following on from this...now i have my car, when id filled it to the brim yesterday...on driving around derbyshire for the day, the computer suggested a range of 560 miles....what range are people on now for theres that are run in etc.. ..because 560 miles for a new engine seems extremely good

My range says 450 or so when I fill up. I assume range is determined by the current average mpg.

Just had a week in North Devon - four adults, one large dog and two small dogs and all the luggage that goes with it, including a topbox and suitcase on the roof. Travelled from Hampshire mainly following major roads and returned along the A303. During the days in Devon it was a mix of roads but with plenty of country lanes and hills. First half of week 390 miles with an average of 40.1mpg, second half of week 330 miles with an average of 38.2mpg giving an overall mpg of 39.2mpg over 720 miles. For a 1.2Tsi engine I think this is pretty good for the load it was pulling along. It was only on  a couple of occasions the engine felt a little underpowered but these were long, steep climbs and really only meant a slower climb in a lower gear.. 

 

Overall very pleased with how the Yeti got us all around.

Wow, that's better than I get with just me in the car and no roof box!

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Better than I get too, and there's only me in it. MPG varies and does't seem to be determined by how I drive. I can drive slowly to work and it's less than some days when I just drive it. Some days it's more ???????

Just had a week in North Devon - four adults, one large dog and two small dogs and all the luggage that goes with it, including a topbox and suitcase on the roof. Travelled from Hampshire mainly following major roads and returned along the A303. During the days in Devon it was a mix of roads but with plenty of country lanes and hills. First half of week 390 miles with an average of 40.1mpg, second half of week 330 miles with an average of 38.2mpg giving an overall mpg of 39.2mpg over 720 miles. For a 1.2Tsi engine I think this is pretty good for the load it was pulling along. It was only on  a couple of occasions the engine felt a little underpowered but these were long, steep climbs and really only meant a slower climb in a lower gear.. 

 

Overall very pleased with how the Yeti got us all around.

DSG or manual box ?

Manual box. And in fairness I wasn't pushing it, aware that with the aerodynamics of a brick the Yeti's mpg drops like a stone as the mph goes up.

 

And I know I wasn't pushing it because under the conditions I described above, at anything under 70mph on a "fast" road I get an irritating and constant whine from the near side front - my 82 year old father-in-law complaining that "everyone's going faster than us" often linked to "the other way would have been quicker". i don't suppose anyon hase found an effective cure for this - one that is forensically undetectable? Possibly its a problem related to the usually higher pitched "Are we nearly there yet"?

The figures I get are shown in my signature, 1.2 manual, with normally one adult and occasionally one (small for his age) seven year old, nothing in the boot. Not pushing it, decent runs of around 70 miles on the M8 (so sitting at around 50mph max due to traffic) and otherwise on rural A roads.

 

I'd say you're doing very well

Just had a week in North Devon - four adults, one large dog and two small dogs and all the luggage that goes with it, including a topbox and suitcase on the roof. Travelled from Hampshire mainly following major roads and returned along the A303. During the days in Devon it was a mix of roads but with plenty of country lanes and hills. First half of week 390 miles with an average of 40.1mpg, second half of week 330 miles with an average of 38.2mpg giving an overall mpg of 39.2mpg over 720 miles. For a 1.2Tsi engine I think this is pretty good for the load it was pulling along. It was only on  a couple of occasions the engine felt a little underpowered but these were long, steep climbs and really only meant a slower climb in a lower gear.. 

 

Overall very pleased with how the Yeti got us all around.

 

Sounds about right if you are not achieving high top speeds.

During a family holiday to and from the Forest of Dean I pottered along at 60mph tops and got 44mpg.

But it's usually 40mpg and my wife averages 37mpg.

 

That's the 7 speed DSG.

Can someone tell me what is the average fuel consumption of Yeti 1.2? Yesterday i went on a little trip, and the fuel consumption on open road, with average speed of 120 km/h was somewhere around 10 l/km, and that is much more than the official numbers introduiced by Skoda? Can you post your opinions? Thanks.

That is far too much. I have 1.2 TSI 2012 since new. At first my consumption wasn't to my satisfaction, but as time was passing by I have learned how to drive this car. On the trip from Zagreb, Croatia (where I live) to my hometown (200 km) driving 60 km on the highway (120 km/h) and other 140 on country road with some curves (80-100 km/h) I managed driving with almost no braking at all. And it is now between 6.1 and 6.5 l/100 km. City driving is a different story. But what can we do in rush hour but to be patient.

Edited 6 June, 201412 yr by Jazz Moli

Can someone tell me what is the average fuel consumption of Yeti 1.2? Yesterday i went on a little trip, and the fuel consumption on open road, with average speed of 120 km/h was somewhere around 10 l/km, and that is much more than the official numbers introduiced by Skoda? Can you post your opinions? Thanks.

That is far too much. I have 1.2 TSI 2012 since new. At first my consumption wasn't to my satisfaction, but as time was passing by I have learned how to drive this car. On the trip from Zagreb, Croatia (where I live) to my hometown (200 km) driving 60 km on the highway (120 km/h) and other 140 on country road with some curves(80-100 km/h) I managed driving with almost no braking at all. And it is now between 6.1 and 6.5 l/100 km. I have gps that helps me with calculating when to decrease or increase the speed in proper time with no need to use brakes. Since my consumption was too bad at first, I took this consumption issue as a challenge.

City driving is a different story. We cannot affect traffic course. What can we do in rush hour but to be patient.

