Fuel Consumption

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Well put some Optimax in the FSI for the first time and managed to get 48.2 MPG. Quite impressive. I was driving down to Greenock (south west coast of Scotland) and the surrounding area from Aberdeen with 2 others in the car and a full boot of luggage, averaging around 65mph. Had done around 280 miles and was halfway between 1/2 and 1/4 of a tank. Usually that's when the petrol light comes on
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Post by ceedubya »

on the drive to inters i did 240 miles on £40 worth of super unleaded = about 28 mpg and not taking my time :lol:
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Post by Buzby »

Is that all :D .. i had a max of 67.6mpg out of my tdi with 4 people and a bootful at 65-75mph last weekend.. :D .

sorry ill get me coat.. :wink: shufflles off.........

But 48mpg is good for a petrol.. 8)
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Post by ModifiedMadness »

ceedubya wrote:on the drive to inters i did 240 miles on £40 worth of super unleaded = about 28 mpg and not taking my time :lol:
Off topic, I saw your car at the weekend ceedubya, it's stunning mate.

You didn't get a bad 1/4 mile time either 8)
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Post by dino »

ModifiedMadness wrote:
ceedubya wrote:on the drive to inters i did 240 miles on £40 worth of super unleaded = about 28 mpg and not taking my time :lol:
Off topic, I saw your car at the weekend ceedubya, it's stunning mate.

You didn't get a bad 1/4 mile time either 8)
Ditto what Tom said - car looks amazing mate!!! Shame i didn't catch you for a chat.
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Post by ceedubya »

:wink: cheers :wink:

my times were 6.1 to 60mph and 14.2 quarter

that was running the car as it is everyday with a boot full of kit

i may have been a quicker if i had prepared for the strip :?

and i had a pudding foot= :lol:

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Post by PROBBO »

I've got a 2006 1.4 16V sport and i can only get about 43 to 46 mpg out of it.
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Post by Petrified »

the 1.4 FSI is fantastic on fuel for a petrol engine.
mine used to get 48.8 on long journeys.

the g/f's gets 52+ mpg quite regulary. :shock: I cant get over 50 when I drive hers. It is remapped though and the extra torque helps a lot.
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Post by Mouse_GTI »

Usually I only get 290 miles to a tank before the fuel light comes on. My Fiesta did the same on a 40 litre tank and quoted as getting 7 MPG less than the Polo average :(
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Post by viceroy »

I'm way too lazy to convert to MPG.

In my 2.0 8v I between 11 and 12.4km/litre for my daily commute in traffic. I travel between 550 and 620km between fill ups, but when I fill up, I put in 50 litres approx
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Post by PoloR »

Hi,

The best consumption I achieved on my Polo Classic 1.6 8v was 718 kilometers on 93 Octane. I had the fuel tank overfilled to about 55 litres. On the long road I kept a constant speed of not more than 110 km/h.
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Post by waggonrut »

Any info? I have a 2006 1.4 tdi 80ps so far the car has done 4000 miles. The avg fuel mpg is ONLY 46 I think this is totally crap, this is with no town work! Any ideas.
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Post by Vduber »

i have a 2005 new shape polo, its 1.2 engine and for a full tank (40 pounds worth) i havent been able to get more then 280 miles so im not very happy for a 1.2
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Post by alexperkins »

Hehe on my 2000 1.0l E I get something close to 400 miles a tank - I think i worked it out to 57 miles (on a 300 miles round trip) or so to the gallon hehe :P

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i dunno whats going on does anyone else have a polo with 1.2 engine???
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