Still averaging 8.5L/100km during the week and this is a 46km round trip each day in peak hour, with a fairly liberal usage of the right foot when circumstances warrant. Pretty happy with that.
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Still averaging 8.5L/100km during the week and this is a 46km round trip each day in peak hour, with a fairly liberal usage of the right foot when circumstances warrant. Pretty happy with that.
I've gotten 6.0l/100 since my last refuel, but I've been getting around 5.5-5.8 through the "since start" menu quite frequently, so maybe next tank I'll expect the 6.0 to go down.
Stats from today's SA VWW cruise which consisted of a mix of city, country and 'spirited' driving in a very low mileage GTI:
166km
3:09h
53km/h average
8.1l/100km
I'm getting around 6l/100 since refuel. Bumped up my tyre pressures to 40psi, I like it since I can feel the road a bit better through the wheel! Anyone know what the safest max is?
What car are you talking about for your consumption??Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesh
Max tyre pressure will be on the sidewall. Usually 51psi.
For the sake of completeness, and not having to search for what you bought, perhaps specify which model Golf you have? :)
Sorry, 90tsi dsg! I've seen the maximum pressure, but I mean for daily driving, I guess that figure is the absolute max the tyre can take?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brendan_A
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Hi Dutch77,Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch77
Is it with "stop start" on or you are switching it of?
I usually have it on but don't activate it - I have the same function on our CX5 GT and learnt quickly to modulate the pedal for when I wanted to use it and when I didn't. It operates the same in that it requires it to be manually switched off each journey, never bothered searching whether there were easy ways to switch it permanently off per the VW.Quote:
Originally Posted by MIRSAD
Thank You Dutch77,Quote:
Originally Posted by Dutch77
I am switching off my "stop & start" manually - every time.
After 2,7K my long term consumption is 10+ (To and from work drive = 80% is true stop and go).
With MK6 GTI my long term consumption was 9.1L/100km - same route.
Today (it is Public Holiday in WA) I achieved 8.2 (100+Km, Freeway, City - generally not so busy roads)
Refueled the GTI tonight. 7.7L/100km, 631km to fuel light. 280km was highway driving rest was town driving.
IIRC that can be fixed on VCDS, failing that there was a. Kufatec dongle that achieved the result as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by MIRSAD
I have deliberately activated it in long waits in peak hour but otherwise not.
It will be on the sidewall of the tyre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesh
Beyond 40 you are getting into the realm of diminishing returns
Yeah I've decided it's not worth it, dropped down to 34, much more comfort, really a negligible loss of economy..Quote:
Originally Posted by brad
Try 38F/36R. That will be a happy compromise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesh
Cheers I'll give it a whirl tomorrow and let you know how it goesQuote:
Originally Posted by brad
Just drove 130km back from work in Toowoomba to the centre of Brisbane. The usual 4.2L/100km. Makes me wonder what the diesel would do?
I doubt the 2L diesel would be any better......on a flat, the engine would be using barely any power/torque, so the smaller the engine, the better the economy should be (even taking into account more energy stored per L in diesel). If it was a 1.6L diesel (which we dont sell in OZ IIRC in the golfs) then you might be able to better it.
Is that figure from when you roll down the range and through Withcott? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mountainman
From leaving Ground Up coffee in Searles Walk between Ruthven and Duggan Streets (I don't work there - just enjoy the best flat whites ever made). At Withcott it is usually showing around 2.7L/100km average and that gradually climbs to around 4 by the Plainlands pub. The 4.2 indicated average is usually about 4.4 true. The reverse trip is nearly always 5 indicated. That usual crawl up the range at 40 in 3rd or on one occasion at about 10 in 1st is doing my head in. I sometimes go around by the Blanchview Rd - more fun too.
The up section is crap! The run down is not bad now. Very impressive figures anyway.
Figured this doesn't require a new thread. In your experience, at what speed do you get the best fuel economy? Probably best to list engine and transmission.
1,500kms into mine and it's 9.9l/100km on city driving. Struggles to even get close to 500km before the fuel light comes on. Drives in Comfort or Normal mode. Wonder what others are getting as the car gets run-in further..
top gear, around 2000rpm. Probably 80-90kmh. It desn't sound very fast but surprisingly that's about the speed most city motorways flow at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesh
You shouldn't be trying for economy at such low mileage. The engine will still be bedding-in right through to 15,000km. You'll be about 90% there at 5,000kmQuote:
Originally Posted by anduril
On my 90 TSI manual I reckon it is around 70km/h in 6th at around 1500rpm, just after it's reached peak torque. It would bring in an average well below 4L/100km (even 3.5 maybe) but where would you have the patience to try it? It would certainly piss off most other road users.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesh
Sounds like a perfectly normal speed for a Sydney urban Motorway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mountainman
Somedays I dream of being able to motor along doing a heady 70kph.
