How far can a Mk5/6 GTI go on one tank of petrol?

[daveknott5]

Quick question - as per the topic. What's the typical range? and also helpful, real world mpg?

[Paul Dishman]

I get about 300 miles to the tankful. The computer display gets a bit panicky for the last 50 miles..

[bn9af]

sorry to highjack the topic but how big is the tank?

[bga]

This is for my MY05 Mk5:

Average distance for a tank: 300 miles
Motorway MPG: 35 mpg at usual UK motorway speeds. I have got 38 on a couple of runs with the baby on board.
Town MPG: Mid 20's is usual

On one commute through central London I got 15 mpg but haven't seen it again.

[paul38]

Flip - opposite end of the scale, i do mainly very heavy town driving combined with short to and from work runs (2-3 miles each way) with only occasional runs and get approx 150 - 170 miles to the tank. Although saying this a tank to me is really 3 qtrs (full to one quarter), i never let it drop below. Average MPG real world to me is 20 at a push based on solid heavy driving. Oh its a Mk5 07 gti.

[bored-of-coding]

MK 5 DSG GTI 330 ish normnal faffing about, or 350+ on a run through France at 130-140 kph

[NBirkitt]

In our road tests of Mk 6 GTI for Volkswagen Driver magazine we averaged 32.5 for DSG and 35.2 for 6-speed manual

Mk 5 GTI got 26.7 for DSG, 28.6 for 6-speed manual

Mk 5 GTI Edition 30 got 25.8 for DSG and 27.8 for 6-speed manual, Pirelli GTI (6-spd manual) got 28.4

Experience tells us that these are very representative figures for real-life road use (genuine brim-to-brim figs, not just MFD readings)

( Incidentally, we've nearly always seen better outright performance figs and mpg from manual as opposed to DSG models )

You can find a full index of all our full 6-page road tests at www.volkswagendrivermag.co.uk ( click on Back issues index )

[Jaguar steve]

Mrs JS had a Mk 6 DSG as a loan car recently - and of course I was obliged to take it out for a good spanking one evening - dispite this and a lot of cold starts and short trips we saw around 28MPG on the trip computer

Pretty good for somthing that quick I thought - or maybe I wasn't trying hard enough?

[Karlos69]

I get about 370 to 400 miles to a tank on my Octy vRS, which I know isn't a Golf, but underneath is essentially the same beast (MkV anyways).

[daveknott5]

Thanks chaps! so realistically 300-350 miles per tank in day-to-day driving.

[The_Gza]

Average 300 miles to the tank (SUL) in mine from new - usually 28ish MPG.

[MonkeyHanger]

Karlos69 said:

I get about 370 to 400 miles to a tank on my Octy vRS, which I know isn't a Golf, but underneath is essentially the same beast (MkV anyways).

Likewise. If i could actually bring myself to stick to 70 on a motorway i suspect it would do more.

I have yet to beat my "record" with the 1.8T vRS though...3/4 of a tank left and the computer showing a range of 75 miles...around Croft

[swamp]

In 'the zone' the GTI will run on air. I.e. steady 65mph on the motorway. I did this for a long trip to Wales on the M4 when it was congested and wasn't really worth trying to drive faster.

Out of 'the zone' and it will drink a fair bit more fuel, but it's still respectable.

[pitch3110]

Wifey on a run yesterday with her ED30 managed 41. She reg gets mid 30'sm
Mind you Daisy and Miss comes to mind.........