MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Marshall on March 02, 2013, 07:18:48 pm
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As the title really been offered a good deal going from my leon Cupra R to a 58 plate golf gt tdi 170
Obviously cash my way but anyone any opinions on this?
Sick of putting £65 a week fuel through and only getting 250 miles.
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Had been thinking the same with my Stage 1 Cupra with the fuel price's going up again, i get 275-325 for £65. Old mans got the 170PD Mk5 07 plate and it's not the greatest on fuel for a diesel, plus the cost of diesel is higher too. Not quite worth the move for me unless i want to give up performance and go for a 140 or smaller still, I don't do enough miles for it (around 8,000).
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I do 1000 miles a month and average 26 mpg so I had hoped for 40ish mpg.
Do you think that's possible?
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I get around 500 miles from a tank. Made up of half short but quick journey to work and the other half eager motor way. That means filling up twice a month, if that helps. Mines a 170 GT with no engine or suspension mods as yet. Only looking at an r tec map soon.
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Thanks for that. I find myself using her Leon diesel to save on fuel which defeats the point of keeping my R doesn't it?
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I esed to have a mk5 gt170 sport,mapped to 200bhp & loads of torque..I get around 450 miles from a tank
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140 tdi here, remapped. My last tank i got 700 miles to about £80. Could have gone on for longer but the petrol station was on my way. Completely depends how you drive and on what roads
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Drive mainly fast A roads and motorway usually 80mph on the motorway and 65mph on A roads?
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Mine is mainly motorways where i can barely get upto 70mph!
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Instead of the 26mpg I currently get do you think I'm being optimistic hoping for 40mpg?
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Not at all, but i dont know anything about the 170 GT Sport!
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Instead of the 26mpg I currently get do you think I'm being optimistic hoping for 40mpg?
I'd say you would easily get 40mpg if not more
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My 140 tdi running a hybrid 219bhp and i get 55mpg on a good run
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Instead of the 26mpg I currently get do you think I'm being optimistic hoping for 40mpg?
40mpg is easily achievable on a standard car. I used to see around 58mpg on my commute to work which consists of a mix of 30mph and around 70% national speed limit A roads. I'm now at 216bhp and can still get into the low 50's on the same commute.
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Well I've ended up buying a golf mk6 gtd 170 and picking it up on Friday.
Looks and drives very nice.
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That will have a CR170 engine :happy2:
Ive gone the opposite way
MK2 Leon FR PD170 (Shark Stage2+ Mapping with lots of other mods) which made 228 on a few rollers
now MK2 Leon Cupra R Stage2+ , at first i missed the torque punch of the PD engine, sometimes i still do when cruising to work.
But then the APR Mapping kicks in and away i go :driver:
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Yeah cr170 Andrew.
As you know out cars go well but fuel prices are taking the grin off my face.
I'm doing approx 300 miles every week in mine and the same in hers.
My fuel bill is more expensive than my mortgage!
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Since going Stage2+ ive noticed my tank is only alsting about 250 miles on the drive to work aswell
I would leave a little earlier so i can drive more steady, but when your doing 12 hours a day + travelling you dont really want to get up any earlier
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It would depend on how you drive them. The work diesels we use very rarely get above 24mpg but that's because they are driven hard going to jobs. If you drive them economically by short shifting and staying in an high a gear as possible they do give good mpgs. Diesels are good if you are doing more than 20,000 miles a year as the cost of the fuel is offset in the increase of mpgs plus lower tax. However modern day petrols are becoming very close in economy. I have a 2012 Focus 1.6T Ecoboost and I get around town 30-35mpg and on motorways up to just short of 60mpg on long runs. That is not bad for a petrol but then the engine is the most advanced one on the market to date, as it has both cams that adjust and not just the intake cam. Plus some more gadgets like active grille shutter to help make the car more aerodynamic etc and some other wizardy that I wont bore you with. I went from a 270bhpOcty VRS MkII to one of these and am loving getting nearly 600 miles per tank. Drive it hard and the mpgs do go down as expected but driven normally its a fantastic engine.
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My 08 140ps gt tdi sport average of averages is 55mpg on trip computer, doing steady 45mile commutes on A roads at 60mph, about 700 miles to £81 diesel.
I thought the 140 would save me fuel money on 170, but in the vw figures the 170 is more economical...
My mk4 110ps was alot more economical averaging more like 65-70mpg, but not as much fun :driver:
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Well I've ended up buying a golf mk6 gtd 170 and picking it up on Friday.
Looks and drives very nice.
Great choice :happy2:
Any plans for it?...Of course :signLOL:
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Promised the wife I'll keep it standard ( for now )
I'll see how I find the performance and economy first.
I originally went to diesel to save money so I could get an RS3 next year but fuel prices may put me off by then.
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Promised the wife I'll keep it standard ( for now )
I'll see how I find the performance and economy first.
I originally went to diesel to save money so I could get an RS3 next year but fuel prices may put me off by then.
so when is it booked infor a remap :signLOL:
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Anythings possible but not yet.
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I currently do circa 500 miles a week and average 45MPG - 470 mile to a tank which.