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41mpg!!!!
stealthwolf:
I often go up to the midlands to visit the 'rents. Almost always, I'll average 26mpg. Even if I try and restrict my heavy right foot, I barely get anything above 30mpg.
However, I once got around 42mpg (over a 150 mile journey) by using the cruise control. Even then, I reckon I could have got more if I didn't blip the throttle every now and then.
john_o:
32mpg on my regular commute.
the speed is the key above 60mph the economy drops like a stone on the GTI
big al:
In my MK3 16V the best I ever got was 42.8 MPG, the worst was 7, Although this was a much lighter car, still not bad for something 13 years old.
My MK5 gets about 31, managed 39 recently.
Ifti:
--- Quote from: stealthwolf on July 16, 2009, 06:27:41 pm ---I often go up to the midlands to visit the 'rents. Almost always, I'll average 26mpg. Even if I try and restrict my heavy right foot, I barely get anything above 30mpg.
However, I once got around 42mpg (over a 150 mile journey) by using the cruise control. Even then, I reckon I could have got more if I didn't blip the throttle every now and then.
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Does Cruise Control really make that much of a difference?!
Thinking of having it fit...
stealthwolf:
--- Quote from: Ifti on July 16, 2009, 08:33:32 pm ---Does Cruise Control really make that much of a difference?!
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Yeah but I was doing 60mph. If you can keep the car at sixty without too much throttle adjustment, you're going to get high mpg. If, on the other hand, like me, you can't keep off the throttle, then you're gonna get low mpg. When I'm using cruise control, both feet are on the foot rests on either side of the pedals, so no temptation to floor it.
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