DSG4ME
18-03-2014, 03:32 PM
I'm seeing mixed results on this, not mine but as this is 1.6TDi Bluemotion engines this seems like a good place to post rather than general chat,
This is the thing
Two mates have two different family models
One has a Golf estate 2010 1.6TDi manual that the book says should return 54mpg urban, his trip shows 36mpg urban
The other has a Skoda Rapid TDi that is returning 49 urban which is a lot closer to the official figures than the Golf,
Also the Skoda is driven in heavy traffic where the Golf comes out when the roads are clearer, the Golf appears to be healthy enough although the driver is a bit of a pedal jockey but not to the extreme that he'd be that far down on official figures,
The B7 figures also don't stack up, official for a 2.0 TDi DSG is 44mpg, how would VW allow Skoda the more economic engines before themselves, the Superb CR models are the flip giving an official of 36mpg where my findings on test were closer to 30mpg,
I'm actually wondering how much difference an engine that burns oil over one that doesn't makes, this is another concern, if you have an oil burning engine like my B6 had then surely you're heading for DPF hassles and even if it doesn't block it's still going to effect the mpg if it's doing more re-gens?
This is the thing
Two mates have two different family models
One has a Golf estate 2010 1.6TDi manual that the book says should return 54mpg urban, his trip shows 36mpg urban
The other has a Skoda Rapid TDi that is returning 49 urban which is a lot closer to the official figures than the Golf,
Also the Skoda is driven in heavy traffic where the Golf comes out when the roads are clearer, the Golf appears to be healthy enough although the driver is a bit of a pedal jockey but not to the extreme that he'd be that far down on official figures,
The B7 figures also don't stack up, official for a 2.0 TDi DSG is 44mpg, how would VW allow Skoda the more economic engines before themselves, the Superb CR models are the flip giving an official of 36mpg where my findings on test were closer to 30mpg,
I'm actually wondering how much difference an engine that burns oil over one that doesn't makes, this is another concern, if you have an oil burning engine like my B6 had then surely you're heading for DPF hassles and even if it doesn't block it's still going to effect the mpg if it's doing more re-gens?