From a Leon Cupra R to a golf gt 170 sport

[Marshall]

As the title really been offered a good deal going from my leon Cupra R to a 58 plate golf gt tdi 170
Obviously cash my way but anyone any opinions on this?
Sick of putting £65 a week fuel through and only getting 250 miles.

[Leesey]

Had been thinking the same with my Stage 1 Cupra with the fuel price's going up again, i get 275-325 for £65. Old mans got the 170PD Mk5 07 plate and it's not the greatest on fuel for a diesel, plus the cost of diesel is higher too. Not quite worth the move for me unless i want to give up performance and go for a 140 or smaller still, I don't do enough miles for it (around 8,000).

[Marshall]

I do 1000 miles a month and average 26 mpg so I had hoped for 40ish mpg.
Do you think that's possible?

[Daffy]

I get around 500 miles from a tank. Made up of half short but quick journey to work and the other half eager motor way. That means filling up twice a month, if that helps. Mines a 170 GT with no engine or suspension mods as yet. Only looking at an r tec map soon.

[Marshall]

Thanks for that. I find myself using her Leon diesel to save on fuel which defeats the point of keeping my R doesn't it?

[dan930]

I esed to have a mk5 gt170 sport,mapped to 200bhp & loads of torque..I get around 450 miles from a tank

[JoeDarKa]

140 tdi here, remapped. My last tank i got 700 miles to about £80. Could have gone on for longer but the petrol station was on my way. Completely depends how you drive and on what roads

[Marshall]

Drive mainly fast A roads and motorway usually 80mph on the motorway and 65mph on A roads?

[JoeDarKa]

Mine is mainly motorways where i can barely get upto 70mph!

[Marshall]

Instead of the 26mpg I currently get do you think I'm being optimistic hoping for 40mpg?

[JoeDarKa]

Not at all, but i dont know anything about the 170 GT Sport!

[b-j-p]

Instead of the 26mpg I currently get do you think I'm being optimistic hoping for 40mpg?

I'd say you would easily get 40mpg if not more

[Andy]

My 140 tdi running a hybrid 219bhp and i get 55mpg on a good run

[Matto]

Instead of the 26mpg I currently get do you think I'm being optimistic hoping for 40mpg?

40mpg is easily achievable on a standard car. I used to see around 58mpg on my commute to work which consists of a mix of 30mph and around 70% national speed limit A roads. I'm now at 216bhp and can still get into the low 50's on the same commute.

[Marshall]

Well I've ended up buying a golf mk6 gtd 170 and picking it up on Friday.
Looks and drives very nice.