MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: xxx_mojo_xxx on April 26, 2009, 10:38:11 pm
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A quick post to see what average fuel consumption everyone is getting?
I realise this request is far from scientific. All I ask is that you post your fuel consumption whilst driving normally to/from work or on your daily journeys through a complete day.
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Just to get the ball rolling... I'm getting around 32 mpg. A far cry from the quoted 40 mpg...
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:chicken:
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What engine do you have mojo ?
Mine is about 26 mpg but as you say it's hard to compare as it's only about 12 miles to work but it takes me nearly an hour !!!, on a long drive without much traffic I can get 36mpg
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32.7 mpg on my way in to work this evening, approx 27 miles cross country, A, B and side roads.
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11 mile commute on varied A roads. Average 27mpg. :scared:
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28 mpg on a great variety of roads. I use the gears a lot because it's the way I've been taught - Always be ready and in the optimum gear. It's been 28 mpg for a very long time.
I've never seen more than 33 mpg.
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25-30 ish on a 8 mile commute 70% town / 30% DC. Moderate traffic in town. If I'm using GTI power to come off roundabouts and get up to speed its 25, if I'm using sensible power its closer to 30.
On a long steady cruise at or just above NSL 37-38 is possible, even saw 40 once, but road conditions meant I was stuck to abut 50mph for quite a distance...
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What engine do you have mojo ?
Mine is about 26 mpg but as you say it's hard to compare as it's only about 12 miles to work but it takes me nearly an hour !!!, on a long drive without much traffic I can get 36mpg
2.0 GTi - with a Stage 1 remap
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On my usual steady motorway/A road drive to work, I can get around 35mpg - highest Ive seen is 38mpg.
I have a long drive coming up in July, when Im going up north - about 300 miles or so, so will see what average I get during that drive.........
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What engine do you have mojo ?
Mine is about 26 mpg but as you say it's hard to compare as it's only about 12 miles to work but it takes me nearly an hour !!!, on a long drive without much traffic I can get 36mpg
2.0 GTi - with a Stage 1 remap
ahh i see, 32mpg for a 200+ bhp car seems more than fair to me, you really didnt expect 40mpg did you ?
Do remember how they come by those figures is "perfect scenario" which just doesnt happen in the real world, my old ST was quoted at average of 33mpg IIRC and it would only do 19mpg, now that is something to complain about :fighting:
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I can get anywhere between 28 - 33 depending on traffic conditions. I also have a long drive coming up next weekend so will have a look then and report back.
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28 mpg on a great variety of roads. I use the gears a lot because it's the way I've been taught - Always be ready and in the optimum gear. It's been 28 mpg for a very long time.
I've never seen more than 33 mpg.
Couldn't have put it better myself, and DSG makes this even easier and smoother. :happy2:
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Looking at my little "Road Trip" software on my iPhone I am getting between 28-32mpg each fill up. Some weeks I manage to drive slightly slower and get a bit better and other weeks a bit quicker resulting in the lower figures. I do 24 miles each way to work every day along country lanes and a few A-roads so not a bad figure overall.
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BF on my GTI and I usually get 28-30mpg on my daily commute. 13 miles of A and B roads, not usually stuck in any traffic.
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I just realised I should add that my long term 28 mpg is as displayed on "2" which I think is overall rather than trip - Is that correct? What's "1", on the fly as you drive?
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^^^ The "1" trip computer seems to be automatically reset every day, i.e. each morning the avg mpg & distance travelled is 0.
I get ~24 mpg on my daily commute of 5 miles which can take up to 30 mins :( On longer/motorway journeys I get ~35 mpg. Overall average is usually ~28 mpg.
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If the mk5 is the same as the mk4, then the "1" computer resets itself after 2 hours of the car being off. If you do lots of journeys with less than a 2 hour gap between them, it will accumulate. Clear as mud? :rolleye:
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I average 30mpg on a normal week but my journey to work is only 2 mile. I find it a very economical car.
