Poor fuel economy on my Golf?

[AndyF]

Hi,
Bit of an update....

I recently made quite a long trip and so filled the tank all the way to the top. I did about 100 miles before the needle even moved and did about 350 miles at half full (ish).

The rest of the tank I did my normal driving to work and back and from the half tank left I got 240 miles or so when the fuel gauge started beeping at me. So basically just under 600 miles out of the tank before it beeped, with just over half of that in one long trip

So it seems that it is a lot more efficient (By about 100 miles) if going on one long trip and it's fair to assume I could get 700 or so out of the tank if I just went up and down the motorway all day.

Overall, not as bad as I first thought as it seems that although the needle was near the top of the gauge when I picked it up it was nowhere near full.

Thanks for all the advice

Andy

[Edwardo_TDI]

Wow, I can only get about 500 miles out of one tank from mixed driving. Don't understand how people can get near 600 miles other than driving like complete grannies at a constant 50 mph. Mind you, I do have the 90bhp engine which I guess struggles a bit more and I don't have a 6th gear

[herby0001]

Mind you, I do have the 90bhp engine which I guess struggles a bit more and I don't have a 6th gear

I've seem posts on this forum stating that a 90bhp engine is more economical than the more powerful ones. I've had two 90bhp Mk4 Golks and have been able to get over 600 miles per tank fairly easily (mostly motorway driving). At the end of the day, driving style (acceleration & braking) will be a significant factor in how many miles you can squeeze out of a tank of fuel. A 6th gear probably would help too, though only found on the 'sport' versions I guess.