Quote Originally Posted by Garnet19 View Post
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?