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

[markwid]

While the claimed figure is 6.2L/100km, I doubt your driving pattern is exactly ADR 81/02. As the expression goes, YMMV. Move on, and just enjoy your new car.

[MkVIGTI]

it claimed a 6.1/100km figure. and while i know its pretty much impossible to get that, i was expecting smth like a 6.5? i dont drive my car hard so i'm just puzzled that bout the figures. (my previous Mazda2 with a claimed 6.8/100km returned 6.9/100km)
haha FC is pretty impt to me (hence the 118TSI over the GTI). i'm still in uni and it adds up to ~ $5 more a week. its almost like my car is taking my lunch money once a week lol.

According to my trip computer, my FC is at 7.7L/100km. They claimed 7.6L for the GTI so I must be doing something right

[brad]

it claimed a 6.1/100km figure. and while i know its pretty much impossible to get that, i was expecting smth like a 6.5? i dont drive my car hard so i'm just puzzled that bout the figures. (my previous Mazda2 with a claimed 6.8/100km returned 6.9/100km)
haha FC is pretty impt to me (hence the 118TSI over the GTI). i'm still in uni and it adds up to ~ $5 more a week. its almost like my car is taking my lunch money once a week lol.

My 1.8 was averaging high 7s when new. It now averages mid-6. As i said, your engine isn't run-in yet. At these early kilometres, I'd recomend you forget about trying for economy & drive with a bit of spirit. The engine will break-in better & your economy down the track will be very much closer to where you expect it.

PS: what happened to the days when Uni students drove 20 year old Geminis that doubled in value if you put a case of beer in the boot?

[REXman]

Im averaging 13.3l/100 at the moment.

[Tom_R]

Im averaging about 12.5l/100 in peak hour traffic and about 8.5l/100 at night with minimal traffic.

[Brian916]

A cruise to/from Sydney today, with the run TO sydney registering 7.1l/100km on the TC, 7.3l/100km on the way home, overall 7.2l/100km. Reasonable, but not that good as I was expecting much better. I've been getting 7.4 - 7.7 around Canberra regularly.

For the performance of the car it's excellent, but with every other car I've owned, I've been able to match, or better, the highway consumption on the Canberra/Sydney/return.

Oh well.

[Mariani]

Im averaging about 12.5l/100 in peak hour traffic and about 8.5l/100 at night with minimal traffic.

Far out that's a lot. So how KM's are you getting on 1 tank of fuel?

Must admit, my current Cooper s is the best on fuel. Am happy the GTI is only a small increase.

[Corey_R]

He's driving a Golf R Mariani. It's got a different engine, more power and torque, AWD, and an extra ~125Kg on the GTI you have on order...

[Ideo]

Average is now sitting at 9.6 l/100km

On the pacific highway/F3 coming back from Coffs today it averaged a rather wallet pleasing 8.1m including a damn good blast along the wootton way, north of Buhladelah.

[DDTW]

I used up approx 3/4 tank for my recent 550kms trip to the Great Ocean Rd.

I was bloody impressed with the consumption of this pocket rocket! MFD showed 8.7L/100km.

[Rendog]

I've got the manual 77TSI and have just completed my first tank of fuel @ 6.4L/100km with about 80% highway driving ave speed about 100-110kph with no slow downs. The VW Golf brochure rates it at 6.1L combined driving, I was thought I might get just under 6L.

Should I expect fuel consumption to improve as the engine loosens up? Or where VW testing extra urban at 80kmph in 6th gear

[Corey_R]

Yep, it will improve with time.

I can also take time for you to "learn" the car and how to drive it efficiently etc.

[pat25d]

4.2L/100km on a recent trip down south.

Also got a good 5.1L/100km doing suburban driving on a trip to borrow a vag-com cable

103TDI wagon

[Rendog]

Yep, it will improve with time.

I can also take time for you to "learn" the car and how to drive it efficiently etc.

Yep I guess it's a bit of both... looking forward to getting 800kms out of a tank of petrol...

[MW103DSG]

Yep I guess it's a bit of both... looking forward to getting 800kms out of a tank of petrol...

Hi,
I have a 103 TDI just love it when the range on the MFD says 900km.

cheers