I had to do a 180 mile round trip to get my PNP amp the other day. I was taking it easy, over took only a couple of cars on the country lanes and once on the motorway i set the cruise control to a gps verified 70mph
I took a pic which shows how little it had used after 72 mile and the fact that it had another 415 miles left in the tank. 487 mile range on a GTI :laugh:
The average for the journey at this point was 42.8 mpg and it climbed to 43.2 by the end of the journey.
The pic
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fe58%2Fwinrya%2FIMG_0181.jpg&hash=f5c7441de7a6047fb75115bb363282f9b49e0069)
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i get around 27-28mpg on the trip. which i think is very good for the type of car it is.
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I just realised I should add that my long term 28 mpg is as displayed on "2" which I think is overall rather than trip - Is that correct? What's "1", on the fly as you drive?
Both are 'on the fly'.
Number 1 - This shows all data for your current journey. It is reset only when the engine has been off for at least 2 hours.
Number 2 - This shows the total for as long as you dont reset it! These figures only rest when you reset it yourself, or when the time travelled reaches somet silly - I think its 999.99 hours.
So lets say you reset both sets of averages, before a 2 day break, for example.....
Day 1 - you travel 200 miles.
Day 2 - you travel 300 miles.
Number 1 data - will show you all the averages at the end of each day/journey. It will reset 2 hours after your journey on day 1, and 2 hours after the journey on day 2, and so on. So when you get in the car on day 2, all averages under this setting will be at 0.
Number 2 data - will show you averages for the complete 500 mile journey. Hence at the beginning of day 2, all data from day 1 is still there, and the computer adds day 2 data to it.
Both sets of averages are always changing in each journey - the only difference being the reset times.....
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Phew! That post is much appreciated but in my case it goes somewhat above my head - I can't be arsed to work it all out.
My car runs well and when she gets down to about 60 miles worth of V-Power remaining, I buy just over 30 litres because it counts as a tankful and I then earn the maximum free V-Power over a period. That's all I'm bothered about.
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I get around 400-420 miles to a tank, mostly a 26 mile round trip on b-roads to work averaging around 50mph - Revo stage2 K03 GTI.
Hooning, I daren't look....
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I average 23mpg. Best i've ever had is 30.1
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My car runs well and when she gets down to about 60 miles worth of V-Power remaining, I buy just over 30 litres because it counts as a tankful and I then earn the maximum free V-Power over a period. That's all I'm bothered about.
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lol, thats a good idea ;)
I usually tend to refill when my fuel needle is at the last quarter mark.....
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Mine has recently got a lot more economical and my commute to work see's between 35 - 38mpg and a range of around 400 miles. Although my trip to Oulton Park this weekend saw around 25mpg! :evilgrin: (much more fun though!)
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My car runs well and when she gets down to about 60 miles worth of V-Power remaining, I buy just over 30 litres because it counts as a tankful and I then earn the maximum free V-Power over a period. That's all I'm bothered about.
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lol, thats a good idea ;)
I usually tend to refill when my fuel needle is at the last quarter mark.....
....Because Shell count a tankful as anything over 30 litres and because so many tankfuls per month result in reward (I only take fuel as a reward), the trick is not to fill right up. It requires a little bit more planning of fuel stops but has its benefits. 30 litres (I do 32-34) is approx three-quarters of our tanks. What you don't want to do is only manage to get 29 litres in on one session!
Whever I've seen over 32 mpg I've found the drive crushingly boring and I may as well have got a TDI.
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Sadly commuting is boring as hell, so you may as well just sit back in D at 32mpg+ and save fuel for hooning!!
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Yes, I'm very lucky as i don't have to commute except a 5-mile round-trip skool run. This week looks like a 30 mile max; Last week was just over 700 miles in the GTI plus a few more in a heavily modded Mk4 R32 with the windows down and a Milltek'd V6 which is quite the most glorious I have ever heard!
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Mine has recently got a lot more economical and my commute to work see's between 35 - 38mpg and a range of around 400 miles. Although my trip to Oulton Park this weekend saw around 25mpg! :evilgrin: (much more fun though!)
That'll be those lighter seats Nath :grin: