Real world MPG 2.0TDI

[Passatier3]

oh my god, your not supposed to say that's normal. My 15 year old A4 1.9tdi Avant would be up to 60mpg even from cold. I only do 6 mile to work so no chance of getting it warmed up.

Sorry Garnet but based on my own experience so far with my car I reckon that's about right for yours. Was your A4 a manual? With a 6 mile run and your type of journey you've got no chance I'm afraid of much improvement. I'm getting 44 over 20 miles and that's been taking it easy during running in. Put my foot down a bit more today and it dropped to 42. OK the cars going to loosen up over a few thousand miles but I'm not expecting a big improvement. Must see how the weight compares between the A6 and the Passat - the A6 is bigger but it uses aluminium in it's construction so I wouldn't have thought there was much in it?

[Whippy53]

I think you'll find the gross weight of the A6 is greater by about 100kg, however, the A6 motor should be more efficient. And I can get 50mpg out of my ole pd140 all day. So where's the big diff?

[Wuffles]

A marketing department somewhere, that's the difference.

[Whippy53]

oh my god, your not supposed to say that's normal. My 15 year old A4 1.9tdi Avant would be up to 60mpg even from cold. I only do 6 mile to work so no chance of getting it warmed up.

Whats it like if you drive it in auto as opposed to Eco?? I think the Eco setting may be more trouble than its worth. Try it and see.

[EvilPostIt]

I must say, I noticed I got better MPG from Comfort than Efficiency.

[birdmansa6]

I do about 10 miles on the motorway in the morning to get into London and from cold to the north circular It says 41mpg. by the time I get to Chelsea another 7 miles or so this has dropped to 31 to 33 mpg. the most I got after a 2 hour motorway run from cold is 47 mpg but that was keeping at 75ish.

The average on the trip from new reads 34.7 mpg


I have 2.0 tdi multi with 8k on the clock

[birdmansa6]

Forgot to mention. I have found I get more MPG from BP or SHELL. than from supermarkets or esso.

[Passatier3]

I do about 10 miles on the motorway in the morning to get into London and from cold to the north circular It says 41mpg. by the time I get to Chelsea another 7 miles or so this has dropped to 31 to 33 mpg. the most I got after a 2 hour motorway run from cold is 47 mpg but that was keeping at 75ish.

The average on the trip from new reads 34.7 mpg


I have 2.0 tdi multi with 8k on the clock

Bears out what my thoughts are. Though have to say 47 mpg at 75 is pretty good and again seems to support my view that the Multitronic is fine once you are up to a decent constant speed but it's slower speeds and accelerating from slow speed that seems to kill consumption. Will have a good test for mine soon picking my son up from uni. Round trip of 300 miles of mainly motorway and dual carriageway. Took the Stilo (1.9 diesel) to work today and having stopped for fuel on the way home reset the trip. Artificial I know starting from a warm engine and the computer probably isn't that accurate but for the 10 miles home I averaged 75mpg! Was nearer to 80 until a hill not far from home.

[Kieron Mullan]

After 4 yrs of ownership with a Multitronic (8 pseudo gears), albeit a 2.7TDI in an A5 cab, try turning off your AC when you start from cold and only turn it on when the engine gets up to normal temp and you'll find your MPG improves markedly over your total journey.

Cheers

[Wuffles]

My money would be that the people with concern about MPG won't be running A/C during any kind of "testing". I certainly wouldn't be.

But I take your point.