any vw tdi owners on here?

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Sep 18th, '07, 10:01

if so, what sort of mpg do you reckon I should be getting? even on a run my "new" company golf tdi (05, 65k miles) seems to barely be doing 100 miles to a tenner of diesel, and round town 80-90 miles is about the limit - it's no better than my old 15-year-old non-tdi turbo diesel. am I just expecting a bit much or something?

Post by **TLS-Moose** » Sep 18th, '07, 11:11

My wifes Galaxy (110Tdi) does high 30's / low 40's A friends 130PD Alhambra betters that by about 5mpg.

The folks who run Passats here at work get high 40's to low 50's, but as they don't pay the bill, don't worry too much with the right foot ......

With a lot of modern Diesels, they are tuned for performance and thus suffer at the fuel pumps - especially compared to a non-turbo car. I bet your speed/accleration pattern has changed with the newer car - drive it the same as your old one and see if it changes

TKPM · Post by **TKPM** » Sep 18th, '07, 14:16

my 55 plate vectra sri150 estate does any where from 45 to 55 per gallon, and my wife tells me i've a heavy right foot.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Sep 18th, '07, 14:52

having now worked it out to about 42mpg round town and 50mpg on a run I guess it's not too bad - true what you said though moose - although I saw 55+ mpg in my old Seat, it wasn't happy cruising much over 80, and when i was getting the best mileage out of it I was cruising at 65-70 - I was doing *cough* at least 70 in the golf all the way when I calculated mpg on a motorway run. the old lead foot probably does tend to come out a bit more in this one as it accelerates quite rapidly so probably explains why it doesnt seem as economical - guess I'll just have to take it easy with the right foot if I want it to be more frugal

clunk · Post by **clunk** » Sep 18th, '07, 16:18

We have a 53 reg Seat Toledo 1.9 TDi , which i would think has the same engine as your Golf.

Average tends to be about 45mpg, mainly town driving, so about the same as yours. I could probably improve on that if I left for work a bit earlier and wasn't in such a rush

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Sep 18th, '07, 20:46

your lucky my company vehicle only does one mile to a gallon of diesel....

Post by **TLS-Moose** » Sep 18th, '07, 22:21

bambam wrote:your lucky my company vehicle only does one mile to a gallon of diesel....

bit of a bar-steward to pop to the shops with too

bambam · Post by **bambam** » Sep 19th, '07, 08:52

your not wrong,bit of a barsteward to park as well.mind u i'll never get a parking ticket if i do find a space..

Ricky_t · Post by **Ricky_t** » Sep 19th, '07, 16:00

I drive a td5 (discovery.) I tend to get around 40-50 miles to a £10. That is around low 20s on average. On a run on the motorway i can get around 60miles to £10, around 30mpg.

Pretty shocking I know but a lot better than the petrol land rovers! The land rover does weigh nearly 3 tonnes and still hits over a ton on private roads.

andy198712 · Post by **andy198712** » Sep 26th, '07, 00:35

my mums got a new polo TDi the 100 bhp model,

gets about 50-55MPG and she give it some

yours sounds about right? when was it last serviced?

65k is young for a VW petrol or dieseal

Mervin · Post by **Mervin** » Sep 26th, '07, 11:34

Well my new leon TDi 105 model now has done 6000 and it is telling me it is averaging 46 to the gallon, it does a mix of country lanes motorway etc not much town driving
mostly the a roads and lanes around north devon
merv