daniellloyd

OK, will report back in a couple of weeks with the actual figures then. According to the dash, I managed to get to the heady heights of 40mpg on my.l commute home this evening!

Yes I bought that one in South East London. Very pleased with it, got it for £12300 and I have got a friend who can sort the alloys. Just not sure I can get used to such a low MPG after what I've been used to. I know I should have expected it but I just thought I'd be able to eek 40mpg out of it. Just done my 50 mile commute to work and got 37.5 on the dashboard so not too bad. If I do decide to sell it in a year, hopefully I won't lose too much on it.

Hi all Like many, I've been a long time lurker on this forum but this is my first post. I recently purchased a 2013 Skoda Superb Estate, 2.0 TFSi 200bhp DSG petrol, an upgrade from my '06 Octavia Estate Laurin & Klement 2.0 TDI PD DSG, which I'd had for 7 years. On my Octavia, which had a suggested 'extra urban' fuel consumption estimation of 47mpg, but I would regularly get 55-60mpg on my commute, measured both on the display and calculated brim to brim (I've become an expert in trying to use as little fuel as possible, almost as a competition with myself). Having done some research before hand, I'd found that the expected MPG of the new Superb on 'extra urban' drives to be around 35-37mpg. So, I figured that with my extra careful driving, I may be able to get it up to 42-45 50mpg. However, I've actually found completely the opposite - no matter how carefully I'm driving, I can't get more than 35mpg, which I'm finding really frustrating! Is this normal, or could there be something that is causing it to use more fuel than it should? Any suggestions gratefully received. Dan