VAG 1.9 TDi - MPG!

Entai · 9 Mar 2009 at 19:50

Hey, you get all the great jobs.

ShakenNstirred · 9 Mar 2009 at 21:58

my trip comp is about 1.5mpg out over my brim to brim
so i trust its reading

mjt · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:04

when you say "brim", do you mean until it clicks, or until you can actually see that the fuel is no longer going down, and it's just sitting there, about 5mm from spilling over? coz the latter is brimming for me

Janesy B · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:06

mjt said:
when you say "brim", do you mean until it clicks, or until you can actually see that the fuel is no longer going down, and it's just sitting there, about 5mm from spilling over? coz the latter is brimming for me

It's not full until you get petrol on your feet

Morba · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:10

impressive if true.
over the last 2k miles my 330d is averaging just over 34mpg

Participant · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:15

[TW]Fox;13647967 said:
Edited

Don't smile, it was a ***tish comment like 90% of your others in motors.

Alex UK · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:27

Robbie G said:
Don't smile, it was a ***tish comment like 90% of your others in motors.

What did he say?

mjt · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:32

something about that drive being ****ing boring, and then probably an insult thrown in for good measure, although i can't remember it all

MikeHunt79 · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:34

mjt said:
something about that drive being ****ing boring, and then probably an insult thrown in for good measure, although i can't remember it all

Motorways are boring anyway weather you're doing 80 or 120, so I don't really see the point in doing over 80 on the motorway...

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:56

mjt said:
something about that drive being ****ing boring, and then probably an insult thrown in for good measure, although i can't remember it all

It wasn't that bad, it just didn't add anything to the thread

mjt · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:03

yeh, i didn't think there was anything wrong with it. how thoughtful of you to remove an OT remark though

MagicBoy · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:09

Impressive. Best I've seen on mine was 66.2 mpg.

Just fitted a full set of Goodyear F1s and the average has plummeted by about 10mpg...

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:21

MagicBoy said:
Just fitted a full set of Goodyear F1s and the average has plummeted by about 10mpg...

I've noticed the same thing on every car I've fitted them to - although not quite as much as 10mpg.

sampo · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:31

MikeHunt79 said:
Motorways are boring anyway weather you're doing 80 or 120, so I don't really see the point in doing over 80 on the motorway...

+1

I just don't bother any more, your average speed doesn't really increase much due to many drivers having poor lane etiquette and MPG suffers badly.

Save it for good roads. And having a holiday home in Snowdonia the evo test track roads are my locals

shimy182 · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:35

I have a VAG 1.9TDi too.

its done 150kmiles and its just broke in ^^

Dangerous · 9 Mar 2009 at 23:52

Managed 73mpg on the way back - 400 miles odd and used talk a tank of fuel. Now I could go fill it up and see how much it cost me!

ShakenNstirred · 10 Mar 2009 at 01:22

mjt said:
when you say "brim", do you mean until it clicks, or until you can actually see that the fuel is no longer going down, and it's just sitting there, about 5mm from spilling over? coz the latter is brimming for me

its so i can see the fuel in the filler neck

mattyprice4004 · 10 Mar 2009 at 08:56

[TW]Fox;13649936 said:
It wasn't that bad, it just didn't add anything to the thread

Fox has a soul! :eek:

And I'd be happy if I got 50MPG, let alone 70 odd

At the moment with the new bits I'm sitting at about 38.

Grad · 10 Mar 2009 at 09:15

My 72mpg (indicated) 320 mile trip in my Fabia equated to 59mpg when using the brim method. Not too impressed with the accuracy

stoofa · 10 Mar 2009 at 10:10

My brother drives a Bora with a 1.9TDI engine.
He hardly ever seems to need fuel.
Makes me mad as I have to take the vRS in quite often