My 2017 yeti 1.2 tsi se drive has just hit 3200 miles on the clock and surprisingly the mpg is still on the rise i did a steady 30 mile round trip early no faster than 60mph on country roads and it was fluctuating from 48mpg to 54mpg at times which im really chuffed with

47 minutes ago, Lincolnrob1990 said:

it was fluctuating from 48mpg to 54mpg

I don't understand this. On a single journey? What sort of metric is that?

 

At the last fill up my car had done 2392 miles. On that occasion it achieved 37.43 m.p.g. over 436 miles.

 

It has averaged 34.76 m.p.g. since I got it new.

 

The highest it has returned so far was 38.95 m.p.g. over a distance of 253 miles.

 

I make mostly short journeys so I'll never achieve anything noteworthy. One day I might go out and do a test run just to see how much I can get under optimum conditions. Perhaps a run down the M1 and back at 3 a.m. at 55 m.p.h. using cruise control

I get slightly concerned if mine drops that low in july i took mine from lincoln to devon cliffs which i saw 47 mpg at 70mph all the way down there i did the breaking in process as i would a new car and mine seems great on fuel 

I rely on my spreadsheet. I always fill up to the first click and at the same pump if I can and to be honest it's the ongoing average figure that I trust more than the brim to brim calculations. I don't set a lot of store by the Maxi Dot readings.

My previous 1.2 TSi DSG - a 2012 model - averaged a true MPG based on brim full to brim full readings of  42.1 MPG over 50,013 miles from new. My new 1.2 Tis DSG - March 2017 - so far over 4,100 miles has averaged 44.29 MPG.

I found that my previous Yeti improved MPG over the first 10,000 miles then settled to a more consistent average. My new Yeti is following the same trend with improvements in MPG as the mileage increases. It looks like the newer 1.2 engine is more economical than the older chain drive version, it warms up faster as well which will have a positive impact on MPG. Not sure about Stop-Start as I tend to switch it off in slow moving stop start traffic as it offends my engineering ear to hear the car continually stopping and starting every few seconds!!

One thing I have found with both cars is that MPG is heavily dependent on how I drive it and the weather, driving dow the motorway at 70 MPH into a strong headwind will pull the MPG down to mid 30's. On the other hand country driving at 40 - 50 MPG will often see the Maxidot claim 50 MPG plus, I am suspicious of Maxidot readings so only rate brim full to brim full MPG as accurate. The overall average is what concerns me so the occasional 35 MPG is obviously balanced by high 40's MPG to provide the average of 44.29. 

Generally for a petrol car getting a true average in excess of 44 MPG is a pretty good result.

Over the past six years (and checked and written down every tankful - brimmed) generally no less than 32.  Rarely exceeds 35 unless on a gentle long run when it gets to around, say, 38.  But not many long journeys routinely so can't expect a great deal I suppose. And it still compares favourably to my 2011 Hyundai i10 auto (4 speeed torque converter box) which also does around 32 and is half the size and half the performance of the Yeti (and costs more to insure than the Yeti!)

Recently done a couple of long distance trips London,Wolverhampton and Leeds and have been getting 45mpg

Our manual is only a few weeks old with 2000 miles. So far accurate tank/tank average is 47.5mpg. This with mixed driving conditions. Better than I expected.

Between 39 and 44mpg depending where and how I'm driving. 2013 1.2 manual. All measured by mileage and briming the tank.

Long since departed 2009 1.2 TSi manual. This averaged  low 30's over the 1 year / 10k miles I owned it. Best was around 40 mpg.

 

I seem to recall the fuel economy compared favourably with the 1.6 Qashqai it replaced.

1 hour ago, Parkesie said:

Between 39 and 44mpg depending where and how I'm driving. 2013 1.2 manual. All measured by mileage and briming the tank.

Not sure but are the latest 1.2's more economical with Cambelt rather than chain? Getting approx 2mpg better than our previous 2.0tdi 4x4 Yeti.

Yes.

16 hours ago, Expatman said:

 I am suspicious of Maxidot readings so only rate brim full to brim full MPG as accurate. The overall average is what concerns me so the occasional 35 MPG is obviously balanced by high 40's MPG to provide the average of 44.29. 

Generally for a petrol car getting a true average in excess of 44 MPG is a pretty good result.

Sure, I would agree that Maxidot accuracy will vary between individual vehicles but my experience is that once you have established what the variation between display and actual is over a few tanks then the variation is consistent enough to calculate a reasonably accurate real return from the display.

The problem is that not everyone goes to this effort and so some who are reporting their results from a non-validated display could be somewhat optimistic (or pessimistic).

Edited 28 August, 20178 yr by Gerrycan

1 hour ago, Gerrycan said:

Sure, I would agree that Maxidot accuracy will vary between individual vehicles but my experience is that once you have established what the variation between display and actual is over a few tanks then the variation is consistent enough to calculate a reasonably accurate real return from the display.

The problem is that not everyone goes to this effort and so some who are reporting their results from a non-validated display could be somewhat optimistic (or pessimistic).

I agree and it's easy to pick results - good or bad - that support your opinion. Hence I quote brimful to brimful MPG to eliminate user bias! In truth it's the overall average that is most meaningful as we all have journeys from hell as well as great ones.

Just now, Expatman said:

I agree and it's easy to pick results - good or bad - that support your opinion. Hence I quote brimful to brimful MPG to eliminate user bias! In truth it's the overall average that is most meaningful as we all have journeys from hell as well as great ones.

Exactly. However on our previous diesel 2010 Yeti the maxidot was 10-12% optimistic. On this present 2017 petrol it appears bang on the money.