem.

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2011, 10:21:52 am »
Sounds normal to me buddy, im getting 32-35mpg in my standard KO3 GTI

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2011, 10:24:39 am »
2005 (55) plate on an AXX engine, have seen 42 on a very conservative journey, realistically though day to day sub 20mile commute get about 28-320 per tank, if there are any long journeys then I can get 350 to the tank but then we are on fumes. Don't know what that equates to but 25mpg -28 normal and up to 36 mpg on long long cruise journeys.

I think you are doing VERY well to get an average of 32mpg on a GTI on a mixed journey.

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2011, 10:38:03 am »
I average around 28mpg and thats with a mix of town driving and dual carriageway's etc.  I do get upto 35mpg with prolonged m'way cruising, aided by the cruise control.

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2011, 10:51:23 am »
anywhere between 28 to 36mpg for me, personally anything over 30 i think is a bonus.
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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2011, 11:26:16 am »
Ever since I've had my BCS hybrid TBE fitted I've got 7mpg


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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2011, 01:26:17 pm »
Had mine for a month and average 34mpg. 30 mile drive per day mixed between dual carriageway (dcw) and town. 80% time spent on dcw with good few traffic lights. Pretty conservative on the driving but not so much as to be thinking about it. That's pretty good mileage you're getting.  :happy2:

PS I just use 95 RON. Some people say you get more miles on the higher octane stuff and better performance. Bit too pricey for me, but if I did shop in Tesco's more often I would probably get a better price.

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2011, 04:01:45 pm »
Most I've done on a tank is Nurburgring to Bournemouth - about 450 miles, so circa 39 mpg. Pretty reasonable given the way the roads immediately to the west of Nurburg invite you to drive.

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2011, 04:43:38 pm »
I can get 38-39mpg on a motorway run not taking it easy either, and an average of around 34mpg overall. The mpg on this current map is exceptional but Standard and stage 1 gave around 32-33mpg.
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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2011, 05:50:41 pm »
32 mpg is great, i never get more than 30. :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2011, 07:38:38 pm »
31 my magic number mate, id say about right. I never budgeted fuel into the equation when i bought it cause ive been diesel for years! :sad1: :surprised:

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2011, 08:37:05 pm »
Welcome to the MK 5 GTI empty tank club

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Re: poor mpg...
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2011, 08:48:22 pm »
Best MPG: 46.1  :laugh: (on a 100 mile motorway drive keeping religiously to 70mph with no WOT)

Average around town: 25-27mpg

Combined: 36-38mpg

Normal motorway: 38-41mpg

All the above during the summer months only - don't even get close to these in the winter   :chicken:

These FSI engines are great if your gentle with the right pedal. that said, I used to get 40+ mpg in my civic typeR  :happy2:
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