Average K's per tank?

[gtiono]

Am just curious with the driving habits of Mk4 GTI owners.

How many K's per tank do you think you average? (assuming you take note at some point in time)

I do about 500 on mine using 98RON.

[ope126]

Generally get around 500km before the fuel warning light comes on.
I then fill up straight away; I don't believe it is a good practice to try and "empty" the tank completley.
I am averaging 9.2L/100km on the Trip Computer (2).

Glenn

[shami]

I usually get about 400k's on it, but my car is chipped and i do occasionally enjoy hammering it...but what should be norm? or considered to be normal.

But say if your using alot more fuel than you should and you drive it in a decent way what could be the problem???

[GoLfMan]

i dont get enough km's to my tank and its a 1.6!!! im getting about 450 :(
my dad gets that to half a tank on the TDi

[fuzion]

mine does pretty well, 450-550 in the city (and i live in the CITY CITY too) .. and best ive got so far is 690odd which included driving to canberra, return and work for a week as well. and thats mod'd and led foot problems too...

[GoLfMan]

mine does pretty well, 450-550 in the city (and i live in the CITY CITY too) .. and best ive got so far is 690odd which included driving to canberra, return and work for a week as well. and thats mod'd and led foot problems too...

my 1.6 Polo does alright on a long trip, until you take someone with you, and then it goes stupid.... i think i got about 11 last long trip :confused:

[spa]

i average at about 7.5 on the trip meter...
my gti is stock, and i do about 70kms a day, about 45 of that is highway > 80km/h

tank tends to last towards 650 - 700 before the light comes on... dependign on what petrol i'm using and how fast i feel like accelerating.

[BL33SU]

how do guys get so much k's.

i get about 400. and on d trip comp is 10.8

[DubSteve]

LOL These are all funny numbers I get 400 if I'm lucky but lately I hit 450kms :O

[spa]

how do guys get so much k's.

i get about 400. and on d trip comp is 10.8

I guess it must be the highway driving, in the opposite direction to peak hour traffic, and with minimal stopping, pretty much at constant speed. When I’m on the highways my trip meter tells me < 5.5 l/100km at most times, unless I’m overtaking or something…

Before I hit the highways it will normally be around 9 l/100km

[fuzion]

I guess it must be the highway driving, in the opposite direction to peak hour traffic, and with minimal stopping, pretty much at constant speed. When I’m on the highways my trip meter tells me < 5.5 l/100km at most times, unless I’m overtaking or something…

Before I hit the highways it will normally be around 9 l/100km

mines city more then anything.. combined with very minimal freeway runs!

dub2c, your car is very heavy and thats why you use more then the golf :P

[gtiono]

mine does pretty well, 450-550 in the city (and i live in the CITY CITY too) .. and best ive got so far is 690odd which included driving to canberra, return and work for a week as well. and thats mod'd and led foot problems too...

600+ for a led foot seems pretty impressive. Did you also mod your fuel tank? :-)

Does anyone else notice you seem to get a hell of alot more out of the first half tank than the second half? (taking it to the warning light).

[mikinoz]

I had a 1.6 and used to get near 700km/tank! :)

[shami]

600+ for a led foot seems pretty impressive. Did you also mod your fuel tank? :-)

Does anyone else notice you seem to get a hell of alot more out of the first half tank than the second half? (taking it to the warning light).

Yea i agree you get to half the tank and you've used soo little but the second half it all disapears...my trip comp says im using an average of 13l/100 :s

[cusack]

Does anyone else notice you seem to get a hell of alot more out of the first half tank than the second half? (taking it to the warning light).

Yep I noticed it. I also noticed the same thing on my old Mazda as well

[SoVeReIgN]

The last time I filled a full tank I got 660kms out of it, and that included the dyno day and a fair bit of a thrashing.

Don't know why you guys are struggling to get 600.

[BL33SU]

The last time I filled a full tank I got 660kms out of it, and that included the dyno day and a fair bit of a thrashing.

Don't know why you guys are struggling to get 600.

granny thrashin :Dj:

[91eah]

I mostly do city driving, and i get over 600 most times, i guess i do drive like a granny most of the time hahahahaha

[gtiono]

The last time I filled a full tank I got 660kms out of it, and that included the dyno day and a fair bit of a thrashing.

Don't know why you guys are struggling to get 600.

Could it be that the audi 02 1.8T is a DBW engine and we vwbers are stuck with NDBW which is not as fuel economical and powerful?

