ok give it death for abit that awalsy help All of those car's mpg's are demo so they have had abit of hard time, always helps ;-)
Will try running it in sports mode for a few days, although it sounds like your killing it when you do lol
ok give it death for abit that awalsy help All of those car's mpg's are demo so they have had abit of hard time, always helps ;-)
I agree that diesels are for economy, but it seems some of the petrols are really bad for economy. Far worse than larger petrols with far more power
what you getting 37mpg ? i would be over the MOON! if i could get my 2.0 16v to average at that mpg as ya talking 55mph miss daisy and on fly reset to get those numbers, add in effectively DSG auto box too
i remember the days when 30+mpg was diesels only
don't forget the figures quoted are the very very best they can squeeze in the tests at operating temp, minimum weight etc etc so don't be fooled by them and a lot of mag writers will sprout those same numbers for convenience.
the old V5 id doing well with effortless well loosened up and run in figures that still relect greatly on your efficent driving i assure ya
let it loosen up a bit more then see what it's doing then
how you measuring it by the way ?
No complaints with the economy on my 1.6 petrol.
Its only done 6000 but will return an easy 45+mpg on a long gentle run. Even driven at around 75 on the motorway returns 40-42.
Around town it drops back to the low 30's but overall its as good as I had hoped
Thats good to be honest my 1.6TDI is only now 2months old, im getting on average around town about 42mpg, but on long runs its 50+mpg. I have done no way near 10k yet! I'm not saying its good or bad at the moment as its still not done enough miles yet to settle down. I am just quite happy with mine and considering my other half does alot of commuting in rush hour around town I think its doing pretty well.
I have noticed alot of people moaning about MPG on their Diesels & Petrols but its all about time. & Well petrols I wouldn't buy if good fuel economy was a must anyway.
WhiteIbizaMan
Do you find your diesel particulate filter gets blocked with lots of urban and manoeuver driving?
I've had the same thing with higher than usual (1000rpm) idling, someone said ti was the engine doing the regen in the background.
I'd give it time guys, small, new engines take time to work in. When i was at pug the 207 1.4's petrol's never got out of the 20's wherever you took them, and the 1.6 diesels had to be grannied to get over 40mpg.
Maybe don't give it death as advised earlier, but drive them a bit sportily say 3-4k rpm changes with light throttle to loosen them up and get them bedded in.
Oh and I'll rub salt into your wounds a little now....................... my 11 year old 2 litre 8v GTi with 80000 on the clock is returning 38mpg on a run in this weather and I like to hear an exhaust note