RE: PH Fleet: Golf GTI Edition 35

[Olf]

Mine is brand new and does under 20mpg but then I do drive like I stole it. It also cost me £17,000 with a DSG gearbox - that includes shipping costs to the USA. Go figure!

[Dave Hedgehog]

Riggers said:

toppstuff said:

PK0001 said:

I have had a 'normal' 210bhp MK6 GTi for 2 and a half years now and have done 35k miles in it. I have an App for logging the mileage and the average is 31.5 mpg. Thats all city driving. If I take it on a run the average rises to 45mpg.

I know that I could easily get 50mpg if I drove gently.

You reading this, Riggers?

How on earth do you manage to get 30mpg? Only using the first three gears ? Maybe you are towing a caravan and don't like to admit it to people? Or are there bodies in the back of the car?

This chap above is clearly a much better driver than you.

The EA113 (as opposed to the EA888) does seem to use a little more fuel, but I'm currently in the midst of a super unleaded-only 'proper' test, rather than relying on the trip computer, so we shall see how that comes out

dont worry riggers I am only getting 18mpg out of the 2011 S3 i have atm, leave these grannies to their dawdling

[Pig Skill]

I think VW are ripping the arse out of the 'Anniversary' thing. I mean they have brought one out for the 25th, 30th and now 35th Anniversary. Not exactly milestone numbers.

It dilutes the exclusivity of that 'special edition' for me.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Pig Skill said:

I think VW are ripping the arse out of the 'Anniversary' thing. I mean they have brought one out for the 25th, 30th and now 35th Anniversary. Not exactly milestone numbers.

It dilutes the exclusivity of that 'special edition' for me.

vag exploiting marketing, that would be a first

[Stew2000]

At least the 35 isn't as common as the 30. And the Pirelli has low numbers too.

[nickfrog]

toppstuff said:

You reading this, Riggers?

How on earth do you manage to get 30mpg? Only using the first three gears ? Maybe you are towing a caravan and don't like to admit it to people? Or are there bodies in the back of the car?

This chap above is clearly a much better driver than you.

Or he uses a tiny proportion of the performance, which kind of defeats the object ?

[Stew2000]

nickfrog said:

Or he uses a tiny proportion of the performance, which kind of defeats the object ?

Few weeks ago I overtook a MKV R32.
Damn economy. I want some fun.

[heebeegeetee]

toppstuff said:

I know what you mean, and it is hard to put into words, but there is something not right about the evolution of the Golf GTI in my book. The world has changed and the car seems, well, pretty silly these days.

Let me explain. Some of the older folk here will remember the mk1 and mk2 Golf GTI. Awesome cars. They were fun and relatively affordable to buy and to run.

The new Golf GTI seems to have abandoned these basic virtues. VW have gone "premium" and so we now have a car that is not cheap, and not cheap to run either.

It beggars belief that this thing struggles to maintain 30mpg. And it is not good enough. VW should not be left off the hook for that.

But you would have to be old and know the older cars to appreciate this !

These days, I look at a Golf Bluemotion and think "yes - that makes sense as a car people should own". I look at the GTI and think, "why would I spend all that money on a hatchback that is barely more economical to own than a V6 or even a V8 engined petrol car."

An Audi S5 V8 does'nt drink much more fuel than the Golf. Thats just nuts.

Edited to add: and its not just the Golf that is guilty here. Too many cars in the performance petrol hatchback sector are bloated, inefficient and thirsty.

Edited by toppstuff on Friday 4th May 12:22

Hmm, I don't recall the Mk2 being at all cheap at the time, and I'd say they'd definitely gone premium by then.

Mpgs were similar too.

[AndrewW-G]

Jimmy No Hands said:

What were MK5 ED30's new? Similar?

List price for my old Edition 30, which had a similar spec was just over £27k, when new in 2007.