MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: glasgowdubber on March 03, 2016, 01:30:22 pm
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I've saw a lot of people on here talking about a sudden drop in MPG, wondered what everyone is getting?
I work it out more on miles per tank, as I fill, then red to 1/8 tank, usually 250miles, I rarely do journeys more than 15 miles. If only a longer journey I can see between 280/300 to a tank.
Having owned 3 of these cars that's what I've had return roughly for all of them.
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I'm really surprised by my mpg usually about 330-360 to a tank would be happy with anything over 200
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I'm really surprised by my mpg usually about 330-360 to a tank would be happy with anything over 200
That's what I was getting roughly on a 15 plate A3 2.0 TDi S-tronic! The tank is 5 litres smaller on the A3, but still a lot of miles. What sort of journeys are you doing?
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I'll have to post again as ive just filled up £50 and it started clicking at £48.40 so I topped it by pulling the nozzle out.
Going to see how many miles I get from that as I travel 38miles per day. not remapped it's a DSG mainly down the A13 to greys thurrock then back home down Purfleet as the other way is way too long and congested in the way home and waiting times around 45 minutes :sad1:
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I'll have to post again as ive just filled up £50 and it started clicking at £48.40 so I topped it by pulling the nozzle out.
Going to see how many miles I get from that as I travel 38miles per day. not remapped it's a DSG mainly down the A13 to greys thurrock then back home down Purfleet as the other way is way too long and congested in the way home and waiting times around 45 minutes :sad1:
My car is also DSG, so keen to see what you get. My car drives 8 miles in the morning then roughly the same in the afternoon the Mrs drops me off at work, takes the wee man to nursery, gets him later, then picks me back up, all very short local journeys.
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My car is manual. Journey is 16 miles a day straight into a dual carriage way sitting at 60 then usually 8 miles of the journey stuck at 50-55 behind lorries. My golf tdi 130 done the same weekly run and got 600-660 consistent over 2 years.
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My daily journey varies between about 60 miles and 12 miles depending if I'm driving to work or a friend is. Mixture of town driving and A roads/dual carriageways. I rarely see more than 320 miles to a tank of VPower in my DSG GTI.
Interesting to see how other people do.
What effect if any does a stage 1 remap have to economy?
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I think the last time i checked i got around 230/250 to a tank... could be wrong though it was over 6 months ago i last wondered
Trip MPG is generally around 25 on my way to work and 28-30 any other time (33/34 if my partner drives it) and the tank average is 26.8 or something...
My journey is about 3 or 4 miles to work on a quiet B road, the poor car generally only just warms up!
oh and im running a standard Map and a set of twin takes :happy2:
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I rarely see 250 miles to a tank :signLOL: Although my journeys are short and mostly driven in anger. Usually average around 18MPG according to the onboard.
On the opposite end of the scale, I've managed around 410 miles to a tank the year before last when driving across the continent, and that was taking full advantage of the lovely motorways, higher speedlimits, had 3 of us in the car and a boot full of luggage too.
The point of my little story is that there are far too many variables to compare MPG. Driving style and journey type have too big an impact for people to compare, unless like for like.
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I rarely see 250 miles to a tank :signLOL: Although my journeys are short and mostly driven in anger. Usually average around 18MPG according to the onboard.
On the opposite end of the scale, I've managed around 410 miles to a tank the year before last when driving across the continent, and that was taking full advantage of the lovely motorways, higher speedlimits, had 3 of us in the car and a boot full of luggage too.
The point of my little story is that there are far too many variables to compare MPG. Driving style and journey type have too big an impact for people to compare, unless like for like.
Agree with this
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Average is around 26mpg. On a run it can do 33/34mpg at 80ish (more if you try).
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Motorway miles, I'll see 350-370 a tank at 80/85mph with the odd overtake ;)
Short journey miles, I'll see 250-270 a tank, driving with a considered right foot. All out boost city all the time and it's 220 miles max.
Always run on V-Power.
