Mpg
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the grim reeper
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normally 40-50mpg 1.4 tdi (75hp)
chubbybrown
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does the diesel have a beep when it gets low as well?
Rich.
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does the diesel have a beep when it gets low as well?
It does yes. Mine has unfortunately been beeping quite often with no fuel recently
imranshariff
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Have just done the calcuations on mine
450 miles completed and light has come on
Filled up with 36.28 litres
Working out at around 56.3mpg average
Imran
03. TDI Sport
450 miles completed and light has come on
Filled up with 36.28 litres
Working out at around 56.3mpg average
Imran
03. TDI Sport
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chris_the_designer
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300 miles on premium in the 1.6 - seems ok. My last car was a 3.2 v6 - so anything will be better than that!!
murdo
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The MPG on our wee Ada seems to be reducing on the DIS. On a long trip when we bought her in July it was around 52mpg, now a mix of short trips the meter is down to 45 ish. We are due a service this month, although I dont know if that will make any difference as the car drives lovely and never skips a beat. Are these realistic figures for the car or is something wrong?
the grim reeper
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Short trips will bring it down btis the trip lenght, when we go out in the new cars on PDI the trip is very low and after the 10 mile road test it has gone up to what would be a normal reading.
Had a stealth remap done at the weekend so will have to check how that works out (mpg) been giving it beans at the mo so it will be lower at first
Cheers Phil
Had a stealth remap done at the weekend so will have to check how that works out (mpg) been giving it beans at the mo so it will be lower at first
Cheers Phil
dan_b
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My hunch is that when you bought it, you were driving a bit more slowly, a bit more "frugally" as it's that psychological thing - got a new car, it's an economical car, I'm going to drive it to see how good the fuel economy is". After a few months, you settle into your "normal" driving routine and the economy plummets
In previous years my fuel economy has been fairly consistent over the summer months but this year its dropped from around 62 to 57mpg on the DIS. Diesel owners at work have also noted a similar percentage reduction.
Just wondered if the quality of diesel has dropped since the price of crude oil shot up.
Cheers Spike
Just wondered if the quality of diesel has dropped since the price of crude oil shot up.
Cheers Spike
MPG Lover
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Murdo - the short trips with a greater proportion of time spent warming up your engine plus the lower ambient temperatures in the autumn will be knocking your MPG down. A service with new oil will help reduce internal engine friction but not make a measurable MPG difference on an Audi engine. My best tip is to take your foot off the accelerator to go into fuel cut mode (infinite MPG) everytime you see traffic stopped ahead / a junction / something else you need to slow down for and when going downhill. Not recommended if you have some idiot driving right on the back of your boot.
Spike - I was about to say that it was unlikely that the quality of diesel had dropped, but just remembered that refineries are now / soon required to add a small percentage of bio-fuels, perhaps lowering the fuel performance. Hmmm. However a much more likely reason for the poor MPG over the summer - is that it was a wet & miserable August! Temperature (& water resistance) make a big difference to MPG and could easily explain a 5MPG drop.
HTH
Spike - I was about to say that it was unlikely that the quality of diesel had dropped, but just remembered that refineries are now / soon required to add a small percentage of bio-fuels, perhaps lowering the fuel performance. Hmmm. However a much more likely reason for the poor MPG over the summer - is that it was a wet & miserable August! Temperature (& water resistance) make a big difference to MPG and could easily explain a 5MPG drop.
HTH