Yeah I seem to be getting the best around 70km/h as well in 7th around 1500RPM. The road surface and gradient obviously changes it but I do seem to hover around 3.6-4.2. My car's done around 2500KM.
The engine is still bedding in. You should be keeping it spinning above 2000rpm. Use the manual feature. What you spend on fuel now you'll save later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesh
Oh really? I've never heard of that. I've absolutely bashed my engine if I'm honest. Took it to some mountain roads. But ill leave it in 5th or somethkngQuote:
Originally Posted by brad
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So I decided to start tracking my fuel usage accurately via fuelly: Black Mk7 Golf (Volkswagen Golf) | Fuelly. Currently only 3 fill ups and ~2000km recorded, but my average is 5.7L/100km which is bang on with the rated mixed mode figure. I actually do a 50/50 mix of driving too. The current long term average is according the car computer is 5.3L/100km and the car is at ~9000km now.
Here's my TDI figures after 1 year:
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...2eva9yve-1.jpg
Perth peak-hour/shoulder driving Mitchell Freeway, in a diesel wagon, my average when I try to watch it is about 6 l/100km. There's a hill at the end/start of the trip in East Perth that stuffs the figures every time. By the refill-at-pump figures (still only 3200 km on the car) it's 6 to 6.5/100km. It seems best when set to Eco mode and Coast whenever possible - accelerate modestly to a speed then coast until I need to catch up again. Pisses off the tailgaters tho. Better than the previous petrol Mk6 118TSI tho - it was about 7 to 7.5, no difference between 1st and 2nd engines (lemon alert).
It's great isn't it? :D:bit-clap::devilish:Quote:
Originally Posted by adhock
Meant to post this up last week, drove over to Melbourne for some interviews and took the following measurements on the way back:
Mileage: 731km
Economy: 7.9l/100km
Pretty happy with that given the car was still on the tail end of its run in phase so was running it in lower gears to vary the revs.
103TSI Highline - 32,000km
Long-term: 7.1l/100km
When I was going long distance (112km round trip) for work I never averaged more than 5.2l/100km on the trip - was getting minimum 900km from a tank.
Now I travel <5km to work and I am averaging about 9-10l/100km.
Recently went on a 1900km road-trip with some mates and fully loaded with some very enthusiastic driving on some nice twisty roads, I averaged 7.4l/100km. Mates MkV R32, on the same trip, averaged 8.5l/100km.
Can't complain.
2014 Golf R, less than 2,000kms on clock...avg 10.4L/100kms....this is roughly the same as my MY11 WRX 2.5L
The 1st few hundred kms, I was avg around 14L/100kms on the R...
I don't think that I will ever drive the R in economical mode...so I guess around 10L/100kms will have to do me...
Just for interest's sake. I was getting round 6 l/100 km from our TDI wagon, sometimes down to 5 l/100km if I tried hard, before it broke a week back (see other thread). This at less than 4500 km. The replacement hire Passat, a 118TSI sedan 2013 build, is returning round 7 to 9 l/100 km. Quite a bit thirstier for the same driving conditions. And the Golf's a nicer drive, tho noticeably slightly narrower seat-wise.
Done about 5500k's, really hasn't improved that dramatically from the start, although it is still being broken in, I've driven it very hard. Averaging about 5.9 I'd say.
Did a test and was able to get 7.1L/100km in Eco mode on the highway in my Golf R mk 7 :) (got bored though)Quote:
Originally Posted by siu_loong_bao
Car: Mk7 GTI (manual)
Kms: 2,000
Most of my driving has averaged around 8.5-9L/100km as I have never tried to drive economically during run-in and usually can't resist giving it a bit of a boot whenever it looks safe.
I made an effort to drive 'normally' and had a reasonably good run home from soccer (still plenty of lights though): 6.7L/100kms in normal mode, not that it makes much of a difference with a manual. Very happy with that, particularly as I've only put 2,000kms on it! It should be into the 5s once I add in some highway driving.