Average mpg?

[xBERTOx]

Hey everyone, just wondering if an mpg of 28 on a 08 Gti dsg for a 44 min journey with mostly motorway miles is normal?

[GrayMK5GTI]

Depends how fast you were driving, how many passengers, what fuel etc. .

High 30's -40mpg if your gentle.

[jonnym]

46 into work!!

[betty_swollox]

Bit more info would help, is it standard?

[xBERTOx]

Standard car afaik, it was me the wife and our 2yr old, not stupid driving, fairly sensible tbh. Using vmax, never seen an average over 30 so far and with my son in the car I always use dsg in d. I'm starting to think it could be low due to an issue, any suggestions as I've checked the tire pressure already.


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[MattPoss]

Sounds fairly normal to me, I've got a DSG and I've never seen over 35mpg

Did a run to Wales last year at 70mph all the way on the M6 (2 and a half hours) and averaged 30mpg (Stage 2 running on  VPower)

Matt

[Shaw]

I get an average of 36mpg at 70 with minimal overtakes. Manual, 40k, stage1 tune. Have got 41mpg over 190miles at 55-60mph.

It's not all about speed though... Having a twitchy right foot can drop it considerably despite you not actually going any faster.

Is the car regularly serviced, does it have all the power you'd expect, idle smoothly, tyre pressures good, does it roll freely on a slight incline (no binding brakes)?


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[betty_swollox]

How about on a long run, like a few hours??

[J400uk]

I generally average 35 on motorway journeys going at 70/ 80 mph. Highest I've ever had out of it is 38 but was with AC off and not exceeding 70mph. Round town it generally gets mid 20s, averaging about 30 overall. Good enough for what it is I think.

From what I've read in real life the manual seems to be capable of higher on longer runs, even though the paper figures are slightly worse than the DSG?

[xjay1337]

Easily get 38+ on a motorway journey stick it on cruise at 70mph happy days.

[J400uk]

Easily get 38+ on a motorway journey stick it on cruise at 70mph happy days.

Think I replied to you on another thread, find it interesting yours always does better than mine given they are both 06 5dr DSGs. I haven't got cruise (yet) so maybe that's it.

[xjay1337]

Easily get 38+ on a motorway journey stick it on cruise at 70mph happy days.

Think I replied to you on another thread, find it interesting yours always does better than mine given they are both 06 5dr DSGs. I haven't got cruise (yet) so maybe that's it.

Odd :)
Got a few times when I've had over 42! Highest so far was 41.8 which was a 70mph cruise (including some horrible traffic) to a meet over 65 miles. Included a hoof down a slip road.

[betty_swollox]

Easily get 38+ on a motorway journey stick it on cruise at 70mph happy days.

Think I replied to you on another thread, find it interesting yours always does better than mine given they are both 06 5dr DSGs. I haven't got cruise (yet) so maybe that's it.

Odd :)
Got a few times when I've had over 42! Highest so far was 41.8 which was a 70mph cruise (including some horrible traffic) to a meet over 65 miles. Included a hoof down a slip road.

One is a gti, one is a gt tdi  ????

[J400uk]

Just wondering what else the difference could be, mines probably higher mileage but that shouldn't affect it. Doesn't bother me too much as 35 is tollerable but you'd think both cars should achieve the same  

Oh and I generally run on supermarket fuel as it didn't seem to like premium stuff round town, but will try swapping again soon

[MattPoss]

Mines an 06 5 door DSG and I've never seem anything like 40mpg, struggle to get much above 70mph with cruise on after a couple of hours on the motorway. I live about 3 miles from the M6 too so I havn't got a long town journey to get there either