UK-POLOS.NET - THE VW Polo Forum

T77MTG wrote:First tank i got 200miles out of it! but now ive been getting about 250 consistently! :/ been averaging like 26MPG, but i do whizz it around everywhere etc haha! not as bad as my dad who costs him 120pounds to fill up and gets 200 miles out of his every time!

You must have money to burn

Edi30 wrote:

T77MTG wrote:First tank i got 200miles out of it! but now ive been getting about 250 consistently! :/ been averaging like 26MPG, but i do whizz it around everywhere etc haha! not as bad as my dad who costs him 120pounds to fill up and gets 200 miles out of his every time!

You must have money to burn

nooo haha! just need to drive sensibly how can i get up to 40mpg!!!!!!! :0 not going to happen haha! im always accelerating fast etc

I just got 360 miles out my 1.2 60 SE .... pathetic!! All I did was town driving too

I usually get 490-520 miles out of a tank with a 1.4 SE. 75% of the driving is motorway/ fast A road. My avergae mpg per tank according to the trip comp is about 62-59mpg. Thats driving at a decent 60-65mph as I cant get much faster on that A road (A42) due the rush hour traffic. I use Shell Vpower and I have cruise control.

Paul87 wrote:I usually get 490-520 miles out of a tank with a 1.4 SE. 75% of the driving is motorway/ fast A road. My avergae mpg per tank according to the trip comp is about 62-59mpg. Thats driving at a decent 60-65mph as I cant get much faster on that A road (A42) due the rush hour traffic. I use Shell Vpower and I have cruise control.

That sounds impressive what are the official figures?

Offically they are 35.3mpg urban 60.1 extra urban and 47.9 combined. Im not sure why my car is so frugle, to be honest it was a shock to me when I started this new commute 2 months ago I expected a much lower figure.

thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car

daydotz wrote:thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car

Time to change then?

daydotz wrote:thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car

Ok, so based on a UK Gallon, (4.55litres to the gallon) that's around the 8.4L /100km, based on you filling up 40 litres or 8.75 gallons. If you're not fanging it everywhere, thats a pretty high figure! Well, for the last tank anyway. I drive under the ISO standard test average speed (40kph average speed) apparently and give the car a bit on the odd traffic light get away or traffic gap, maybe once a week go for a 50% spirited drive and now, after 3200kms (2000 miles) I am generally averaging around 7.1-7.4 L/100kms, aka 39-38.1mpg.

I used to get slightly worse than that with my old Mk4 Golf which had the 1.6l AKL engine....

daydotz wrote:thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car

That to me sounds pritty damn good. Im usually gettin around 280-290 miles to £50 of shell, which for a performace petrol i thinks pritty good. 1.8T 20v polo gti (stage 1 revo) used to struggle gettin 200 miles, and was set to run on shell vpower.

Think you need to buy a dirty diesel if you think thats bad.

6R BM 2011 - 680 miles (35 left on MFD) £46.67 to fill up - Happy Days

Bowcaps

i would love another diesel 55mpg 500miles a tank cheap tax the problem is for the miles i do it was more expensive to run
it may not feel it but im no worse off or maybe even a bit better off overall

sometimes its best to stick with what you know id have been more happy in another clio

It's a fine line between performance and economy, you need to remember you've opted for a high performance car. The MPG figures, to say it performs as it does are very very good. There aren't many cars out there that perform the same as a Polo 6R GTI and have the same or even similar mpg figures without getting a high powered diesel.

AJ_7 wrote:It's a fine line between performance and economy, you need to remember you've opted for a high performance car. The MPG figures, to say it performs as it does are very very good. There aren't many cars out there that perform the same as a Polo 6R GTI and have the same or even similar mpg figures without getting a high powered diesel.

I agree, my GTI is averaging 42-45 MPG per fill up which is amazing considering the performance which does get used when required. To make a significant improvement over these new petrol engines the only model worth going for is the BlueMotion.

Edi30 wrote:

AJ_7 wrote:It's a fine line between performance and economy, you need to remember you've opted for a high performance car. The MPG figures, to say it performs as it does are very very good. There aren't many cars out there that perform the same as a Polo 6R GTI and have the same or even similar mpg figures without getting a high powered diesel.

I agree, my GTI is averaging 42-45 MPG per fill up which is amazing considering the performance which does get used when required. To make a significant improvement over these new petrol engines the only model worth going for is the BlueMotion.

Definatley, I have a 1.2 TSi and on a combined cycle i'm averaging about 48 but I do tend to give it some stick every so often So for a GTi to produce those figures I think is amazing!