The Octavia fuel consumption thread

[bobski]

2010 DSG 147 wagon, 40000km. I stopped counting sometime ago (you miss a couple and the novelty wears off). I do a quick calculation in my head at the pump and simply reset the trip computer every time. A mix of urban and freeway/country and its almost always 8.3, I usually fill up with around 50km of range and the trip computer around 600km. Long freeway trips on cruise (eg we do Sydney to Coffs regularly), gives me 7 -7.2 consistently. Given that I'm not a small man, and I have a heavy right foot, I'm pretty damn happy with that... it gets pretty close to the manufacturer's claims, which many vehicles simply do not.

[cbay]

2011My12 90tsi dsg wagon here. 11,000kms, total average is 8.3L/100km. short urban trips, most are fully/family loaded. Regular trip average is around 7.2L, some short heavy footed trips average 9L. My last trip, urban mixed with freeway driving, the average consumption dropped nicely to 6.7L/100km.

[Mysticality]

Over the past few weeks I've been getting 900km/tank pretty much every fill up. Mind you, fill ups are every 2-3 days. Sometimes I hate my job. XD

This is stop start trafffic, heavy foot, and highways.
Sydney CBD is a lot of fun, especially when you're returning such great fuel figures you can afford to floor it!

[alledal]

The Octavia fuel consumption thread

My Octavia Scout Premium has just hit its 1 year birthday, and its at 7.14 l/100km average over the last year.

Things I have noticed when looking at the figures was what a difference different diesels actually made. It doesn't get good range out of Liberty, but does a heck of a lot better with BP, and Mobil ain't that far behind. Liberty was always around the 7.5s (it was my local one), BPs around 6.9s, and Mobil 7.1.

[gldgti]

Recently had a great trip average of 4.8l/100km from Central coast to the mid-north coast and back again, round trip of 820km. Fair bit of dirt road mountainous driving in there too.

[Mysticality]

My Octavia Scout Premium has just hit its 1 year birthday, and its at 7.14 l/100km average over the last year.

Things I have noticed when looking at the figures was what a difference different diesels actually made. It doesn't get good range out of Liberty, but does a heck of a lot better with BP, and Mobil ain't that far behind. Liberty was always around the 7.5s (it was my local one), BPs around 6.9s, and Mobil 7.1.

I find Vortex Premium does more harm than good... Lack of power and much worse economy.
BP Ultimate Diesel on the other hand is fantastic stuff!! Really works!!

I know all premium diesels are basically antifoam and not as strong smelling... But there really is something different about that BP Ult. Shame I've only ever found it in Brissy

[dagget]

Had the 90TSI about 2 weeks now and have done 1500kms - average according to the MFD - 6.2l/100. Pretty pleased as we live in a hilly palce so my 50kms a day trip averages a round 5.8 down and 6.8 back.

2 recent notable trips - 600kms return trip to Gippsland - averaged 5.4l measured by the fill up method and a decent mixed freeway/melbourne weekend and weeks station commuting was 6.0.