90 TSI reliability (or buy a 103 TDI)

[craig_the_german]

I have just got back from a work trip in my 90TSI. 500km round trip from Brisbane, up the Toowoomba Range, out to Dalby and back.
Average fuel consumption for the trip 5.1L/100km.....that's almost diesel consumption.....

[jessv3]

Average fuel consumption for the trip 5.1L/100km.....that's almost diesel consumption.....

Thats pretty impressive but then again all of golf range has impressive fuel consumption, I can push my manual GTI down to 6.1/100 on a 500km freeway trip.

[Mountainman]

I have just got back from a work trip in my 90TSI. 500km round trip from Brisbane, up the Toowoomba Range, out to Dalby and back.
Average fuel consumption for the trip 5.1L/100km.....that's almost diesel consumption.....

My wife or I are doing that sort of running in our Golf almost every day and we always get in the very low 5's but have never got to 5 or below. It is almost as good as a friends Mk5 1.9 TDI manual that I drive a bit. Our Forester XT gets down to 7.8 under the same conditions, which I find almost as remarkable considering its weight, aerodynamics and performance.

[stickshift3000]

My wife or I are doing that sort of running in our Golf almost every day and we always get in the very low 5's but have never got to 5 or below. It is almost as good as a friends Mk5 1.9 TDI manual that I drive a bit. Our Forester XT gets down to 7.8 under the same conditions, which I find almost as remarkable considering its weight, aerodynamics and performance.

Some of these figures are impressive.

My 103 tdi gets as low as 4.4L/100 on the mfd (Albury > Melbourne > Ballarat), which even accepting up to 10% optimism is fantastic economy.

[DKC]

My 90TSI havne't missed a beat. However reports of problems does worry me.