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Chuffed with MPG :D
« on: October 31, 2011, 10:02:34 am »
On a recent run from central Scotland to Alton Towers and back, I achieved 396 miles on a full tank of shell 95 RON which I was pretty happy with for a GTI  :happy2:

I usually run her on tesco 99 or vpower if I get the chance, but thought I'd give it a try since I'd be sitting at 70 most of the way.

What's your best full tank range, fellow GTI owners?
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2011, 10:44:39 am »
not a GTI owner but same engine and similar car

380 miles to a tank, about half of which was motorway driving. that was running on V-Power, which i think gives me better fuel economy than Momentum 99
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2011, 10:56:48 am »
Never seemed to get more than 250 out of mine:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2011, 10:58:28 am »
Once did 400 miles to London. Sat behind a lorry at 54mph.

Never again!!!!!!! :evilgrin: :fighting:
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2011, 12:07:12 pm »
Crewe to Inverness (around 400miles) easy did it on one tank (showing 80miles left when I arrived). Bog standard GTI sat at 70mph on the motorways and 50-60 on the single carriageways, Driver & 1 passenger running on 95RON Unleaded. display was showing around 42mpg.

Its not the car, its how you drive it  :driver:

the whole point of VW putting the FSi technology in these engines is to SAVE fuel - so when your not WOT everywhere, they are actually quite good.
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2011, 12:14:49 pm »
i don't think my engine would ever achieve 480mi from a single tank at 70mph

i often do economy runs just to see what the maximum i could get is - i think 400mi is the absolute limit
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2011, 12:21:01 pm »
I was sitting at 70mph on the satnav pretty much all the way (75 on speedo  :wink: ) and think the display was showing ~38mpg. My friend who was following in his integra type-r managed 320 before the fuel light came on  :grin: blah blah vtec custom ecu blah blah...
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2011, 01:52:02 pm »
I'll not spoil ya fun by telling you all about my figures that I return from my 200 bhp derv  :wink:
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2011, 09:56:25 am »
Quote from: Jogon on October 31, 2011, 01:52:02 pm
I'll not spoil ya fun by telling you all about my figures that I return from my 200 bhp derv  :wink:

Yeah please don't, I punish myself enough considering my last car was a mapped civic 2.2 ctdi with 194bhp and ~49mpg  :confused:
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2011, 10:10:25 am »
400 miles is great result, the best i got was 600 km but I drive 20% city and rest motorway hence would have been better slightly....
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2011, 10:28:23 am »
The TFSI engine is more suited to long journeys as it is only when it has been given chance to get up to temperature that it switches to homogenous (lean burn) mode. IIRC.
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2011, 12:05:19 pm »
Quote from: MPS on November 01, 2011, 10:28:23 am
The TFSI engine is more suited to long journeys as it is only when it has been given chance to get up to temperature that it switches to homogenous (lean burn) mode. IIRC.

That would make sense, as my usual 5 mile journey to work results in, at best, 33-35mpg driving at a leisurely pace
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2011, 01:04:11 pm »
Same here 20 mile round trip at best 32-36 steady, local running about late 20's
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2011, 01:08:39 pm »
Best I've achieved was 400 miles. More normally get 280ish. I actually find Tesco Momentum gives far better economy than V Power.
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Re: Chuffed with MPG :D
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2011, 01:55:11 pm »
Always get 40mpg on my 58 mile commute in the mornings, even on 95 RON, always seems to be lower on the way home  :driver:  :laugh:
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