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

[blanch0b]

LEAST and MOST km's from a full tank of petrol? (particularly for the GTI)

Thought id start this thread - there are other threads on fuel consumption (per100km) but nothing that i can find on the least amount of kms youve acheived....

Interested to hear peoples least, most and average kms they get out of a full tank of premium petrol for both the 118 and GTI.... particularly for the GTI

I have a gti and about to fill up for the first time, ive done around 490km for my first tank and i havent exactly been babying the car so im pretty happy with the economy thus far....

[MariusGT]

So I've just observed first hand the difference that altitude makes: went to dinner in the Perth hills tonight. Got 7.1 L/100km on the way up, and 5.1 L/100km on the way down (!). Even the up-hill figure is way better than I get around town.

Really?

i did notice great economy when i drove to thredbo recently. that is a steady incline though..

when i visit my sister down near Bega i drive the monaro/snowy mountains highway.. great economy on way down (using manual to hold speed rather than brake the entire way down hill). On trip back to Sydney though i SMASH through the fuel on way up --> very steep.

[cameronp]

So I've just observed first hand the difference that altitude makes: went to dinner in the Perth hills tonight. Got 7.1 L/100km on the way up, and 5.1 L/100km on the way down (!). Even the up-hill figure is way better than I get around town.

[ctan]

I do about 100k return each day peak hour on the Sydney M5 motorway. The last 2 tanks have averaged 6.5l/100 km. I use BP ultimate.

[Syd118TSI]

At 6.0 290km into the second tank.

Edit - that 6.0 seems to have only been for that particular drive. I need to refer to the manual to see what each readout specifically means. I was thinking that '1' was an overall reading and '2' was for the current 'trip'. It seemed though, that the '2' has reset itself for a trip without the trip meter being reset - as on the last drive it started in the 16-17 range (when I flicked over to it on the MFD) and ended the drive at 6.5.

[Syd118TSI]

1st largely 'city' / suburbs driving was around 8.0 according to the readout. So far on the second tank it's under 8.

[ozgti]

Thanks corey,

Just wondering out loud why it's not available when the data is used to calculate fuel consumption. Would be nice to have litres used/remaining read out.

You could always buy a ScangaugeII

Mine sits in the ashtray section, and have the cable coming up from underneath and into the back of the unit. I'll try to grab a pic later, but you can get accurate fuel figures as long as you know how much you filled up with and you can even calculate the costs per litre/km etc.

Last tank was 50l for 578kms. That's pretty average for me, combined semi city/peak hour and busy A roads.

[Corey_R]

Yep 3 out of 4 trips would be less than 10mins in duration. Interestingly I have the MFD on the oil temp and have not seen it go above about 65 degrees on the "short" trips. The longer trips get the oil up to the "normal" high 80's.

80's are normal on the 118TSI

But yeah - your fuel consumption is pretty damn good considering most of the time your car isn't even on for 10 minutes!

[Coaster]

I got my 118TSI (manual) at the height of the Perth summer. So the fact it was both new and operating in a ~40º environment meant that during the first 2 fills it averaged 6.85l/100km and 7.28l/100km.
Since then I have had averages more towards the 6.1's, a long trip averaging 5.95. Last fill averaged 6.53l/100km, which I put down to the very cold weather we've had, so it has taken an extraordinarily long time to reach operating temp.

Total average after 5,500km: 6.38l/100km

[clubbie]

Yep 3 out of 4 trips would be less than 10mins in duration. Interestingly I have the MFD on the oil temp and have not seen it go above about 65 degrees on the "short" trips. The longer trips get the oil up to the "normal" high 80's.

[Corey_R]

Define "short trips".
Short trips significantly increase fuel consumption due to the fact that cars use significantly more fuel whilst coming up to operating temperature - which can take ~20 mins (water, oil, gearbox oil etc). There is more info in the VW brochure on fuel consumption in relation to the affect of "short trips".

[clubbie]

OK my driving style either sucks or you guys have vastly different "interpretations" of city driving.

My average speed (using another cars readout) is about 28km/h as I live close to the CDB with short trips and no freeway travel.

Last fill tonight was 42.6l for 489km so about 8.7l/100kms. Good not great.

[coastie]

Average consumption from 20000km to 33000km has been 6.3l/100km some longer highway trips its below 6l/100km round town its up to 7.5l/100km.

[guliver_twist]

performance to fuel consumption this car is awesome! i average 5-8L most of the time..

[MariusGT]

ok so i'm gonna chip in with my MKV TSI (125) -- close enough!

just returned from trip to Thredbo from Sydney (via Yass for an overnight at friends farm).

fuel cons litres used per kms (own calculation) was 6.849L per 100. MFD was pretty close at 6.5

last tank (Cooma to sydney) used smack on 450kms and it hasn't quite used half. suggesting i'll get 900kms from tank if i get back on a freeway!!

GO THE TWINCHARGER!