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Offline Rampage

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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2011, 08:17:23 pm »
I've really got to get out of London! I can only dream of those figures.
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2011, 08:34:19 pm »
If you havent reset the trip then that may be why your struggling to get higher MPG. If you have reset it then you need to lighten up on the right foot  :P
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #17 on: May 05, 2011, 07:08:58 pm »
I have started getting 36mpg out of my 2006 GTI DSG unmodded. Normally it is around the 32mpg mark but if i pull away slowly from standing still it vastly improves my average even on short runs into town. Does get a bit boring after a while but great if you are a stooge like me  :indifferent:
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #18 on: May 05, 2011, 07:39:27 pm »
The short answer is if you want decent mpg, don't buy a GTI!
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #19 on: May 05, 2011, 07:55:24 pm »
Quote from: diesel junior on May 03, 2011, 03:33:31 pm

The thing you notice (as Clarkson did on TG) is the thing pulls from 1600 rpm in 6th gear its quite remarkable and shows the advance in technology in the intervening years.....


....I thought it wasn't very good for an engine to be driven so heavily on its torque. If running 1,600 rpm I wouldn't pull away hard even in 4th! But that's probably why I very rarely see more than 30 mpg whatever the journey.
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2011, 08:17:24 pm »
Quote from: stealthwolf on May 05, 2011, 07:39:27 pm
The short answer is if you want decent mpg, don't buy a GTI!

Couldnt agree more  :notworthy:
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #21 on: May 05, 2011, 08:57:29 pm »
Quote from: alexperkins on May 05, 2011, 08:17:24 pm
Quote from: stealthwolf on May 05, 2011, 07:39:27 pm

The short answer is if you want decent mpg, don't buy a GTI!


Couldnt agree more  :notworthy:


....x 2  :happy2:
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2011, 09:07:48 pm »
I see 26-28 on the TT, and that is giving a seeing to!  If I take it easy is will give 32-34, which is not often...... all due to the Noise! The Noise!

Best I had was bringing it south from Cheshire, in traffic, where it gave nigh on 38.

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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #23 on: May 05, 2011, 09:14:25 pm »
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That's really good, QD. It just shows how VAG are continually improving fuel efficiency.

Of course I'm not jealous of that 'noise' one little bit  :wink:
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #24 on: May 05, 2011, 09:16:43 pm »
I was just going to edit my post with that aspect RR, it really is a remarkable donkey.

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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #25 on: May 05, 2011, 09:26:14 pm »
Quote from: QD on May 05, 2011, 09:16:43 pm

I was just going to edit my post with that aspect RR, it really is a remarkable donkey.


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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2011, 10:36:03 am »
28 mpg for me over the last 2,500 miles with a lot of motorway.
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2011, 10:42:42 am »
I don't even look at my computer!
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #28 on: May 12, 2011, 10:46:14 am »
25.2 over 2800ish miles for me

Mostly town driving and stuck in traffic though!
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Re: 28mpg?!
« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2011, 11:14:58 am »
Is there a marked difference between the AXX engines and the BWA's? (is it BWA?) was there a later engine on the Mk5, it would be mildly interesting to see if the efficiencies improved.

I am AXX and regularly get about 25mpg (mostly town stop start commute, but can rise to circa 36mpg on a long motorway cruise).

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