The MK6 Fuel Consumption (Most / Least per Tank) Thread

[SMOK3Y]

i have no doubt i could get 900-1000kays on a long trip in my 90tsi the 810 average i get is combined 60/70% highway rest urban and i flog it lol

[Mountainman]

Our 90TSI manual has averaged 6.1L/100km up to 46,000km with a best a couple of times of 5.4L/100km. The most distance on one tank was 909km using 50L and gettig 5.5L/100km, which was almost into diesel territory. It took us the whole day of driving.

[SMOK3Y]

ya didnt notice it was R but still with nearly 7ks on clock my car says says 6.1 average (unusually avg speed & litres reset themselves at 6ks??). and i get about 810 ks to 45/6 litres i bought this car for economy i still wouldnt be real happy with 7/7.5 average. and i havent even done a long trip yet.

[jrgti]

lol lucky i didnt get a GTI id be spewing with 8.6 (as my best) & other economys people seem to get... glad i got little 1.4 lol

You mean the R right? I can easily average 7.0 or less to Mandurah and back with my GTI mk6. Will depend on the load and the way you drive of course.
During a trip down to Margaret River from Perth with 2 passengers and a boot full of water/food, the average on the trip guage was 8.5. On the way back with less in the boot it was 7.5. Air-con was always on for both trips there and back as well.
I had only done ~5000kms with the car just before the trip so it wasn't thoroughly "run in". Also I used Shell RON95 to MG but on the way back it was BP RON98 so maybe that made a difference too.
Personally I only noticed an improvement with the average for my day to day driving after 10000kms.

[MariusGT]

re shopping around for fuel: i generally fill at the same station - on the same day every week. regardless of how low my tank is..

The "cheap day" is no longer tuesday - it floats around and changes every week or so. just sign up to fuel watch and have a squiz every second week at the chart for your area and it will tell you the cheap day. IF you care about the $3-5 saving

[Rendog]

After 10 fuel up's I'm now getting close to 870 km's from at tank and averaging 5.7l/100kms, best trip has been 5.5l/100kms with with my little 77TSI.

I'm happy with the kms just not with the price increase in petrol going from RON 91 to RON98 adds about 26c per litre to the cost of filling up

[SMOK3Y]

lol lucky i didnt get a GTI id be spewing with 8.6 (as my best) & other economys people seem to get... glad i got little 1.4 lol

[shakespeare]

Had a run down to Mandurah and back on the weekend (140kms 100/110 kph) the trip computer reading was 8.6L/100km best ever result for me

[SMOK3Y]

i gotta say fredstar that economy your getting is worse than what my cammed 6ltr V8 was getting lol and its one of the reasons i got rid of it.

[fredstar]

its only petrol...does it really matter?

cant afford the fuel cant afford the car!

Can definitely afford the car and the fuel Ryan. Just an observation on the fuel economy.

[Ryan41]

see if it was $200 a month id care as well but a yr lol i fill up every 6/7 days

haha, I think we have all lost more than $200 in a single night at the casino!

[SMOK3Y]

see if it was $200 a month id care as well but a yr lol i fill up every 6/7 days

[MiiLos]

I'm the same as you, I just decide I'm filling up regardless of price at the same station every time (unless I'm not local of course) and yeh for the sake of 5 or so dollars it isn't worth shopping around.

Say you fill up every 10 days on average, that $5 is almost $200 a year

[SMOK3Y]

My R is very thirsty. Mostly city driving and "distance to empty" says 340km when I fill it. My GTI used to always be 560km.

It is only a little better economy than my brothers V8 M3!! Not so happy.

mines only 90tsi but i love seeing 800 to empty on fills

I'm rarely in heavy inner city traffic thankfully. More suburban, freeway and country roads. Does your brother drive in the same conditions?

same as my driving

[rs73]

all those extra awd tranny weight it needs to lug around definitely gonna kill your inner city fuel economy
... but do you really buy an R for fuel eco?