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

[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.

[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.

[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]

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

[Candyman]

Loving my R. Never bother to look at fuel use because the vehicle is so much fun.

When the car tells me, I fill it up.

Life is like that

Still, bloody amazed how good it is doing after only 3 days out of the dealers. Returning fuel consumption figures close to the GTI I had - same roads, same driving style. Must have a good one I guess.

[Tobes_WIR35]

My average over the first 6,000 km to date is 9.4 L/100km.

I live in the city, work in the city, so most of my driving is stop/start/slow. I think you can pretty much disregard the ADR combined figures for any car, unless you live in the country, as I've owned 3 brand new cars in the last 3 years and they have all been considerably higher than the ADR combined figures. The city and highway figures however, are pretty spot on I have found.

A fair amount depends on how you drive it too, it's so much bloody fun to drive the GTI with "enthusiasm".

9.4 L/100km is about half of what my 4 litre V6 Navara D-40 auto used to consume, so I'm not complaining....

[Mi16 Man]

Here ya go....424km to this 'half tank' in a manual GTI. I'm running a mongrel mix of 'Ultimate'/'8000'/'Vortex 98'.

[Ryan41]

just got 483km's out of my R.. and filled it up on ultimate 98 at BP.. $89.10 at $1.69 a litre..

f*ck qld fuel prices

[hooba]

Here ya go....424km to this 'half tank' in a manual GTI. I'm running a mongrel mix of 'Ultimate'/'8000'/'Vortex 98'.

You'd get even better economy if you listened to your car and changed up to 6th gear sooner. 70km/h in 5th is way too many revs, especially with the cruise control on.

[Tobes_WIR35]

You'd get even better economy if you listened to your car and changed up to 6th gear sooner. 70km/h in 5th is way too many revs, especially with the cruise control on.

I see a number 6....not 5...

[Ryan41]

I see a number 6....not 5...

Stick to your DSG son.. haha.. He is in 5th.. with MFD suggesting to shift up to 6th! ..

The MFD is stupid anyway.. i can be doing 40 in 3rd and it would be telling me to shift to 5th..

[Tobes_WIR35]

Stick to your DSG son.. haha.. He is in 5th.. with MFD suggesting to shift up to 6th! ..

The MFD is stupid anyway.. i can be doing 40 in 3rd and it would be telling me to shift to 5th..

Oh I see - haha. Happy to stick with my DSG, that's for sure! I'm not surprised that it's telling you to change into fifth @ 40km/h, the DSG in auto mode would do that in some situations. But it can, because the low end torque can sustain it

[Mi16 Man]

You'd get even better economy if you listened to your car and changed up to 6th gear sooner. 70km/h in 5th is way too many revs, especially with the cruise control on.

Ignorance is bliss......with regards to the MFD that is!

[DeanoTDI]

Don't think i'll ever beat 1416km on a tank of diesel in 103TDI

[Ideo]

Ignorance is bliss......with regards to the MFD that is!

I generally ignore that. I wish it could be changed to optimum change for performance. Fuel economy if neither here nor there.

Speaking of which, battled up the Pacific Highway with the AC on, then F3 then Terrigal Drive to Avoca Beach. Average of 8.3

I seriously don't know what some of you are doing to get low fuel economy. I just drive it, thrash it sometimes and generally hang on to gears for much longer than that stupid display says.