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mine is mainly city driving and i get about 220-230. a full tank on mine costs about £57 on v power. mpg wise i normally get about 22-23 mpg
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I'll have to post again as ive just filled up £50 and it started clicking at £48.40 so I topped it by pulling the nozzle out.
Going to see how many miles I get from that as I travel 38miles per day. not remapped it's a DSG mainly down the A13 to greys thurrock then back home down Purfleet as the other way is way too long and congested in the way home and waiting times around 45 minutes :sad1:
Just something to bear in mind I think some have experienced the P0441 code which brings up the EML on your dash - which some have accredited to over filling/fillign right to the brim. Happened to me, and didn't go until 10k later.
Cheers for the advise mate, I scanned the motor last night and only error being near side and off side side lights errors.
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Annoys me when people say that filling up your tank causes an EML
It only exacerbates an existing issue which is one of a few things, such as the activated charcoal in the canister being 'full' and no longer able to absorb and hold the vapours ready to be consumed by the engine.
My car had a brand new canister 2 years ago, since then I have filled my car right to the brim every single time I have refuelled, and guess what....... No EML or faultcode
This 'fault' will always show itself after a refuel, and naturally the more you refuel, the more the canister needs to hold. Given the rate at which the TFSi consumes fuel and the location of the nearest Shell garage, sticking £20 or £30 a time in the car hoping to avoid an EML is not practical
So again, it doesn't cause the EML, if everything was hunky-dory you wouldn't get one!
Rant over! :happy2: :signLOL:
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I get around 25mpg at the moment doing an 8 mile trip to work twice a day. Hopefully it will improve when I replace the thermostats as the car is only ever at 70° atm. Then again I'm driving it like miss daisy because of that so it will probably stay the same lol
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Thanks for all the replies, I think it's safe to say short journeys you will see a return of around 250miles per tank (full to 1/8), and longer journeys 300+
Interesting note is people who had Stage 1 (myself included on a previous GTI) never really showed any less miles per tank than standard.
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I get around 30mpg at the mo.
Always fill up and note mileage then again and note mileage & litres, only had car a few months but not had any problems with codes doing it this way.
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Thanks for all the replies, I think it's safe to say short journeys you will see a return of around 250miles per tank (full to 1/8), and longer journeys 300+
Interesting note is people who had Stage 1 (myself included on a previous GTI) never really showed any less miles per tank than standard.
That's simply because you are always running at the optimum level for economy during day to day driving..... Only with your toe down will fuel economy be any worse than an equivalent non-mapped/standard car
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As per other folks posts, I get roughly 280miles to a tank doing short journeys and around 100 more on longer journeys. Usually average about 35-36mpg on the motorway doing 70-80mph. One thing to check is draggy rear calipers which seems to be common issue (common on every VW I've owned in fact!).
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Thanks for all the replies, I think it's safe to say short journeys you will see a return of around 250miles per tank (full to 1/8), and longer journeys 300+
Interesting note is people who had Stage 1 (myself included on a previous GTI) never really showed any less miles per tank than standard.
That's simply because you are always running at the optimum level for economy during day to day driving..... Only with your toe down will fuel economy be any worse than an equivalent non-mapped/standard car
I'm not as bad as I used to with the old right foot, I think the fact my bird drives the car 90% of the time will help aswell lol. Aslong as 250s the norm, I know the cars running ok
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34mpg for me and that's with the VW roof rack on (measured from brim to brim)!
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Annoys me when people say that filling up your tank causes an EML
It only exacerbates an existing issue which is one of a few things, such as the activated charcoal in the canister being 'full' and no longer able to absorb and hold the vapours ready to be consumed by the engine.
My car had a brand new canister 2 years ago, since then I have filled my car right to the brim every single time I have refuelled, and guess what....... No EML or faultcode
This 'fault' will always show itself after a refuel, and naturally the more you refuel, the more the canister needs to hold. Given the rate at which the TFSi consumes fuel and the location of the nearest Shell garage, sticking £20 or £30 a time in the car hoping to avoid an EML is not practical
So again, it doesn't cause the EML, if everything was hunky-dory you wouldn't get one!
