Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[Baz 55]

Comfortline 90kw 200nm petrol
Usually drive in Eco Mode (DSG)
2000k on the clock.
Long Term 5.8l per 100km
Last Tank 5.5l per 100km
Driving - city / outer urban mix.
Fuel 95 Ron (just found out I should be using 98 Ron (oops) Next tank

[bennjamin]

No idea how you are obtaining those numbers lol.
Tsi comfortline, 6000kms, drive around in normal D mode - long term 7.8l/100kms. 98RON
Mostly city driving, which mind you I'm still pretty happy getting 550-600 kms out of a tank where my old mk5 gti had trouble getting above 400 for the same use !

[Transporter]

No idea how you are obtaining those numbers lol.
Tsi comfortline, 6000kms, drive around in normal D mode - long term 7.8l/100kms. 98RON
Mostly city driving, which mind you I'm still pretty happy getting 550-600 kms out of a tank where my old mk5 gti had trouble getting above 400 for the same use !

The Op's city driving conditions could be very different to yours. Also, he may've mastered how to drive for the fuel economy.

[GeckoZAO]

so you've got adaptive chassis control?

[rpps]

I'm getting 5.9per/100 klm long term on my TSI 90TSI combine city/hwy

[Baz 55]

Thanks for your replies. After I wrote the post I realised that most MK7's won't have Economy mode as I think it only comes with the Driver assist package. (Is that right ?) Anyway I don't have tuned suspension and I don't "flog" the car but a little sport mode is always on the go Economy mode has coasting - so you get used to taking your foot off the pedal coming to lights, intersections etc and then you realise just how far the Golf will coast for and maintain speed. I am taking my foot off the accelerator earlier and earlier and still getting there. This is probably one reason for the fuel consumption figures. A tank is good for just over 900km. This is great as it is more fuel efficient that my Suzuki Alto.As I said in the original post I drive outer urban which has little stop start ( but some). However the last tank had a fair amount of driving in very urban areas (Preston Reservior Bundoora Greensborough etc (Melbourne). I'm hoping that as the engine frees up fuel consumption will improve.
GECKOzao - you have DA package, do you drive in economy ?

[Mitch89]

My long term is 6.2L/100km based on 2900km from the day I picked it up. That includes a ~800km round trip when the car had 400kms on it where the car averaged 5.3L/100km.

I wouldn't be surprised if the economy improves slightly over the next ~6mths. I give it a rev every now and then, put that turbo to work, but nothing too stressful.

I've got a base 90TSI manual.

[Mountainman]

I have the least economical of the low powered Mk7 Golfs, the 90 TSI manual. The long term average for the first 10,000km was 5.2L/100km and at 17,000km the second reading for the long term average is at 5.4L/100km. That is a direct reflection on the extra city work it has done recently.

I find consumption depends on where I drive it more than how I drive it. A 130km run from Toowoomba to Brisbane with an elevation drop of 700m gives me a regular average of 4.2 but the return trip is usually around 5. Cruising out in the west around an indicated 105 km/h gives in the high 4's. I have never managed to do any extended city driving to get a city average.

[Alex31]

What are the figures for TDI drivers getting??

[Transporter]

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.

[Eaglehawk]

What are the figures for TDI drivers getting??

110TDI, long term currently 6.4L/100km. Short trips between home and work only. Yes, I try and do a long drive every now and then to burn off soot. 4000km on the odometer.

[GeckoZAO]

i think if you dont have driver assistant package you won't be able to select driving modes. (not sure)

[AWSM]

I wonder what is the average speed you guys are doing, because it can give a general idea of how much traffic/HWY you guys do as well.

I have the base model, 90TSi.
The long term average speed is about 30km/h
It is 7.4L/100Km based on 1534km

Mainly city drive, pretty heavy traffic.

[GeckoZAO]

picked up my car yesterday, from south yarra to city, dealer changed driving mode to sports..so it was around 12L/100km
and went from city to box hill for dinner and return, fuel reduced to 8L/100km.
60km so far...lol

[The_Hawk]

When and where you drive will always make a massive difference coupled with HOW you drive.

In my cars I tend to get higher average, mostly because of how I drive which isn't helped by the fact it's short local trips through suburbia... so plenty of opportunity for hard acceleration If I totally baby it I can literally halve my consumption on the same trip.

Anyone who does any sort of distance on the freeway will tend to get a more consistent (and lower) consumption figure since there is less chance of variation on that sort of trip. (Anyone doing their driving on roads at 80/90 will get the best consumptions since that's about the most efficient possible speed to drive).