This isn't focussed on the tiguan, as opposed to all cars. it's only here, because my tiguan is the first car where i have actual data to reference against vs the little label on our windscreens (when new at the dealer anyway)
so my car is apparently 6.9l/100km @ 19kmh avg speed 'urban-. the test is 8mins with 13 stop/start instances, spending 30% of the time idling the rest slow accel and slow braking- to mimic peak hour traffic.
For the highway or ‘extra urban’ testing, my car is rated at 5.5l/100kmh at 63kmh avg speed (5min test, accelerating from stop a couple of times, up to a max of 120kph)
*** for reference, these test parameters are the same for every vehicle tested.
my actual figures are...
avg speed 20kph over a 15.5km route, which is 6km in a 80 zone and 9.5km on a straight 60kmh main urban road in Adelaide.
flat ground for the urban road, 1.5km of uphill for the 80kmh zone and 4.5km of flat/slight downhill for the remainder of the 80kmh in one direction, so reverse that info for the other leg of my daily commute.
11.5l/100km is my average. not quite 6.9... it's even worse if i use the TJA function(13.2 is my worst so far).
on the main road or 'extra urban' route i do semi-frequently (to the barossa valley), which is my work route, plus an extra 75kms each way. the average speed (during non-peak times) works out to about 65kmh- so close to the ADR speed again. my average for that 190km trup, over maybe 5 or 6 trips is 6.6l/100km.
so as is almost always the case, the official figures seem crap.
i love my stats, and it's been fun for me collating all the fuel use data (courtesy of my fuel card and the web interface for it) and the 'since start' feature of the vw's help too.
of the cars i've owned over the last 7-8 years (citroen c5, hyundai i45, fg xr6t, mazda 6), this one has had the biggest gap between my experience and the official stats.
usually i can achieve the tested highway figures be just driving normally and can be within about 15-20% for the urban cycle.
for anyone still reading, if i get a good run to/from work, i can get my urban average to as low as 9.5l/100km at about 28-30kmh avg speed
if i drive slow on the highway cycle i can get to about 5.8-5.9l/100km, but i'm driving at 'towing a caravan' speeds to do this- so not practical, or realistic.
does anyone else have good info to share on this topic?
cheers.
so my car is apparently 6.9l/100km @ 19kmh avg speed 'urban-. the test is 8mins with 13 stop/start instances, spending 30% of the time idling the rest slow accel and slow braking- to mimic peak hour traffic.
For the highway or ‘extra urban’ testing, my car is rated at 5.5l/100kmh at 63kmh avg speed (5min test, accelerating from stop a couple of times, up to a max of 120kph)
*** for reference, these test parameters are the same for every vehicle tested.
my actual figures are...
avg speed 20kph over a 15.5km route, which is 6km in a 80 zone and 9.5km on a straight 60kmh main urban road in Adelaide.
flat ground for the urban road, 1.5km of uphill for the 80kmh zone and 4.5km of flat/slight downhill for the remainder of the 80kmh in one direction, so reverse that info for the other leg of my daily commute.
11.5l/100km is my average. not quite 6.9... it's even worse if i use the TJA function(13.2 is my worst so far).
on the main road or 'extra urban' route i do semi-frequently (to the barossa valley), which is my work route, plus an extra 75kms each way. the average speed (during non-peak times) works out to about 65kmh- so close to the ADR speed again. my average for that 190km trup, over maybe 5 or 6 trips is 6.6l/100km.
so as is almost always the case, the official figures seem crap.
i love my stats, and it's been fun for me collating all the fuel use data (courtesy of my fuel card and the web interface for it) and the 'since start' feature of the vw's help too.
of the cars i've owned over the last 7-8 years (citroen c5, hyundai i45, fg xr6t, mazda 6), this one has had the biggest gap between my experience and the official stats.
usually i can achieve the tested highway figures be just driving normally and can be within about 15-20% for the urban cycle.
for anyone still reading, if i get a good run to/from work, i can get my urban average to as low as 9.5l/100km at about 28-30kmh avg speed
if i drive slow on the highway cycle i can get to about 5.8-5.9l/100km, but i'm driving at 'towing a caravan' speeds to do this- so not practical, or realistic.
does anyone else have good info to share on this topic?
cheers.
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