I have had a new octavia Estate 16tdi for about 3 weeks.And I am curious what sort of mpg I should be realistically looking for..I am quite a gentle type of driver ( Honest)

1st run of about 200 miles I got 57 mpg (mainly motorway)

2nd run = motorway + urban 270 miles = 51 mpg

3rd run = motorway 180 mile = 53 mpg

4th run = motorway + urban 320 miles = 50.4 mpg.

I appreciate that the engine is new, therfore still ' tight '. So my question is what sort of mpg do other oil burner octavia drivers get after the new period is over?

If those figures are from the dash readout, you might want to wait until you fill up and calculate it from the fuel used. I've seen the dash figures vary both considerably better and worse than the brim-to-brim calculations.

Those figures do sound very attractive to me. My readout is showing 38mpg. I'm hoping that once I've done a full tank the calculated figures look better!

IMO you should be well into the 60's

I can get high 50's by just sticking to speed limits, and that's with not holding back fron standstills and accelerating up to the next speed limit.

Cruise control helps massively.

If those figures are from the dash readout, you might want to wait until you fill up and calculate it from the fuel used. I've seen the dash figures vary both considerably better and worse than the brim-to-brim calculations.

I'd back up that comment!

My car always says between 45-55mpg depending on the traffic, but I was getting less than 400 miles to a tank of diesel. 12 gallons * 45 = 540ish so something wasn't right.

I'd suggest zeroing the trip meter and keeping a note of how many miles you do before you reach (as close as you dare to) 0 miles remaining *.

After a couple of fills you can easily work out an accurate MPG, this site: http://www.fuel-economy.co.uk/calc.shtml is very helpful too

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* I've driven for 10/20 miles or so when reading 0 range and still had more than 5L left in the tank

Another useful site is www.fuelly.com .

Thanks for your prompt replies.

I shall most certainly carry out the manual calculations as you have suggested

Best I've had on a motorway return trip was 50mpg. On a recent trip 38mpg with two pushbikes on the back. 48/50mpg on usual commute. In my experience mpg never improves from that first tank full.

After 23k km, I average about 50mpg, in dense trafic with motorways from time to time, the extremes being 41.54 mpg (towing heavy loads on short trips) and 59 mpg constant speed of 120 km/h on 600 km of motorway. Aircon is always on and I tend to respect speed limits and am no longer a boy-racer. I could get more mpg out of it, but where's the joy of the ride than, and I refus to be a danger in trafic, I go with the flow.

How can cruise control help mpg?, it cannot read the road and traffic conditions ahead.

An intelligently applied right foot every time for max mpg.

cheers

M

I use fuelley, so agree to using this.

How can cruise control help mpg?, it cannot read the road and traffic conditions ahead.

An intelligently applied right foot every time for max mpg.

cheers

M

Indeed - but how many right feet are applied intelligently

Like many folk mine must be pretty dumb because I always get better MPG on journeys where I can make most use of the CC. There may be other factors at work - can't use it in heavy traffic for example.

I once tried a couple of experiments with my 1.9TDi when I was bored on a long late night motorway run. M1 was almost empty so I tried 70mph with and without cruise control. 20 or so miles of each gave a couple of MPG better with CC. Difference may be due to different gradients but ...

its not just for motorways either. It'll work from 20mph upwards.

its not just for motorways either. It'll work from 20mph upwards.

I agree - if you like using cruise control it is generally going to be in light traffic on 60 to 70 mph roads. When you have to come out of cruise it is because you are getting down to slower, heavier traffic, maybe more stops and starts etc, so I can see why the conditions suitable for using cruise are usually the better mpg conditions too.

My commute to work is round trip of 70ish miles (more or less) on motorways and sticking around the 65-70 mph mark, i see a return of the high 50 sometimes low 60's Again i know its not 100% accurate going by the on board...................

Edited 26 October, 201015 yr by vRS Dovit