VR6 Stock Fuel Consumption?

[The_Hawk]

Anyone happen to have the figures quoted by the dealer on fuel consumption for the VR6 5sp manual?

[Mrk_Mickey]

Are you looking for something other than Redbook's numbers?

[tassie_euro_mk1]

should be in the cars manual. id have a look but i dont have the vr with me

[The_Hawk]

Are you looking for something other than Redbook's numbers?

I have a new app on the iPhone for calcing mileage, part of the setup asks for "standard" fuel consumptions figures, then it draws two lines which theoretically you should be between being city and country figures.

This particular app has information for lots of cars going back to 1998, I chose a '98 GTI VR6 which comes us with these figures which look pretty reasonable to me:

12.0L/100km City
9.0 L/100km Highway


Redbook on the otherhand is pretty laughable:

Fuel Urban (l/100km) 9.5
Fuel Extra Urban (l/100km) 6.2
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 7.4

It actually looks like it has the same figures for the GL



If anyone is interested the app is called AccuFuel. I just went through and put in all my back information and it was pretty straight forward, it supports export to email and editing your settings on the go, at all of $1.19 it looks pretty good.

YES I could have used one of the free apps, but I found them clunky, and YES I could have used something like google docs and it's basic spreadsheet, but then I have to connect to the net to update my figures, this is a nice easy to use app ...(so far )

[Golf Loon]

Lots of "info" on Redbook makes me laugh.

[rayray086]

Fuel Urban (l/100km) 9.5
Fuel Extra Urban (l/100km) 6.2
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 7.4

It actually looks like it has the same figures for the GL

Bahahaha I wish!

[The_Hawk]

Bahahaha I wish!

I was thinking thatBut considering my running average is 11.6L/100km with almost 100% short city trips to the station and back and the ocasional club run it's not all bad.

Sure I could save a little on fuel if I drove slower, but then I didn't get a VR6 for that sort of shenanigan now did I !!

[decksla]

i get well under 10l /100 and around 460-470 to a tank. and yes i do give it a hard time.

[Golf Houso]

I was thinking thatBut considering my running average is 11.6L/100km with almost 100% short city trips to the station and back and the ocasional club run it's not all bad.

Sure I could save a little on fuel if I drove slower, but then I didn't get a VR6 for that sort of shenanigan now did I !!

I couldn't get less than umm... 14.5 l's on mine, and I very doubt that average will ever go down during my stint with the car.

But hey, you try just driving a GL for 2.5 years !

[The_Hawk]

i get well under 10l /100 and around 460-470 to a tank. and yes i do give it a hard time.

It comes down to where you drive too, open road doing 80+ is good, back roads where you are on and off is bad...

Either that or my version of "hard time" and yours differ greatly

I couldn't get less than umm... 14.5 l's on mine, and I very doubt that average will ever go down during my stint with the car.

My worst is 13.2L/100km and my time round Wakefield (with an extra octane boost in the tank) was 12.3L/100km... although there was a little freeway in the last bit between fueling up and hooning round and reality is it wasn't a lot of KM...

Still 14.5 is impressive

[Jarred]

14.5l/100km! not even my mk 1 is that bad!

Actually, the mk 1 is very badly tuned (my bad!) so I do around 12's full city cycle, inc, flogging it and regular full throttle applications!

Doesn't get much better on the highway for some reason..

[BlackVr6ix]

I've been doing lots of really short trips lately, hardly getting the car up to temperature.... my average usage is sitting at.......17.8l/100km

I think my O2 sensor is shot too.

[Golf Houso]

14.5l/100km! not even my mk 1 is that bad!

Actually, the mk 1 is very badly tuned (my bad!) so I do around 12's full city cycle, inc, flogging it and regular full throttle applications!

Doesn't get much better on the highway for some reason..

Well, that was back from the auctions, and on ****ty no name (95) fuel also experimenting with the car. I know from personal experience that a B1 passat 1.5, 4 speed and auto choke won't do much better than 11.5-12 on the highway.

Also consider my 2.slow it seems cannot get worse than 10.5 or 11, and I warm that car up every time before I drive it as well.

[The_Hawk]

I've been doing lots of really short trips lately, hardly getting the car up to temperature.... my average usage is sitting at.......17.8l/100km

I think my O2 sensor is shot too.

geeezem I drive all of about 9km each way so it's not like I'm doing long trips... wow

[VR6child]

i get in the 12's... but i only drive for like 10-15 mins at a time. last time i went on a really long trip i swear i had it down to like 6. don't quote me tho.