FAO VAG 1.8T engine owners - what MPG are you getting?
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26-28 in town, 35ish on a motorway run if I'm sensible with the speed with my Ibiza FR.
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Thank you Kenai, you saved me the hassle of typing that response for Matt who clearly can't tell the difference between £60 and a full tank
Soldato
Yeah i need to find that petrol station if it fills the quoted tank for £60....
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Doesn't really matter when I refuel, just the fact its £1.09 a litre 
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No, absolutely not, unless your definition of 'around town' is quite different from the norm. 'Around town' is stop-start, cold starts, etc. You are not going to be getting 34mpg from a turbo petrol engine in those conditions. Heck thats what I get from a 320d in those conditions!
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Maybe hes using the bypass that goes around the town?
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[TW]Fox;23257080 said:
Ditto. Im getting that from around town driving in a Leon Cupra TDI (PD150).
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[TW]Fox;23257080 said:
My Octavia 1.8 TSi is currently showing 31 MPG around town.
That's not the VAG 1.8 20 VT though.
The best I ever got with my vRS MK1 was an incredible (indicated) 47 MPG.
That was a warm start, Tameside to Chester Zoo (flat) at 60 MPH.
I never manged to repeat it.
A lap of the M60 in the vRS MK1 at a steady 60 MPH was 42 MPG, my 1.8 TSi is 44 MPG.
(all indicated)
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MK4 1.8T AUG here.
~12mile commute (1 way) to work; if traffic is easy and its cruising all the way with a few light stops I'll get 36mpg or thereabouts, if traffic is busy I'll get @30mpg.
~12mile commute (1 way) to work; if traffic is easy and its cruising all the way with a few light stops I'll get 36mpg or thereabouts, if traffic is busy I'll get @30mpg.
i think we need a definition of what "around town" means.
Quite, my definition of around town will net me 24mpg at absolute best (luckily I very rarely do this). I'd be amazed if the 1.8TSI manages 7mpg better in the same circumstances.
Around town for me means probably being stopped at junctions/lights nearly as much time as you're actually moving. Generally being in slow moving traffic, never getting above 25mph. All on small built up roads. i.e. trying to drive into the centre of the city.
There are roads within the 'town' that I can drive on however, which are pretty much free flowing A roads and using those I do much better - but that's not really 'around town'.
Around town for me means probably being stopped at junctions/lights nearly as much time as you're actually moving. Generally being in slow moving traffic, never getting above 25mph. All on small built up roads. i.e. trying to drive into the centre of the city.
There are roads within the 'town' that I can drive on however, which are pretty much free flowing A roads and using those I do much better - but that's not really 'around town'.