VW 2.0T FSI MPG - Owner's comments please

Matt82 said:
ah... missed the T... only saw FSI.

in that case, why are you moaning? id says thats a respectable score.

does the mk5 have an instantaneous mpg guage?
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Before my coilpack decided to stop working, I was getting about 36-38mpg. Who knows, maybe I'm just driving it harder now. I only owned it 1 weekend before the coilpack failed. This weekend will be the test :)

Does V-Power really make a huge difference? Doesn't the more expensive price offset the savings you might get from higher mpg?

The MK5 has an instantaneous readout and an average readout.
 
If I'm getting 30mpg, could I expect 33-35? I've always been a bit wary of these claims.

The dealership did tell me that the FSI based engines perform much better with ultra-low sulphur fuels. Has anyone else heard this? I assume V-Power is one of these fuels.
 
It's pretty good for a 200bhp engine. I used to get a couple of mpg more on a 1.6 Bora with half the power.

The TDI isn't much better - a mate with a Leon FR TDI gets an average of 37mpg... For that I'd take the petrol (don't tell Fox I said that...)
 
I have to disagree with the general opinion on this thread. I think you should all be disappointed with around the 30mpg in that car. One of my best mates has a Mk5 Gti and gets more like 40mpg on a long run.

To put it into perspective I have an Audi S4. It weighs 1660kgs, has 4wd transmission losses, and is powered by a 4.2 litre V8. The performance is on a different planet compared to the Golf but I can still get 28mpg on a cruise and the car has averaged 24.5 mpg in the 20 months I've owned it.

The fact that the Golf is turbocharged is neither here nor there really. It's relatively low pressure and the TFSI 2 litre is regarded as quite an efficient engine.

In fact I have two other mates with S3s (new type) and they're getting better figures than you lot!!!

I just think you boys exploit it's performance too much and that's why it's thirstier than it should be....I don't blame you.
 
Ben Cole said:
In fact I have two other mates with S3s (new type) and they're getting better figures than you lot!!!

I just think you boys exploit it's performance too much and that's why it's thirstier than it should be....I don't blame you.
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While I agree with what you say to a point, I have to say my MPG in the S3 isn't good. Long term average is just under 28mpg, and that is behaving myself most of the time.

I really need to get a second car again...
 
Ben Cole said:
I have to disagree with the general opinion on this thread. I think you should all be disappointed with around the 30mpg in that car. One of my best mates has a Mk5 Gti and gets more like 40mpg on a long run.

To put it into perspective I have an Audi S4. It weighs 1660kgs, has 4wd transmission losses, and is powered by a 4.2 litre V8. The performance is on a different planet compared to the Golf but I can still get 28mpg on a cruise and the car has averaged 24.5 mpg in the 20 months I've owned it.

The fact that the Golf is turbocharged is neither here nor there really. It's relatively low pressure and the TFSI 2 litre is regarded as quite an efficient engine.

In fact I have two other mates with S3s (new type) and they're getting better figures than you lot!!!

I just think you boys exploit it's performance too much and that's why it's thirstier than it should be....I don't blame you.
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TBH I am happy with the MPG on my commute to work which includes a drive into the centre of Edinburgh I am always up in the high 30s/low 40s but overall I still average 32-34mpg a tank due to A/B road blasts. I've had the use of a Focus ST for a while and driven the same way would return around 25-27mpg, a work mate has the same S4 as yourself and he gets 19mpg on average.

Sounds like the cars you are comparing them to are being driven slower than most of the Golfs on this page my 32mpg is also from brim filling and recalibrating the trip computer with vagcom mines was only 2% out however I have heard of some that are almost 15% out which would quickly take a average of a tank over 35mpg when really its low 30s.
 
s0ck said:
So would I... from my 2.0TDI :p

It's pretty cold at the moment, cars take longer to warm up which I guess doesn't help.

I'd be over the moon with a real world 32MPG in >200BHP petrol fuelled motor.
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I've always worked in litres/100km and I just found a website that converts UK MPG to L/100km and the figure isn't too bad at 30MPG! I think you're right about the cold weather though. My journey to work is only 3.3 miles and the engine doesn't manage to reach normal operating temperature.

When the car goes in for it's brake fluid service next week, I'll ask them to take a look at it anyway.

My mate got a E90 330d on the weekend. It's insanely quick and still manages to get 45MPG. I might just go diesel the next time round :)
 
Ben Cole said:
I'd be very disappointed with that. Makes my 4.2 look pretty good.
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Well, the highest I've ever seen on a run was 35mpg, but normally it's around 30-32 on a run. The problem has been for the last few months I've been using it to drive to work since our other car got nicked, which is shortish journeys.

It could be a lot worse, I could own a focus Asbo...
 
Yeah I suppose we all drive differently.

Focus STs I have heard are terrible......admittedly I have other cars for certain uses which skews my consumption figure. IT is better than I was expecting though.

The reason I'd posted is that mates with different variants of the TFSI engine were getting really good figures.
 
On mine, the long term average reads 30.5mpg, I commute around 60 miles each day. Half of that is national speed limit A roads, the other half is 30/40mph town roads. Always run on Super UL and gets around 350 miles to a full 55 litre tank.

For a 200hp petrol engine, it is actually pretty efficient. As a point of reference , a Civic Type R averages 5 mpg lower under the same journey and a Golf 2.0 TDI 170 does 7 mpg better.
 
How much fuel do you actually put in though?

I can never stick more than 45-46 litres in my Mazda 3 MPS, and return about 290 miles to a tank - can you squeeze more into a GTi?
 
For what it's worth, on Friday I got 33.7MPG from Cardiff to Newcastle but that's probably because the weather was terrible and my average speed was 54mph overall.

On the way back yesterday, my MPG was 29.8 but average speed was 71mph.

Not too shabby I suppose :)
 
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