Official Fuel Economy Thread (formerly Highway economy).

[team_v]

Heavy footed driving netted me 9.8L/100km average for the last tank (hand calculated, not MFD)

Since then have been drviign sedately (except this mornig when i blew away a Forrester) and it's back in the 7's.
The problem is that it only takes 3-4 spririted sessions and you'r back to 10 lol.
Gues it isn't too big of a worry since that makes it like an extra $15 but you had fun and it's quite a cheap expense.

[MGV]

When the novelty of driving a car that actually accelerates quite well in stock form wears off, i may have a go at driving economically... Or maybe i'll just do the stage1 thing. Having too much fun just yet, as i have just come from a '93 2WD hilux. I couldn't kill it, so got a thousand bucks for it as a trade-in on the Tig, with 455000k's on the odo!

[MGV]

Just curious, but does anyone choose to run 98 octane premium in their TSI's? If so, reasons?
thanks, Matt.

[blutopless2]

so far average is around 8L/100k's for its first few thousand k's... i expect it to improve slightly and then in a few months i will get APR ecu flash done so then it should improve further.

Matt... I run 98 in both my jetta and tiguan - habit really... i have found over the years with different cars (SS commodore, WRX, Forester etc...) that it improved the economy and seemed to make the engines run better and cleaner... less spark plug fouling etc...

[donweather]

Yep, I have to agree. Since using 98, my fuel economy is much better.

[MGV]

Hmmm, sounds like the reasons why i run only 98 in my air cooled Buell...
Just another quick observation: I went to Bendigo & back yesterday, a bit over 300 k's, sitting on the limit (115 on the MFD, 110 on the GPS) & average consumption for the trip was about 8.4 l/100k. So, about 0.6 or 0.7 greater than if cruising at 100. (from relatively few previous comparisons including ~50k's of city driving).

[Pinarelloman]

Well we have had the 103TDI with 7SPD DSG box for a week now and have just filled up.
463km for 31ltr = 14.93km/ltr or 6.7ltr/100km.
Car only has 650km on ODO at the moment.
Hopefully it will improve slightly as the engine loosens up.

[G-rig]

This isn't too bad for a 2L turbo (APR tuned MK6 GTI), Brisbane to sunshine coast (lowest it got to on mostly highway driving), cruise control set between 105-115km/h.

[neil]

Central Coast - Forster - Sydney on Saturday speed limit all the way 4.6L/100km
Just ticked over 35000ks with overall consumption of 4.9L/100.
Total distance since new has been 95% freeway.

[neil]

Well we have had the 103TDI with 7SPD DSG box for a week now and have just filled up.
463km for 31ltr = 14.93km/ltr or 6.7ltr/100km.
Car only has 650km on ODO at the moment.
Hopefully it will improve slightly as the engine loosens up.

Should this be 77tdi with 7 spd DSG or 103 tdi with 6 spd DSG, I thought the 77 TDI only had the 7 speed.

[NZTiguan]

Should this be 77tdi with 7 spd DSG or 103 tdi with 6 spd DSG, I thought the 77 TDI only had the 7 speed.

Sorry Neil you thought WRONG, all new Tiguans with the DSG are 7 speed. The DSG box was developed specifically for higher torque engines such as the Tig diesel. By the way, what's a 77 TDi ? I've never heard of one, it's certainly not a Tiguan engine ??

Cheers

[neil]

Sorry Neil you thought WRONG, all new Tiguans with the DSG are 7 speed. The DSG box was developed specifically for higher torque engines such as the Tig diesel. By the way, what's a 77 TDi ? I've never heard of one, it's certainly not a Tiguan engine ??

Cheers

Thanks for that Derek.

The 77 kw TDI is the new 1.6 litre engine.
Offered in the Golf, Jetta and I think the pollo.

[Bulkyegg]

What would you consider the engine to be "run in" to show true fuel economy? We have the car for two weeks and done 650kms, the best was something like 11l/100km, the average since delivery is 14.3l./km. We have a 147 in DSG and mainly city driving.

[Jamanta]

Hi All,

Back from holidays. Car was parked for five weeks after only 2 weeks of driving since pick up.
1200Km on the clock of mostly city traffic and two trips to Tullamarine Airport (100K).
Current avg on MFD 7.9l/100Km.
Will top up on the weekend and do the pump average.

[neil]

I noticed a slight improvement after 20000 but not all that great.