I stuggle to get 600 even if I "sunday drive" for most of the tank. 520-550 more like it.

[SoVeReIgN]

Could it be that the audi 02 1.8T is a DBW engine and we vwbers are stuck with NDBW which is not as fuel economical and powerful?

I stuggle to get 600 even if I "sunday drive" for most of the tank. 520-550 more like it.

Doesn't make that much difference.

I do however, always use BP Ultimate and I have noticed getting slightly better fuel economy after mods. :)

[Soundofav6]

how do guys get so much k's.

i get about 400. and on d trip comp is 10.8

same man... I hear ppl doing 450.. ?
I get about 380. thats is just... just.. just about to touch the red line.

[SoVeReIgN]

same man... I hear ppl doing 450.. ?
I get about 380. thats is just... just.. just about to touch the red line.

When you're on the red line it still has over 10L left in the tank - Thats an extra 1/5 of your kms right there.

[DubSteve]

Nope if you on red line in a vr6 its an extra 7L.

[SoVeReIgN]

Nope if you on red line in a vr6 its an extra 7L.

This is an mk4 forum, VR6 forum ^that way^ j::D

[DubSteve]

This is an mk4 forum, VR6 forum ^that way^ j::D

Whats the users name Soundofavr6:)

[Soundofav6]

Whats the users name Soundofavr6:)

Steve is it ?
That would be me, I am Louis. Sorry did I break the rule here? I am new here.

[ope126]

Are people getting these figures with or without Climatronic on.

I have it set on 21 degrees AUTO...

I guess it uses more fuel with the A/C constantly on, but what are you other guys doing...

On or Off? :?

Glenn

[spa]

Are people getting these figures with or without Climatronic on.

I have it set on 21 degrees AUTO...

I guess it uses more fuel with the A/C constantly on, but what are you other guys doing...

On or Off? :?

Glenn


yeah, my figures are from using A/C very sparingly.
often on cold nights the car gets warm enough just having the climatronic off as hot air comes through the vents anyway.

probably much worse in summer though.

[qsilverza]

Hey MK4's have VR6's :) Just not the 12valves :)

I'm averaging around 12 giving me about 450. Depending on how I drive

[eurov5]

mk 4 1.6 average 740 km

bora v5 average 650 km

mainly country and city driving.

record on 1.6 is 845km bris to syd loaded

[balkanac]

i get about 450km to a tank using BP Ultimate. Trip computer shows about 12.5l per 100km. it used to be about 13L till i installed the CAI. I think this is pretty good for an R32

[DIDZ]

How many K's should I expect when I hit the fuel light...

I've had it come up a few times, and I've wandered how far can I go (not that I want to).

Edit - 325km from 3/4 tank last hit out. Driving to work / city.

[Dub_Star_V6]

Resurrecting this creaky old thread...

First 3000km with Borat and I am averaging 9.5L @ 590-610 per fill. Range to Empty (props to JMac!) showed 60km to go when the refueling message came on. An 8L reserve means the on-board calculations are pretty much bang on with a small but important safety margin so as not to leave you stranded. Ah zose Tschermans sink of everysing...

Although this may give new meaning to the term 'running on vapour'...

Doesn't the MkIV VR6 only have a 62 litre tank? :biggrin: Range to Empty indicated only 10km when I pulled in.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

[Golf Houso]

I got 320km's out of the last tank in my VR6, or 16L/100km
The current one is looking close to around 420 or 12L/100km, the GL can get an easy 550km's or 9L/100km.

[dubbed]

MKIV GTI usually pulls a 510-530km around town with a very mixed driving habit (car gets a good blat regularly each tank). On longer trips it will comfortably see 600km. Coming from SA to Vic with some spirited driving along the way saw the GTI return 700km to a tank with a tiny bit of juice left; I was well impressed. Oh, and this is with the climate control on 90-100% of the time.

I only use Shell V Power.

Can someone please confirm that the MKIV Golfs have 55 litre tanks?

[McDub]

MKIV GTI usually pulls a 510-530km around town with a very mixed driving habit (car gets a good blat regularly each tank). On longer trips it will comfortably see 600km. Coming from SA to Vic with some spirited driving along the way saw the GTI return 700km to a tank with a tiny bit of juice left; I was well impressed. Oh, and this is with the climate control on 90-100% of the time.

I only use Shell V Power.

