A Coupla Things About The Mk6 I'd Like To Know

[bigmouthmedia]

A couple of questions and observations from a newbie

I've just completed my first tank since delivery (when it had 13ks) - and I've got 645km out of one tank - that's phenomenal !

Query 1 : How low do you let the needle go before filling up ? I know the MFD will tell you to "REFUEL !" and you have "0km" left.....but I got away with it, luckily.

Observation 1 : Without knowing what brand the dealer used (I'll find out today when I get the bluetooth & weathershields put on), I can only compare the economy of that to Tank 2 - which is on BP. I think I'll trial out Mobil and Shell and see what I get from them. My driving is a mixture of Eastlink / Monash and suburban.

Query 2 : What tyre pressures is everyone running ? I haven't honestly checked them since delivery although the ride seems just fine. I'm on the 15" Wellington Alloys.

[roy]

A couple of questions and observations from a newbie

I've just completed my first tank since delivery (when it had 13ks) - and I've got 645km out of one tank - that's phenomenal !

Shouldn't it be better?

[bigmouthmedia]

Shouldn't it be better?

Roy, I was a bit annoyed you said that initially - but after talking to the service guy at Barloworld whilst dropping it off this morning, he said "you'll get more". I think I was amazed because i've never had a car getting that good an amount of economy before !

By the way, they use BP Petrol - so I'll be onto the second tank of the same.

Will post some figures later.

[prise]

There's a great website frequented by obsessive germans that has fuel consumption stats from hundreds of golf owners.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/search.html

I thought I'd mention it in the off chance there are other obsessives on this forum...............

[roy]

Roy, I was a bit annoyed you said that initially - but after talking to the service guy at Barloworld whilst dropping it off this morning, he said "you'll get more". I think I was amazed because i've never had a car getting that good an amount of economy before !

By the way, they use BP Petrol - so I'll be onto the second tank of the same.

Will post some figures later.

As far as i know, 1tank can reach 800km...someone got 900km on 1 tank(forgot i saw it on this forum or other..)
so...definitely u'll be impressed when u see that on clock.

Q1: haven't received my car yet...but usually i won't let the needle below 20%...

[Corey_R]

As far as i know, 1tank can reach 800km...someone got 900km on 1 tank(forgot i saw it on this forum or other..)
so...definitely u'll be impressed when u see that on clock.

Q1: haven't received my car yet...but usually i won't let the needle below 20%...

The Golf has a 55L tank. If you were to run it completely dry and make the 'combined rating', you'd get
887km 90TSI Man + 118TSI Man
859km 90TSI DSG
846km 118TSI DSG

But the Golf says it is at '0km' to go when there is a reserve of 5L in the tank? (It's written in the manual, but I don't have a Golf manual on me right now).

So you'd get much less than this, unless you can beat the 'combined' rating. That is possible, especially on a freeway drive, but probably not something you'd be doing day to day.

[GolfAtom]

645km per tank! For start/stop city driving that is just about the norm. My missus has hijack my 118TSI but from memory, I was getting something similar in a mix of city peak and off-peak driving with A/C running.

[gregozedobe]

[QUOTE=prise;455721]There's a great website frequented by obsessive germans that has fuel consumption stats from hundreds of golf owners.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/search.html

I thought I'd mention it in the off chance there are other obsessives on this forum...............[/QUOTE]


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[MurphyTheElf]

Aww - my quote got bumped. And I only noticed it yesterday.

[russ83]

645km per tank! For start/stop city driving that is just about the norm.

ive got 3/4 of a tank left of my first BP Fuel fill since delivery. Hope i can make 645km of city driving too.