Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[brad]

Ive had two fill ups since getting my Highline and am getting about 850k's with mostly city driving.
Really interested to get on the highway and see what it can do

Would require some very light footed driving to achieve 1000k's im guessing

you'd be better off using these early days to run the engine in properly rather than trying to achieve good consumption figures. They'll come later when your engine is sealed up & running at optimum efficiency.

[tomcat225]

you'd be better off using these early days to run the engine in properly rather than trying to achieve good consumption

Good point although not that I've really been babying the car, more so just observing the consumption... How many ks is considered run in out of curiosity ?


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[brad]

Probably 80% of the process is in the first 1000-2000km. You'll notice it will spin better & better as you head towards 5000km and you'll be pretty well done by then although I think my EA888 kept improving right through to 15,000km.

[Velocity_Racing]

We’ve been getting around 920km per tank in our TDI Highline… The long term average shows as about 5.7L/100… That’s doing around 80km per day and a 50/50 mix of city and freeway driving.

[Jimi]

I've only got 550km on the clock of my GTI (manual) but I was pleasantly surprised that I am getting 8l/100kms without even trying when I flicked to the usage screen last night. In fact I've probably been driving in more stop-start traffic than normal, and in a more spirited manner than usual when not in traffic as I try to run the car in properly.

I've come from a Camry with the same displacement, far less performance, less weight and which was run-in that did closer to 10l/100km.

[Lemonskin]

Still averaging 8.5L/100km during the week and this is a 46km round trip each day in peak hour, with a fairly liberal usage of the right foot when circumstances warrant. Pretty happy with that.

[Kesh]

I've gotten 6.0l/100 since my last refuel, but I've been getting around 5.5-5.8 through the "since start" menu quite frequently, so maybe next tank I'll expect the 6.0 to go down.

[Dutch77]

Stats from today's SA VWW cruise which consisted of a mix of city, country and 'spirited' driving in a very low mileage GTI:

166km
3:09h
53km/h average
8.1l/100km

[Kesh]

I'm getting around 6l/100 since refuel. Bumped up my tyre pressures to 40psi, I like it since I can feel the road a bit better through the wheel! Anyone know what the safest max is?

[Brendan_A]

I'm getting around 6l/100 since refuel. Bumped up my tyre pressures to 40psi, I like it since I can feel the road a bit better through the wheel! Anyone know what the safest max is?

What car are you talking about for your consumption??

Max tyre pressure will be on the sidewall. Usually 51psi.

[Eaglehawk]

For the sake of completeness, and not having to search for what you bought, perhaps specify which model Golf you have?

[Kesh]

What car are you talking about for your consumption??

Max tyre pressure will be on the sidewall. Usually 51psi.

Sorry, 90tsi dsg! I've seen the maximum pressure, but I mean for daily driving, I guess that figure is the absolute max the tyre can take?

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[MIRSAD]

Stats from today's SA VWW cruise which consisted of a mix of city, country and 'spirited' driving in a very low mileage GTI:

166km
3:09h
53km/h average
8.1l/100km

Hi Dutch77,

Is it with "stop start" on or you are switching it of?

[Dutch77]

Hi Dutch77,

Is it with "stop start" on or you are switching it of?

I usually have it on but don't activate it - I have the same function on our CX5 GT and learnt quickly to modulate the pedal for when I wanted to use it and when I didn't. It operates the same in that it requires it to be manually switched off each journey, never bothered searching whether there were easy ways to switch it permanently off per the VW.

[MIRSAD]

I usually have it on but don't activate it - I have the same function on our CX5 GT and learnt quickly to modulate the pedal for when I wanted to use it and when I didn't. It operates the same in that it requires it to be manually switched off each journey, never bothered searching whether there were easy ways to switch it permanently off per the VW.

Thank You Dutch77,
I am switching off my "stop & start" manually - every time.

After 2,7K my long term consumption is 10+ (To and from work drive = 80% is true stop and go).
With MK6 GTI my long term consumption was 9.1L/100km - same route.
Today (it is Public Holiday in WA) I achieved 8.2 (100+Km, Freeway, City - generally not so busy roads)