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A Coupla Things About The Mk6 I'd Like To Know

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    A Coupla Things About The Mk6 I'd Like To Know

    A couple of questions and observations from a newbie

    I've just completed my first tank since delivery (when it had 13ks) - and I've got 645km out of one tank - that's phenomenal !

    Query 1 : How low do you let the needle go before filling up ? I know the MFD will tell you to "REFUEL !" and you have "0km" left.....but I got away with it, luckily.

    Observation 1 : Without knowing what brand the dealer used (I'll find out today when I get the bluetooth & weathershields put on), I can only compare the economy of that to Tank 2 - which is on BP. I think I'll trial out Mobil and Shell and see what I get from them. My driving is a mixture of Eastlink / Monash and suburban.

    Query 2 : What tyre pressures is everyone running ? I haven't honestly checked them since delivery although the ride seems just fine. I'm on the 15" Wellington Alloys.
    Currently driving 2014 Jeep Cherokee - looking at the 2017 Tiguan 162TSI Highline (Habanero Orange) !
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    Originally posted by bigmouthmedia View Post
    A couple of questions and observations from a newbie

    I've just completed my first tank since delivery (when it had 13ks) - and I've got 645km out of one tank - that's phenomenal !
    Shouldn't it be better?

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      Originally posted by roy View Post
      Shouldn't it be better?
      Roy, I was a bit annoyed you said that initially - but after talking to the service guy at Barloworld whilst dropping it off this morning, he said "you'll get more". I think I was amazed because i've never had a car getting that good an amount of economy before !

      By the way, they use BP Petrol - so I'll be onto the second tank of the same.

      Will post some figures later.
      Currently driving 2014 Jeep Cherokee - looking at the 2017 Tiguan 162TSI Highline (Habanero Orange) !

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        There's a great website frequented by obsessive germans that has fuel consumption stats from hundreds of golf owners.

        Advanced search - Spritmonitor.de
        http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/search.html
        Use Spritmonitor.de, the online gas mileage calculator and database, to determine the fuel consumption of your vehicle and compare it with others.


        I thought I'd mention it in the off chance there are other obsessives on this forum...............
        2018 Tiguan 110TSI Comfortline + DAP

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          Originally posted by bigmouthmedia View Post
          Roy, I was a bit annoyed you said that initially - but after talking to the service guy at Barloworld whilst dropping it off this morning, he said "you'll get more". I think I was amazed because i've never had a car getting that good an amount of economy before !

          By the way, they use BP Petrol - so I'll be onto the second tank of the same.

          Will post some figures later.
          As far as i know, 1tank can reach 800km...someone got 900km on 1 tank(forgot i saw it on this forum or other..)
          so...definitely u'll be impressed when u see that on clock.

          Q1: haven't received my car yet...but usually i won't let the needle below 20%...
          Last edited by roy; 04-02-2010, 07:26 PM.

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            Originally posted by roy View Post
            As far as i know, 1tank can reach 800km...someone got 900km on 1 tank(forgot i saw it on this forum or other..)
            so...definitely u'll be impressed when u see that on clock.

            Q1: haven't received my car yet...but usually i won't let the needle below 20%...
            The Golf has a 55L tank. If you were to run it completely dry and make the 'combined rating', you'd get
            887km 90TSI Man + 118TSI Man
            859km 90TSI DSG
            846km 118TSI DSG

            But the Golf says it is at '0km' to go when there is a reserve of 5L in the tank? (It's written in the manual, but I don't have a Golf manual on me right now).

            So you'd get much less than this, unless you can beat the 'combined' rating. That is possible, especially on a freeway drive, but probably not something you'd be doing day to day.

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            • #7
              645km per tank! For start/stop city driving that is just about the norm. My missus has hijack my 118TSI but from memory, I was getting something similar in a mix of city peak and off-peak driving with A/C running.

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                [QUOTE=prise;455721]There's a great website frequented by obsessive germans that has fuel consumption stats from hundreds of golf owners.

                Advanced search - Spritmonitor.de
                http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/search.html
                Use Spritmonitor.de, the online gas mileage calculator and database, to determine the fuel consumption of your vehicle and compare it with others.


                I thought I'd mention it in the off chance there are other obsessives on this forum...............[/QUOTE]


                sigworthy
                2017 MY18 Golf R 7.5 Wolfsburg wagon (boring white) delivered 21 Sep 2017, 2008 Octavia vRS wagon 2.0 TFSI 6M (bright yellow), 2006 T5 Transporter van 2.5 TDI 6M (gone but not forgotten).

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                  Aww - my quote got bumped. And I only noticed it yesterday.
                  GTI MKVI Candy White | 5 door | DSG | ACC | 18" Detroits | Leather | Electric Seat | Sunroof | RNS510 | Dynaudio | Park Assist | RVC | MDI

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                    Originally posted by GolfAtom View Post
                    645km per tank! For start/stop city driving that is just about the norm.
                    ive got 3/4 of a tank left of my first BP Fuel fill since delivery. Hope i can make 645km of city driving too.

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                      I have filled up my 118TSI four times so far.

                      On each tank, I have been very excited to knock up 400km when the needle is bang on half.

                      On each occassion I have made it 640-680 km with the range showing 25 km.

                      I am told this will get better.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by bmck View Post
                        I have filled up my 118TSI four times so far.

                        On each tank, I have been very excited to knock up 400km when the needle is bang on half.

                        On each occassion I have made it 640-680 km with the range showing 25 km.

                        I am told this will get better.
                        I'm on Tank 2 now, and have just hit 670km before rushing off to fill er up

                        Another question to all Golf VI owners - does the driver's seat headrest go all the way down to the seat level ? Mine is one 'click' up and while it's not a bad thing, i'm used to the headrest resting on the seat itself.
                        Currently driving 2014 Jeep Cherokee - looking at the 2017 Tiguan 162TSI Highline (Habanero Orange) !

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