Miles Per Gallon

Aqib · 17th July 2012, 04:27

Just recently I've noticed that I am getting more miles per gallon. I have had the car for around 11 months now and bought the car brand new last year with 50 delivery miles averaging 37MPG up until now the car has done 10,000 miles and I am now averaging around 43MPG city driving. Which is quite a massive improvement. Am I right in thinking that as I'm putting more miles on the engine, its getting more efficent?

sirkuk · 17th July 2012, 06:05

Yes, that's not unusual. Takes a little while for the engine to break in to show it's true performance.

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bboy · 17th July 2012, 06:31

I have a Mazda which after 20,000 I saw the mpg still improve, the civic's not quite there with the mileage.

Maca44 · 17th July 2012, 07:45

43mpg is alot for city driving in a 1.8 petrol, where are you taking your readings from ?

deni.babe · 17th July 2012, 07:54

town driving i was getting 32mpg in my 1.8 saying that i dont get much more in my diesel around the 36-38 around the town.

Maca44 · 17th July 2012, 08:18

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Originally Posted by deni.babe

town driving i was getting 32mpg in my 1.8 saying that i dont get much more in my diesel around the 36-38 around the town.

Yer I'm getting about 30mpg just doing 12 mile round city trip school runs 5 days a week which hardly give the engine a chance to warm up.

I think that's good as me last car was doing 17-18 mpg

guv77 · 17th July 2012, 09:03

currently getting 35MPG out of a full tank on my 1.8.

monday-friday only do 20 miles per day.

going down to london on sunday which will be my first motorway ride looking forward to watching the MPG meter.

due to have my first service in September so expect it to increase after.

Aqib · 17th July 2012, 09:03

Mines is a 1.4 Type-S

Drove to edinburgh on the weekend, averaged 50.7 MPG (190 miles) which is pretty decent for a petrol as the new blue motion diesel Golfs average about 55MPG

Aqib · 17th July 2012, 09:13

There is a guy on this forum that claims he gets 71MPG. (I know ridiculous)

sidfn2 · 17th July 2012, 09:27

I getting about 21-23 mpg with over last month and that's with about 3 Glasgow- Manchester trips lol

petes · 17th July 2012, 10:01

I live in a rural area but most trips are only up to about 12 miles i average 45 out my diesel and wife has a 1.8 petrol she averages 42. On the motorway i average about 45 to 47 depending on speed and not driving for economy

Ron240 · 17th July 2012, 10:05

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Originally Posted by Aqib

Mines is a 1.4 Type-S
Drove to edinburgh on the weekend, averaged 50.7 MPG (190 miles)

After the comment about 43mpg being a lot for the 1.8, i was going to say yours must be the 1.4.

Yes, over 50mpg is easy to achieve on long open road journeys. I can always get 55-58mpg going from Kirkcaldy to Glasgow. Thats doing at least 70mph on the motorway but always driving with economy in mind.

I see you stay in Glasgow, but you said you done 190 miles on a drive to Edinburgh. Round trip presumably, but still, how does that work out?

Aqib · 17th July 2012, 10:18

Glasgow to Edinburgh and back to Glasgow which is 120 miles and spent the full day in edinburgh and done around 70-75 miles driving around city on 17 Litres of fuel averaging 50.7 which is pretty decent

Ron240 · 17th July 2012, 10:39

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Originally Posted by Aqib

spent the full day in edinburgh and done around 70-75 miles driving around city on 17 Litres of fuel averaging 50.7 which is pretty decent

Right....i was wondering where the extra miles came from.

If you reset your fuel computer before you left Glasgow, done 70 miles driving around the streets of Edinburgh, then still on a 50.7 average by the time you got back to Glasgow.....i would say thats much more than pretty descent.

Im not sure without trying but i dont think i could do that, because while its easy for me to get mid 50's on long journeys, it is greatly reduced when in an urban environment.
The higher the distance covered, the longer it takes to influence the average mpg, so having done only 60 miles mainly motorway driving before hitting Edinburgh, my average would probably drop to low 40's after 70 miles of urban driving. Which after having covered 130 miles, would probably not go back up to over 50 after the return motorway journey.

Well done to you.

owls121 · 17th July 2012, 11:42

My R has got 68k on it, and I get 450 miles to a full tank, just driving normally ,

Which is brill

mpn_daedalus · 17th July 2012, 12:11

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Originally Posted by owls121

My R has got 68k on it, and I get 450 miles to a full tank, just driving normally ,

Which is brill

That's 40 mpg! Nice

Even driving like a grandad I can't get higher than 35.

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Flipt · 17th July 2012, 14:00

My CTR over the past 1K miles has averaged 35.5mpg. I have done school runs, sprited drives and also a few long journey trips too.

I have noticed the mpg go up since using premium fuel.

C.B · 17th July 2012, 14:34

350 miles to a tank for me, and mine spends 90% of the time on cruise at 70

Did london and back on cruise at 70 and only just got over 400 so cant understand how people can get more than that driving normally

RickHondaR · 17th July 2012, 14:58

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Originally Posted by deni.babe

town driving i was getting 32mpg in my 1.8 saying that i dont get much more in my diesel around the 36-38 around the town.

that is not that good as we are getting 29-31 for town driving in a CTR

NE1L · 17th July 2012, 15:39

I average 52mpg out of mine on general mixed driving. Pushing it it'll drop to about 45mpg. On long runs and taking it easy I hit high 50's.

Mine is the 1.4. Petrol engines are far more economical now and the whole diesel economy thing is all nonsense unless you are rattling up stupid mileage each year. I don't know how many test's I've read about that calculates stupidly high mileage numbers (I.e. 40k per year) before diesels start to save you over buying and running a petrol equivalent.

17th July 2012, 04:27	#1 (permalink)
Aqib Civinfo Bulb Trader Join Date: 22nd November 2011 Location: Glasgow, UK Posts: 2,387 Thanks given: 91 Thanked 345 Times in 320 Posts iTrader: (15)	Miles Per Gallon Just recently I've noticed that I am getting more miles per gallon. I have had the car for around 11 months now and bought the car brand new last year with 50 delivery miles averaging 37MPG up until now the car has done 10,000 miles and I am now averaging around 43MPG city driving. Which is quite a massive improvement. Am I right in thinking that as I'm putting more miles on the engine, its getting more efficent?

17th July 2012, 09:03	#8 (permalink)
Aqib Civinfo Bulb Trader Thread starter Join Date: 22nd November 2011 Location: Glasgow, UK Posts: 2,387 Thanks given: 91 Thanked 345 Times in 320 Posts iTrader: (15)	Mines is a 1.4 Type-S Drove to edinburgh on the weekend, averaged 50.7 MPG (190 miles) which is pretty decent for a petrol as the new blue motion diesel Golfs average about 55MPG Last edited by Aqib; 17th July 2012 at 09:10.

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NE1L Supporter Car: 2011 Type S Join Date: 18th March 2012 Location: Glasgow Posts: 489 Thanks given: 31 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts iTrader: (1)	I average 52mpg out of mine on general mixed driving. Pushing it it'll drop to about 45mpg. On long runs and taking it easy I hit high 50's. Mine is the 1.4. Petrol engines are far more economical now and the whole diesel economy thing is all nonsense unless you are rattling up stupid mileage each year. I don't know how many test's I've read about that calculates stupidly high mileage numbers (I.e. 40k per year) before diesels start to save you over buying and running a petrol equivalent.