VW R32 fuel economy?

[anonymous-user]

I'm seriously considering a Mk5 R32 as a second car, but it needs to be OK on fuel. It will be used on short M25 trips and stop start traffic. Im hoping for 30+ mpg. Will it achieve that?

Thanks

[aka_kerrly]

allroad one said:

I'm seriously considering a Mk5 R32 as a second car, but it needs to be OK on fuel. It will be used on short M25 trips and stop start traffic. Im hoping for 30+ mpg. Will it achieve that?

Thanks

I think 20mpg is more realistic in those circumstances.

[kambites]

No chance, it my experience.

[Krikkit]

I don't think you'll find any exciting car that manages that figure short of an Elise tbh. Stop-start kills economy.

[TonyTony]

30+ is only just achievable in that kind of driving in a 2.0 TSI, in an R32 I would guess it would be mid 20's, at the times when you want to give it the beans probably about 15.

[culpz]

Look at the urban MPG. Quoted at around 18-19 mpg. Realistically that means less than that for mainly short stop/start journeys. Maybe just over 20 with some better steady runs in between.

It's an older 3.2 V6 at the end of the day. You'd be lucky to get 30+ from mainly long journeys! If your mileage is fairly low though it might be easier to justify.

[300bhp/ton]

allroad one said:

I'm seriously considering a Mk5 R32 as a second car, but it needs to be OK on fuel. It will be used on short M25 trips and stop start traffic. Im hoping for 30+ mpg. Will it achieve that?

Thanks

How short a trip? As in, what is the total mileage? If you aren't clocking up massive miles a year. Then a few mpg less might not make much of a difference overall.

But tbh, I think actually averaging 30mpg+ in such a car is a tall order. On a run many cars can see quite good mpg. But it is somewhat unrealistic to base actual average mpg use on such numbers.


If you think back to your school days, there are 3 different averages. Mean, Middle and Mode.

Most people tend to do the same sort of usage profile in their cars. So I think the most important average is the Mode average. As in, what will it normally get mpg wise for your normal use. The extreme cases are exactly that, extreme and generally less likely for most people. So a Mean average can be somewhat misleading.

[GroundEffect]

Maybe 25mpg if you're lucky.

[pti]

Absolutely no chance IME, it's a thirsty engine. Sounds great though

[xjay1337]

You can get 30mpg on a run.
So many people on here must have lead feet...
I could get over 40mpg from my TFSI and my friend who has a TSI Scirocco can get 40mpg with that as well.... (but this must be a lie as we were accused of on another thread ha).

They are very thirsty around town but on a run you'll get high 20s to low 30s.

Not worth it tbh - They are slow heavy and not particularly reliable. Much better cars out there (Edition 30 for a start if you are after a Golf or if you want a 4WD one get a Mk6 Golf R).

[Chrisbes]

You can definitely get over 30mpg, but you have to be very careful with how long you're in each gear. Thankfully you can sit in 5th on a 30 road so that helps. The most I've seen in my MK4 R32 is 33mpg on a long motorway run at night with cruise control on.

I'm currently averaging 18.8 mpg on the readout at the moment

[J4CKO]

Seems similar to the 350Z I had, makes a nice noise, use a lot of fuel, quick but not that fast, I dont find my 5.5 litre Merc any worse on fuel, and it doesnt need SUL.

[iphonedyou]

xjay1337 said:

I could get over 40mpg from my TFSI and my friend who has a TSI Scirocco can get 40mpg with that as well.... (but this must be a lie as we were accused of on another thread ha).

Really? My Scirocco R is averaging 20mpg across its first 700 miles. Big difference to the TFSI!

[Tonsko]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Realistically, how long will that take do you think?

[xjay1337]

iphonedyou said:

Really? My Scirocco R is averaging 20mpg across its first 700 miles. Big difference to the TFSI!

Eep!
That's bad

Yeah he as a 60 plate TSI 210 or whatever and he's had 40mpg multiple times before between 75 and 80 mph.

I think the TSIs economy will get quite a bit better after the first 5k.

[Alex_225]

If I can get 28mpg from a 6.2 V8 then a gentle run in an R32 has gotta achieve 30mpg or a little more, surely?

As said, it's that stop that which knackers fuel economy so that's when you'd be looking at 20-25mpg. My E320 CDI does 25-ish-mpg round town but get it on a steady run and 50mpg+.

If your mileage is minimal OP, buy it and enjoy the car and don't worry too much.

[Tonsko]

Interesting. So one that's been looked after and not barry'd should start appreciating shortly (in your estimation)?

Edited by Tonsko on Tuesday 7th June 13:16

[kambites]

xjay1337 said:

Eep!
That's bad

Yeah he as a 60 plate TSI 210 or whatever and he's had 40mpg multiple times before between 75 and 80 mph.

I think the TSIs economy will get quite a bit better after the first 5k.

It depends hugely on what you're doing. I've seen 45mpg out of our Octavia VRS on a slowish motorway run but it wont give more than 20mpg in true stop/start traffic. We've average about 28mpg over our ownership, mostly non-rush hour suburban driving.

[ahenners]

xjay1337 said:

Eep!
That's bad

Yeah he as a 60 plate TSI 210 or whatever and he's had 40mpg multiple times before between 75 and 80 mph.

I think the TSIs economy will get quite a bit better after the first 5k.

I have the same engine in a 59 Octavia VRS. I've had 43mpg indicated on a 100 mile journey (mostly motorway), though this is the absolute best I've seen. Daily Commute is 22 miles each way, 18 of which is motorway, and this usually just about gets 40mpg.

[cliffe_mafia]

I get 25-27 with a mix of motorway/urban/country roads. This is commuting around Manchester so very stop/start traffic. I've never seen it go above 30.