Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[adhock]

Not that much contrast. I can get it under 6 for the commute trip if I try hard, but it isn't easy. Generally, long highway trips are a bit better, and it would be better still if I "drove" in Economy mode vs cruise control I suspect. Nonetheless, 40 to 50 mpg in old terms is not to be sneezed at. Compared to 25 mpg in our old Commodore on a good run.

[beachie1]

TSI103 Highline Hatch Consumption.

It should be better, and even the lead footed would achieve very good fuel economy. You can drive TDI reasonably fast and still get a good fuel economy unlike the TSI engines. Also in very heavy traffic, bumper to bumper will make a big difference between TSI and TDI. With the diesel returning much better fuel economy than the TSI.

I can get 8.5L/100 in Adelaide's crazy roadworks morning traffic in the 3.0L V6TDI Touareg, that weights 1000kg more than Golf.

[LEFT]I recently did a trip from Newcastle to the South Coast and return.
Mostly at 100 to 110 on active cruise control,not using stop/start or economy mode
Consumption 4.8L100klms.with driver and two passengers.
Just Pennant Hills Road a bit congested ,rest of trip reasonable freeway traffic.
Just had two year service,at 18000 ks,did not change pollen filter but brake fluid was.
Cost $410.00, did not use economy mode as I forgot,but nice to have a little power when needed or I could also use sports mode for a little fun.Cruises up Mooney Mooney Bridge hill on central Coast at 110 in active cruise control

[AJD]

I'm running a 2 year old 110 TDI and average around 6/100 for my regular around town commutes (I do drive through Sydney CBD every morning). Did a little run up to the Blue Mountains yesterday with an average of 4.9/100. Best run was a trip Sydney/Wagga return where the average was 4.5/100.

[gh172]

Ive done 404 kms since picking up my 110tsi highline and I'm averaging 6.1/100 with an average speed of 36 kph. Pretty happy with that given the average speed. I was very close to choosing the TDI and with the long wait I had in getting the car I often wondered if id made a mistake not going for the TDI.

[Kiaorana]

Fuel Consumption seems off

Hi guys,

Since yesterday I started to notice that the fuel consumtion showed in the MDI seems to be very high, much higher than usual.

If you look at the picture below taken this morning, I was driving at a steady 40k/hr in 4th gear, rpms are 1200, the car shows nearly 17l/100.



The average consumption since refueling shows 15.9l/100 over 80kms. The average since I have the car (1500kms) shows just over 9l/100, which seems more like it, but still failry high compared to my mk6 GTI, which was in the high 7s.

What do you guys think?

KiaOrana

[DV52]

Kiaorana; that sounds like the same performance that I get from my car (give-or-take-a-bit). What were you expecting?

Of course my consumption readings go way-high when I do this:



For any little kiddies reading this reply- don't drive like this at home - LOL!

Cheers
Don

[Kiaorana]

Of course my consumption readings go way-high when I do this:

Haha, Nice one Don! I just got my licence back after a long year of public trasnposrtation for doing just this! (give or take a couple of Kms/hr)

I"m really surprised that I get 15l/100 driving at 40km/h. It doesn't sound right mate. It should be around 8 or 9 max I reckon. I might be wrong tho!

[Baz 55]

Hi guys,

Since yesterday I started to notice that the fuel consumtion showed in the MDI seems to be very high, much higher than usual.

If you look at the picture below taken this morning, I was driving at a steady 40k/hr in 4th gear, rpms are 1200, the car shows nearly 17l/100.



The average consumption since refueling shows 15.9l/100 over 80kms. The average since I have the car (1500kms) shows just over 9l/100, which seems more like it, but still failry high compared to my mk6 GTI, which was in the high 7s.

What do you guys think?

KiaOrana

Yeah that's wrong, either the fuel sensor is out or it's the car.
Check by refilling the car and do a manual check with kms.
Either way, take it back.

[terrafirma]

I've picked an R up recently, done only 700kms but the fuel consumption is off the charts. Averaging almost 13L for that first 700kms but sometimes jumps up to 16/17 if I push ever so slightly. This is my first Golf/Volkswagen etc so I don't know what to expect all I know if I'd hoped it'd be less than my Holden ute.

[brad]

I've picked an R up recently, done only 700kms but the fuel consumption is off the charts. Averaging almost 13L for that first 700kms but sometimes jumps up to 16/17 if I push ever so slightly. This is my first Golf/Volkswagen etc so I don't know what to expect all I know if I'd hoped it'd be less than my Holden ute.

tight engine. They take at least 5000km to come good.

Don't drive for economy. Keep pushing it and working higher up in the rev range. Run it in slow & it will be slow forever (and use lots of fuel)

[terrafirma]

Definitely not holding back. Was worried I might be going too hard. Based on the consumption. But it's a sports car so it's made to be pushed hard so figured that's what I'll do. Besides got 3 years to fix anything for free. I won't worry about it then until later on, cheers for advice.

[Lucas_R]

I've picked an R up recently, done only 700kms but the fuel consumption is off the charts. Averaging almost 13L for that first 700kms but sometimes jumps up to 16/17 if I push ever so slightly. This is my first Golf/Volkswagen etc so I don't know what to expect all I know if I'd hoped it'd be less than my Holden ute.

As brad said - let it run in for a few thousand km's before getting too worried. My old Mk6 Golf R (which was a less efficient engine and the car weighed more than the Mk7 version) averaged in the low 9L range per 100km and than was mostly short trips around town (it very rarely went on the highway). And the engine in that was modified too (stage 2+).

A guy i work with has a Mk7 R and he has a 100-110km round trip every day from home-work-home and he fills up every 6 days - so that's 600 odd km's out of a tank - and he is quite a lead foot (his car is tuned too).

[terrafirma]

I'm not too concerned in a way that I think it's poor mileage I just didn't want a problem with mine specifically. If after its well and truly run in it still has poor mileage I won't care, I didn't buy the car for that. I just want what was sold to me and a low to mid 9's is about what I'm hoping to get. I'll check back in a few thousand k's with where it's at. Will probably do a stage 1 when I'm bored with it, still plenty of time before that happens.

[Lucas_R]

I'm not too concerned in a way that I think it's poor mileage I just didn't want a problem with mine specifically. If after its well and truly run in it still has poor mileage I won't care, I didn't buy the car for that. I just want what was sold to me and a low to mid 9's is about what I'm hoping to get. I'll check back in a few thousand k's with where it's at. Will probably do a stage 1 when I'm bored with it, still plenty of time before that happens.

Stage 1 tune makes a huge difference on the Mk7 R - makes it go from a "brisk" car to a damn fast car.

As for mileage - unless you drive on a perfectly flat freeway all day at 80kph you will never get the economy stated on the windscreen sticker, it's just not realistic in the real world with traffic/start-stop driving/hills/etc etc but you should be closer to 10L per 100km once the engine has run in and loosened up a bit.

[pepito]

Thought I'd made a calculation mistake when I only recently started recording consumption figures but it checks out.

I'm averaging 7.9 l/100km, all city driving, in Sports mode, with air-con on a substantial proportion of the time.