Mk5 Golf GTi Fuel Consumption
Discussion
Probably been done b4, so apologies.....
But in the real world what is the likely fuel consumption of the Mk5 GTi ?
I have looked on various websites and 35mpg seems to be what they're suggesting and on those same sites I get what they say for my other 2 cars so am hoping this is relatively accurate.
20K+ miles a year, motorway and traffic, some boy racer moments, some old man driving so a complete mixture.......
But in the real world what is the likely fuel consumption of the Mk5 GTi ?
I have looked on various websites and 35mpg seems to be what they're suggesting and on those same sites I get what they say for my other 2 cars so am hoping this is relatively accurate.
20K+ miles a year, motorway and traffic, some boy racer moments, some old man driving so a complete mixture.......
treacle said:
i only wish i could get 35mpg out of mine! We are averaging about 23mpg, but most of that is urban driving. I reckon it would be more like 27-28 with a mix of motorways and urban.
Its my only negative about the car.
Mmm, that would be worse than my current 911 which is averaging about 28mpg Its my only negative about the car.
yup, i sold my 993 and although i never had a computer was getting 260 miles out of about £65 of petrol. now getting 260 out of £50 and averaging about 23mpg for my 15 mile run each morning. Drove 400 motorway miles at weekend and got 31mpg (in convoy with an audi 2.0l FSI petrol which got 35mpg).
So no real fuel economy but tyre pressure gauge resulted in me avoiding new tyre (£180 on 993 and only £120 on golf).
I didn't sell the 993 because of the fuel consumption (rather the roof and the exhaust!!) but it is another straw on the camels back.
I'm not sure how long the GTi will stay for, it is a fantastic drive and good fun. I'm also enjoying an interior which was not designed in the 1970's!
good luck
So no real fuel economy but tyre pressure gauge resulted in me avoiding new tyre (£180 on 993 and only £120 on golf).
I didn't sell the 993 because of the fuel consumption (rather the roof and the exhaust!!) but it is another straw on the camels back.
I'm not sure how long the GTi will stay for, it is a fantastic drive and good fun. I'm also enjoying an interior which was not designed in the 1970's!
good luck
I'm not sure how long the GTi will stay for, it is a fantastic drive and good fun. I'm also enjoying an interior which was not designed in the 1970's!
Hopefully for a long time, my wife drives one, well, sometimes even I am allowed to drive (to have serviced it), we have DSG, absolutely nice car,
we can use between 7,2Liters up to 11 L, according to "circumstances", and
it is fun on snow, much more grip than my usual thing, and,,,,, we have
a great dealer with racing experience, his team knows how to handle customers
which in the end is most important (we are rather shocked looking at some
of your experiences quoted in the forum, be it the Golf or my V8....)
Rainer-CH and Dot
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Hopefully for a long time, my wife drives one, well, sometimes even I am allowed to drive (to have serviced it), we have DSG, absolutely nice car,
we can use between 7,2Liters up to 11 L, according to "circumstances", and
it is fun on snow, much more grip than my usual thing, and,,,,, we have
a great dealer with racing experience, his team knows how to handle customers
which in the end is most important (we are rather shocked looking at some
of your experiences quoted in the forum, be it the Golf or my V8....)
Rainer-CH and Dot
uuf361 said:
treacle said:
i only wish i could get 35mpg out of mine! We are averaging about 23mpg, but most of that is urban driving. I reckon it would be more like 27-28 with a mix of motorways and urban.
Its my only negative about the car.
Mmm, that would be worse than my current 911 which is averaging about 28mpg Its my only negative about the car.
DSG is supposed to improve the economy slightly I think - it knows how to drive economically better than we do. The fuel economy is awful, let's face it. I get less than 20mpg but then all of my driving is in traffic and the engine rarely gets very warm. I also use the accelerator as a digital on/off switch and hardly ever go over 40 mph. Fortunately, being in the States, it is one of the more economical cars I could have bought and the cost of running it is negligible. That said, I am thinking of getting rid since on a trip back to the UK last week I had more fun in a hired diesel Vectra than I have ever had in the GTi - simply down to the roads I was on, you see. So the GTi is under threat - what is the point of having a hard ride and a revvy engine when I never get chance to use them? So its replacement will be some sort of uber-barge, which will no doubt have similar economy anyway.
clearly despite using most of the rev range regular i'm doing something wrong, as over 19000 miles my average is 34mpg (UK gallon) using 98 octane fuel. Car is a manual, personally I don't believe VW's claim that the DSG is more fuel efficient, not one person on here or other VW forums has got close to the VW figures with a DSG car that I've heard of.
Pah, I used to get 37mpg in mine regularly... had most extras... xenons, satnav, leather, 18s, cruise etc so was a bit ehavier than the norm ... the very extreme caveat to that however was that it had to be driven like a granny to attain that.... my usual mpg when driving normally was around 32-33mpg and 25-28mpg when giving it beans!
redbullish said:
28 mpg, manual on 99 or 98 octane. 20 miles of Mway at 80 to 95, back and forth in suburbs and towns for another 40 miles at average traffic speed.
Speedo is about 5% out, so assuming MPG reading is also. 350 miles indicated range on full tank.
Strange, as that is similar driving to ours. Are you a binary driver? Is this 'trip 1' or 'trip 2'? (one reads the economy that day, the other the long term average until reset).Speedo is about 5% out, so assuming MPG reading is also. 350 miles indicated range on full tank.
Targarama said:
redbullish said:
28 mpg, manual on 99 or 98 octane. 20 miles of Mway at 80 to 95, back and forth in suburbs and towns for another 40 miles at average traffic speed.
Speedo is about 5% out, so assuming MPG reading is also. 350 miles indicated range on full tank.
Strange, as that is similar driving to ours. Are you a binary driver? Is this 'trip 1' or 'trip 2'? (one reads the economy that day, the other the long term average until reset).Speedo is about 5% out, so assuming MPG reading is also. 350 miles indicated range on full tank.
OK, yesterday I drove from near Wycombe to Cambridge and back.
Way to Cambridge: 40.5mpg average. Apart from 7 or so miles of A road near home (with some overtaking
) and a minor jam-up on the M25 near the A1 I kept the car moving steadily at 80-90mph all the way.
Way home: 33.5mpg average. M11 was busy with elephant racing, Fri evening traffic, M25 was OKish, some queues, esp around M1 exit. A lot more stop-start accelerate/de-cellerate traffic. Oh, and a bit of a thrash along the A404 to home
So they can be plenty economical if the conditions are right. Our long term average is 33.7 and thats with a lot more town driving added into the mix.
Way to Cambridge: 40.5mpg average. Apart from 7 or so miles of A road near home (with some overtaking
) and a minor jam-up on the M25 near the A1 I kept the car moving steadily at 80-90mph all the way.Way home: 33.5mpg average. M11 was busy with elephant racing, Fri evening traffic, M25 was OKish, some queues, esp around M1 exit. A lot more stop-start accelerate/de-cellerate traffic. Oh, and a bit of a thrash along the A404 to home
So they can be plenty economical if the conditions are right. Our long term average is 33.7 and thats with a lot more town driving added into the mix.
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