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

[walbjj]

so far ive managed to do 2 refills. logged 1100kms so far. i managed 9.35l/100km first fill, and 9.03l/100km 2nd fill. ive done an apr reflash now, so will see how the 3rd and subsequent refills go.
i drive about 350km a week in sydney traffic

[brad]

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

It will improve all the way to 15,000-20,000km. You shouldn't be trying for economy when running in

[MariusGT]

It will improve all the way to 15,000-20,000km. You shouldn't be trying for economy when running in

here here... and don't forget just how much inner city V's highway can differ. i've been as low as sub500kms and as high as 890.

[Rendog]

It will improve all the way to 15,000-20,000km. You shouldn't be trying for economy when running in

Thanks I guess was looking for economy out of the box, but now I understand it will take a few thousand k's before I really start to see improvement....

[Rendog]

After 4 weeks of driving I've now done 3500 kms. 77TSI is a great car and fuel economy has really improved, this tank it will be getting close to 5.5l/per 100kms.

I'm primarily highway driving but I'm not driving like a grandma and I'm finding the engine more willing as it wears in and as Corey pointed out after a while you get the hang of the car, find the sweet spot for gear changes and alike which also helps

[MiiLos]

Just clicked over 1000km today in the GTI. Had the 2nd refill a couple days ago and I'm averaging 8.3L/100km. 586km out of the the 1st refill on Shell VPower. I've got BP Ultimate in there now, not babying it by any means except the necessary highway trips. Surprised its sitting in the 8's this early in, looks like I should be getting mid 600's no problem once I stop keeping the revs up at all times.

[Rob_R]

Just clicked over 1000km today in the GTI. Had the 2nd refill a couple days ago and I'm averaging 8.3L/100km. 586km out of the the 1st refill on Shell VPower. I've got BP Ultimate in there now, not babying it by any means except the necessary highway trips. Surprised its sitting in the 8's this early in, looks like I should be getting mid 600's no problem once I stop keeping the revs up at all times.

It's funny how I'm only keeping an eye on the gauge only to make sure I don't run out. Too early on for me to bother about fuel average. Getting mine sub 10's would be asking alot at the moment. Good that you are able to achieve reasonable economy and give it some stick at the same time.

[SMOK3Y]

about 50 clicks off 3000ks on odo just filled up 778ks for 46 litres (combined urban highway 60% highway) getting better with more ks on clock. want the APR tune so will see how much worse it gets when i get it. but experiance with V8 holdens has taught me that a tune will yeild better economy than standard.

[MiiLos]

It's funny how I'm only keeping an eye on the gauge only to make sure I don't run out. Too early on for me to bother about fuel average. Getting mine sub 10's would be asking alot at the moment. Good that you are able to achieve reasonable economy and give it some stick at the same time.

Yeah I filled up with 30km to go on the MFD the last time round, I thought that the average would be much worse considering I've been giving it some stick a good 60-70% of the time.

[Corey_R]

After 8500km of the Golf R, I'm resigned to the fact that I'll never have sub-10L/100km unless I'm doing 100% highway, lol.
I used to average ~8L/100km in my MKV GTI with Stage 2... oh well.

[Rob_R]

After 8500km of the Golf R, I'm resigned to the fact that I'll never have sub-10L/100km unless I'm doing 100% highway, lol.
I used to average ~8L/100km in my MKV GTI with Stage 2... oh well.

lol, you've got to remove the velcro from under you go fast peddle. I don't really care what economy I get. If I did I wouldn't have bought the R. Would have bought a bean counter camry or something. lol

[Klink1313]

At my last fill I had covered 3,111 Km. My fuel consumption at each fill has been 11.0, 10.3, 10.2, (APR Stage 1 installed) 10.1, 9.9, 9.7, 9.8. 70% of my driving is on the freeway though. Also pleased that the trip computer is accurate (well occasionally only 0.1 more pessimistic than my spd sheet calculations)

[Rosey456]

13.8 for the first 1000km
90% city 10% tollway

[elephino]

Because I now have an app for this...

I've now hit 25,000km, though the last fill was prior to this.
Min: 6.93L/100
Max: 10.36L/100 (the only time a fill has been over 10)
Average: 8.64L/100
Average distance per fill: 577.14km
Max distance: 728.9km
Averaging 58km per day (it's about 25-26km each way for work)

That also includes 2 long trips, one from Sydney to Melbourne and the other from Sydney to Hervey Bay.

[easeup]

Agreed Rob_R... at the moment i only really look down to make sure i'm not empty yet. But i've only done 1600km, so i'm still in the ultra-enjoyment phase. Most of my trips are half highway, half city, so im either babying it in 6th at 100km/h or belting it through backstreets (usually in a hurry). I find that i get 8.2L/100km - 8.8L/100km almost every trip. If it's a city only trip where i belt it around a bit, then 13L/100km