Can someone please confirm that the MKIV Golfs have 55 litre tanks?

yep it's a 55 litre tank.
manual says the light comes on with 7 litres to go.
in my car it actually only comes in with 5 litres to go!!! (learnt this the hard way once, only got 50 k's of highway driving on the empty light, pretty shocking)

can we talk litres per 100km here people???
km's per tank really doesn't mean much when you have different sized tanks, and when you're only talking about the amount of fuel you put in...

my trip to work in my gti gets about 7.6L/100km, 80% motorway, and return is about 8.6 cos slightly less highway on return
but after local driving to shops and stuff on weekends, including my work trips i average 9.7L/100km (trip 2)

certainly not as good as quoted figures from redbook:
Fuel Urban (l/100km) 8.5
Fuel Extra Urban (l/100km) 5.6
i wish!

[HOLEIN1]

i use the BP Ultimate 98 RON...

around town i usually get around the 500-550...

recent country trip saw around 650, probably could have got more, but there were about a hundred caravans i had to overtake...

:)

[spida]

in my 1.6l get around 650 with an occasional lead foot i do regular driving on the motorway and parra road tho

[Manaz]

I'm averaging 12.5L/100km in my Bora V6 4Motion (not a GTI I know), so around 480km per 60L tank. I generally fill up with Shell V-Power, occasionally with BP Ultimate, never anything less than RON95.

[Golf Dvr]

Nothing less than 95 Octane, 98 when i can get it, around 550-600 per tank.

[dylan8]

I have a 2lt Bora, with my stock wheels i was getting 6lt per 100km at 100km/h, doing over 1000km per trip most of the time on highway km (these also included lots of towns where i can tend be a lead foot), now i have wider wheels on (8") im still getting low figures of 7lt per 100km most of the time.

is my car a exception??? i see the 1.6l models arnt even getting that. The guy that services my car often questions if my computer software is correct with some of the things it can carry on with, logging faults that are impossible etc, maybe something to do with it?

[Golf Houso]

An interesting thing I have just found is that after replacing the leads in my VR6 the fuel economy has improved, where I was previously getting on average 320km per tank I am now getting well over 400km's under the same driving conditions.

Looks like the leads will pay themselves off in 7 tanks!

Dylan 8, do you ever push your car or drive in suburban cycle? My old 2.0L MK3 would be lucky to crack 7L on the highway and dream of less than 9L/100 in city cycle...

[dylan8]

i guess driving to work every day would count but with only a ten minute trip its hard to work out. I use to get as much as 4lt per 100km when doing 60km/h around town once i got through the traffic lights, ill reset my trip computers and see today

[Yevvy]

i'm getting close to 500kms out of the tank, driving like a granny. usually average 10.8-11.8 around town using BP ultimate or V-power (didn't see the difference). didn't have a car for long enough yet to get a proper figure but thats what you get for having a v6 :(

[Gravey]

I've been testing the differences between V-Power & BP in my V5 Bora, it will take me a few more tanks to get the averages, but here's the results so far:

************
BP Ultimate
************
8.6Ltr to 100km
595km
8.4ltr to 100km
607km
************
V-Power
************
9.2Ltr to 100km
558km

Currently sitting on 8.8ltr to 100km

[goodfella]

I haven't taken note of KMs travelled on a tank, but I do know my trip computer is showing over 12l/100km as an ongoing average... so you guys must be driving like Miss Daisy is in the back seat. :biggrin::biggrin:

[Gravey]

I haven't taken note of KMs travelled on a tank, but I do know my trip computer is showing over 12l/100km as an ongoing average... so you guys must be driving like Miss Daisy is in the back seat. :biggrin::biggrin:

I hit 180km/hr on the tank that I got 9.2ltr/100km so I think not :P

....on a private road of course ;-)

[madglf3]

I can usually get an easy 650km out of a tank, but I am a bit of a sensible driver. I have been taking the long way home though to tackle some twisties to take my mind off uni crap, with the car still returning excellent fuel economy, still around 650km and not yet on empty.

[badgolfibad]

yeh mines does terrribly about 270-300km sometimes in city driving...................gt28

[Golf Houso]

yeh mines does terrribly about 270-300km sometimes in city driving...................gt28

considering the VR6 got just over 300 in the last two tanks, yours isn't all that bad especially considering its a 280kw 1.8T, and you don't baby the car either...

[Tao]

1.6 golf
normally 600km per refill, which means about 8.5 per 100km on BP Ultimate