Audi S3 2014 Fuel Consumption

[innes2445]

Hi all,

I have recently purchased a new Audi S3 Sportsback 2014 Stronic (soon to be delivered) im happy with the claimed fuel consumption that the brochure tells me and what the salesmen are telling me
i was wondering if anyone could give me the real life consumption and how many miles i am most likely to get out of a tank.

I probably should of done more homework prior to buying but it was one of those YOLO moments.

Thanks in advance

Innes

[Benbay001]

An educated guess would be late 20s?

[richs2891]

Why not ask on some of the Audi forums ?

[innes2445]

richs2891 said:

Why not ask on some of the Audi forums ?

Thanks Richs2891, im New to PH so will take on your advice. Cheers

[...Mole...]

I've had mine for 9 months, early 30's for my commute to work, mid to late 20's if pushing a bit harder. If you drive at 40mph
everywhere you might reach the manufacturers stated fuel consumption.

had it at 37mpg on a long motorway journey once.

[innes2445]

...Mole... said:

I've had mine for 9 months, early 30's for my commute to work, mid to late 20's if pushing a bit harder. If you drive at 40mph
everywhere you might reach the manufacturers stated fuel consumption.

had it at 37mpg on a long motorway journey once.

Thanks for that! Im sure mine will be mid to low 20's for the first couple of months! So how many miles on a full tank on average would you say?

[McSam]

Spritmonitor is a powerful too. According to it, the average for the 52 2013/2014 S3s on the database is 29mpg. The lowest is 22mpg, the best 40. Seems reasonable enough to me.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overview/3-Audi/0-Al...

You have the brochure, which includes the fuel tank capacity. Now you have a realistic fuel consumption. One gallon is 4.55 litres. I'm sure you can calculate the range for yourself!

[innes2445]

McSam said:

Spritmonitor is a powerful too. According to it, the average for the 52 2013/2014 S3s on the database is 29mpg. The lowest is 22mpg, the best 40. Seems reasonable enough to me.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overview/3-Audi/0-Al...

You have the brochure, which includes the fuel tank capacity. Now you have a realistic fuel consumption. One gallon is 4.55 litres. I'm sure you can calculate the range for yourself!

McSam- Brilliant, very much appreciated. Many thanks

[Willy Nilly]

An S3 is a rocketship compared to my car and I just cannot fathom the mentality that makes a person buy a fast car then worry about fuel. If you are going to mince along slow enough to get 35mpg out of a car that must be well over 200hp, you might as well by a lower powered version and either thrash the bks off it or drive it just as slow and use significantly less fuel. If I got my car or any of its competitors down to 35mph there would be a rolling police road block and police helicopters waiting for me.

[innes2445]

Willy Nilly said:

An S3 is a rocketship compared to my car and I just cannot fathom the mentality that makes a person buy a fast car then worry about fuel. If you are going to mince along slow enough to get 35mpg out of a car that must be well over 200hp, you might as well by a lower powered version and either thrash the bks off it or drive it just as slow and use significantly less fuel. If I got my car or any of its competitors down to 35mph there would be a rolling police road block and police helicopters waiting for me.

Thanks for your input, however i am only asking what the realistic fuel consumption is compared to what the brochure claims, im certainly not worrying about it. And i just cannot Fathom the mentality that makes a person buy a lower powered version and thrash the bks of it?! the mind boggles!!

[gary71]

22mpg average over 7000 miles in my last one.

[BFG TERRANO]

Colleague had a 60 plate driven hard, very hard really. It's just hit 100,000 miles and returns anything from 20 up to mid 30s on a steady run. His is generally nearer 20 though.

[CraigV6]

I just got rid of mine after eleven months and 6000 miles - 26mpg average.
260 miles from a tank.
I wasn't driving it that hard.