Had my GTI a week and already looking to sell (MPG!!)

[CMB]

Ive just traded my 2007 Ibiza 1.9tdi in for a 2006 Golf GTI, and although i was expecting nowhere near the 50+ mpg i was seeing on the diesel i was still expecting a lot better than I'm getting on the GTI. On short trips around town I'm not seeing anything above 20mpg usually around 12-15 and on a 2 hour motorway journey taking it easy, always below 80 I've yet to see it above 32mpg. Is this normal? Ive read some people getting 40mpg on motorway runs?? Love the car, so much nicer to drive than the Ibiza but i just can't afford to be putting that much petrol in, the ibiza cupra tdi is calling my name

[Tamiyoman]

Sounds abouut normal, My Ed30 gets around 21mpg round town and 33mpg on a decent run, buy a GTI expect economy to drop a LOT. 

[monklife]

mine gets 23/24 aound town and 38 at 65/70

[Jonny]

I don't know, my GTi is around 30+ around town and 39 upwards for motorway journeys. It depends on how you drive it really

[Moz]

Yup that's about right buddy.

[john87]

on my 7 mile drive to work (A-roads & through town) I achieve 31-34 mpg most days   and on last years' run to Alton towers, I managed to average 38!

In real terms I get about 50-65 miles to a tenner of tesco 99, which isn't bad considering my diesel civic got around 70-80 miles to a tenner.. supposedly averaging 47+mpg

[Gazza747]

Try driving it 'gently', from cold the mpg will be high initially, say 10-20mpg. After a mile or so it should be up around 20-25mpg. Once warm around town you should get around 25mpg or more. Motorway 70-80mph you should get around 35mpg. If it's a lot worse that this with 'sensible' driving then there is a problem and you need to get it checked.

If you go for a 'spirited' drive you should still get 20+mpg on a standard car.

[Gene Hunt]

on my 7 mile drive to work (A-roads & through town) I achieve 31-34 mpg most days   and on last years' run to Alton towers, I managed to average 38!

In real terms I get about 50-65 miles to a tenner of tesco 99, which isn't bad considering my diesel civic got around 70-80 miles to a tenner.. supposedly averaging 47+mpg

..........my ED30 is around the same.

[ArildStavrum]

ive had mine a month and covered 450 miles or so - on the drive back from where i got the car (250 miles on the motorway) i was getting 36 mpg, i get around 20 driving through London. 

Mine is a 2006 stock gti with 83k on the clock.

[woky]

on my 7 mile drive to work (A-roads & through town) I achieve 31-34 mpg most days   and on last years' run to Alton towers, I managed to average 38!

In real terms I get about 50-65 miles to a tenner of tesco 99, which isn't bad considering my diesel civic got around 70-80 miles to a tenner.. supposedly averaging 47+mpg

..........my ED30 is around the same.

yep mines about the same, i got 115miles on 20 quid not bad for a 2.0 turbo

[RedRobin]

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On my K03 Mk5 GTI I never see more than 32 mpg even on a 492 mile drive. There's no point looking at the mpg for a local round town journey....  17 mpg perhaps?

28 mpg is mostly what my dashboard display shows but can be less if I'm really enjoying it a lot.

The GTI has reasonable fuel economy but isn't really the car to buy if mpg is important to you.

[Tortaruga]

Don't sell your car...give her a chance ffs!

As mentioned above there may be service work needed. Spend some time getting the car running well and you should get 39-41mpg at 70mph.
Change your oil, spark plugs, air filter etc. and see if it improves.

PJ

[edd666999]

Ive just traded my 2007 Ibiza 1.9tdi in for a 2006 Golf GTI, and although i was expecting nowhere near the 50+ mpg i was seeing on the diesel i was still expecting a lot better than I'm getting on the GTI. On short trips around town I'm not seeing anything above 20mpg usually around 12-15 and on a 2 hour motorway journey taking it easy, always below 80 I've yet to see it above 32mpg. Is this normal? Ive read some people getting 40mpg on motorway runs?? Love the car, so much nicer to drive than the Ibiza but i just can't afford to be putting that much petrol in, the ibiza cupra tdi is calling my name

i wouldn't pay attention within the 1st month of your ownership. I got through so much fuel in the first few weeks it was unreal! you will soon learn the power is delivered different than the diesel and you dont need to be so heavy footed in certain places and your mpg will even out. 12-15 however is quite bad   you are looking at number "1" in the average mpg section?

[RedRobin]

Don't sell your car...give her a chance ffs!

As mentioned above there may be service work needed. Spend some time getting the car running well and you should get 39-41mpg at 70mph.
Change your oil, spark plugs, air filter etc. and see if it improves.

PJ

....I agree about not selling so soon, but are you really seeing 39-41 mpg!!?   Is that on the dash clocks display? Even on the rare occasions when I've had to granny it and keep revs down and under 70 or had to do miles and miles in slow traffic in D-mode DSG, I have never seen more than ~32 mpg (on the display).

My car is serviced every 10k miles with new plugs every 20k miles.

[berg]

could be an issue that might be resolved easily - plugs, pcv?

i get about 24 out of my stg 2+ Ed30 (360 bhp) if you put your foot down everywhere it it will be a lot less than that, but i once saw about 41-42 i think driving like a granny on the m6 back from Birmingham