Rant over! :happy2: :signLOL:
I've never heard of this. I've overfilled my car, everytime I've filled up for 70,000 miles. When it clicks, I know that baby can take another 2-3 litres minimum.
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About 22mpg thanks to the joys of slow traffic on the M5 everyday to and from work
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I got 40mpg indicated over a 15 mile stretch once. That was being really gentle, 50mph in 6th. R-Tech Stage 1 K03.
I try not to worry about economy most of the time - it's a GTI. But every now and then I'll see what it'll do and there's no trouble getting into the high 30s.
It's much more fun getting into single figures.
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I can get £60 into mine and im getting 26mpg according to the computer on v power, 30 miles a day on country back lanes. I sore it nudge 28mpg on the way to Manchester a couple of months back stuck in traffic, didn't want to look when I was chasing an M4, 60k, what a waist of money lol!!!!
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Stage 2 mapped and manage around 400 miles to a tank (probably 80-90% motorway)
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My update from March the third up to march the 10th is where I refuelled.
303.7 miles.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1374.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fag433%2FSandy1786%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F20160310_191209.jpg&hash=89394d41e4fbb26521e4df62c14468796b473c14)
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I did a long trip in my just befor Xmas and got 420 to a full tank. But on the way to work never see over 20 mpg
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I've had 400 miles out of a tank on mine before but on the short journeys to the gym and back I normally see 300 to a tank.
It's weird, I used to get 40mpg from my old Focus ST2 on a run! The GTI is quite thirsty for a 2 litre.
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My MPG seems to have decreased since I had the car serviced! I don't know how this is possible, maybe due to changing the type of oil used? I was on long life oil before but I think they changed it for just the regular type.
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On my stage 1 R-TECH 06 GTI i normally get around 280 miles a tank if i let the light come on.
That is all around town stop start driving.
Average MPG per journey is normally about 28.
Not sure about motorway driving etc as i never do it.
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In my ownership I'm averaging 35mpg over the last 11k miles according to my app for my GTI with DSG.
Best tank average being 43mpg when I got my best range of 430 miles.
I normally average around 370 miles to a tank.
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I drove to Portsmouth and back (450 miles) & scraped 42mpg, that was properly trying with 0% driving enjoyment. It was pointless other than to report back the MPG figure :grin: :sick: Best every in my GTI.
I never saw 400 miles to a tank, probably just under on the best ever. Usually, 300 was realistic.
I used to average 32mpg per tanks usually, 27mpg around town.
Now in my TDI A3 Black Edition CR170, if I batter it and try for low MPG, I can't get below those kinna figures :grin: :laugh: :evilgrin: It did 27.2mpg over half a tank on the first track day I ever did :signLOL:
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I drove to Portsmouth and back (450 miles) & scraped 42mpg, that was properly trying with 0% driving enjoyment. It was pointless other than to report back the MPG figure :grin: :sick: Best every in my GTI.
I never saw 400 miles to a tank, probably just under on the best ever. Usually, 300 was realistic.
I used to average 32mpg per tanks usually, 27mpg around town.
Now in my TDI A3 Black Edition CR170, if I batter it and try for low MPG, I can't get below those kinna figures :grin: :laugh: :evilgrin: It did 27.2mpg over half a tank on the first track day I ever did :signLOL:
What mpg do you get on a normal drive in the A3?
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Taking it easy can get about 35 and about 20 when driving normal :jumping: but if I was worried about mpg I would use my motorbike for work or buy a ford fiesta or Nissan micra and not own a gti haha, the gti is still far better on mpg then my bmw whether nursing it or putting my foot down.
My mpg will probably change soon as looking to get it mapped in the next week or two :happy2:
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Got a decent 36mpg on an 80 mile motorway run this morning, including some bad traffic on the M25. Could definitely be worse than the GTI!
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The best I ever got was 34mpg which was when I was on my way to get it mapped after that never saw anything over 24mpg. Usually used to get 15-20mpg.
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Have just filled up after 370miles, still had another 35 available! By far the best I've had from the GTI so far. That was mainly motorway miles but with one high speed cross country blast (about 15miles or so). Quite happy with that!