What should I buy?

[maca]

Mainly highway

Ahh that explains it.

You'd have to have an average of 7.8l/100kms to get 700kms out of a typical 55litre tank of fuel so although its probably doable on a flat highway with no air con this would be the best case scenario - no chance you'd get that kind of economy around the city whereas I get anwhere from 750km - 850kms easily with city driving all the time in mine.

Redbook states you can get 6.1L/100km on the highway from a 2.0TSI Jetta. I know Redbook isn't the most accurate source of information, but that's a big jump to 7.8... I'd like to get low 7's to Sydney with three people in the car plus luggage.

[poyta]

Redbook states you can get 6.1L/100km on the highway from a 2.0TSI Jetta.

I wouldn't believe Redbook. That figure is the extra urban figure which for my 125TDi was supposed to be 5.0 and I've never really been under 5.6 for extra urban driving.

[Kaan]

You'd have to have an average of 7.8l/100kms to get 700kms out of a typical 55litre tank of fuel so although its probably doable on a flat highway with no air con this would be the best case scenario - no chance you'd get that kind of economy around the city whereas I get anwhere from 750km - 850kms easily with city driving all the time in mine.

I get around 700 kms from my TFSI jetta. %60 highway and %40 city driving. I use my aircon most of the time. Also I don't drive like a grandma.

[kane_tools]

OK I found out what a 125tdi is, I thought all GT golfs were 1.4 twin chargers duh..
All I can say is bring on September, I will have a nice big juicy deposit to go shopping.
Hmm gti or gtd or jetta turbo...
My long repressed VW love set free after years of being in bogan car denial!

[poyta]

Hmm gti or gtd or jetta turbo...

Actually the Mk6 GTD is quite a different animal to the Mk5 125GT TDI - read my review of it here -

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f28/mk6-gtd-vc-mk5-gt-tdi-46783.html#post532517

[Kenju]

Ahh that explains it.

Redbook states you can get 6.1L/100km on the highway from a 2.0TSI Jetta. I know Redbook isn't the most accurate source of information, but that's a big jump to 7.8... I'd like to get low 7's to Sydney with three people in the car plus luggage.

I'd be really surprised if you could do this. I get mid 7s if I'm lucky on the freeway from Canberra to Sydney by myself with no load. Claimed mileage vs actual mileage are 2 very different things.

The petrol turbo jetta is very capable sports car in disguise. With a software upgrade, it would be a total beast.

[stickshift3000]

My tdi sips fuel at less than 4.8L/100 km on the highway - measured!

[*thad*]

small update i eneded up getting the r32 and wow, just wow this thing grips and the note of the 6!!!!! Again its a personal preff but i love the r32 over the gti.

[poyta]

My tdi sips fuel at less than 4.8L/100 km on the highway - measured!

Average? Wow, what are you doing 80kmh? On a flat mine will hit about 3.5 - 4.0l but as soon as its an incline will go up to about 8 so it averages out at about 5.8 - 6.0 over a good run from say adelaide to Melbourne.

[poyta]

small update i eneded up getting the r32 and wow, just wow this thing grips and the note of the 6!!!!! Again its a personal preff but i love the r32 over the gti.

Nice choice and welcome to the club - like I said before I would never choose a GTi over an R32 but its a strange choice if your main motivation for the change was fuel consumption, I still say that the best choice for you would have been a GT TDI - I hope you at least test drove one prior to buying the R32.

[Bizi]

Nice choice and welcome to the club - like I said before I would never choose a GTi over an R32 but its a strange choice if your main motivation for the change was fuel consumption, I still say that the best choice for you would have been a GT TDI - I hope you at least test drove one prior to buying the R32.

Rarity / difficulty of finding a GT - is this an issue where thad lives?
I guess it is the sound of the VR6 that gets to R32 fans, so that they no longer consider the alternatives.

[poyta]

Rarity / difficulty of finding a GT - is this an issue where thad lives?
I guess it is the sound of the VR6 that gets to R32 fans, so that they no longer consider the alternatives.

Actually its my bad- thad wasn't the original thread started with the fuel economy motivation. We still haven't heard from Kane Tools as to what he's buying or bought.

[*thad*]

corrct the fuel didnt worrie me (i work in the city so i only drive it on weekends) i drove both the r32 and gti, both had good points but for the <$2 k extra over the gti i went the r32 and couldnt be happier.