Here is a picture of my new Private Hire Car - Just for use for Airports so lots of long runs

Superb

The perfect car for the job.

What engine/transmission does it have.

2.0 TDi 170bhp Manual

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today done 7 hours 12 mins drive

average 51.3 mpg with 269 miles

Where you running out of, i'm a hack working 12 hr days, if you can afford that car on airport runs I want some, c'mon fess up and help a tired man out.

2.0 TDi 170bhp Manual

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today done 7 hours 12 mins drive

average 51.3 mpg with 269 miles

MFD reading or worked out the proper way? very good if the latter. Mines in the 46's doing the motorways at 70mph.

MFD reading or worked out the proper way? very good if the latter. Mines in the 46's doing the motorways at 70mph.

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Mine was a good 5mpg optimistic on the MFD, however after a few tweaks with VCDS it is now spot on .

I can manage a true 50mpg over a very long distance (100+ miles) otherwise the only way I can reach those figures is by sitting @ 65mph maximum.

however after a few tweaks with VCDS it is now spot on

Is this easy to do? My dash estimates are a tad optimistic based on actuals.

Interestingly, we took my wife's 125bhp Octavia estate on holiday last week and her dash was showing 50mph+ regularly on out of town journeys (and that was with a full boot). I can rarely get my 170bph Superb above this mark. Not the marked difference I was expecting between petrol and diesel economy.

Edited 13 April, 201115 yr by JB.

Is this easy to do? My dash estimates are a tad optimistic based on actuals.

Yes very easy once you have the car's true MPG figures:

In controller 17-Instruments, it's found under "Display correction of consumptions and operating range"

It is set to 100% as std, however this made my MFD read 5mpg to high (MFD reading 52mpg, actual 47mpg),

1mpg = 2% so if like my car your car is reading 5mph optimistic you need to adjust the std setting of 100% to 110%, the MFD will then read spot on

Perfect car for the job - I got me one too!

60 plate 1.9TDi, average mpg over 4 weeks is 56.16 , virtually all airport runs.

Hopefully my next cab will be the superb 1.9tdi just got to get out of the negative equity on my Octavia somehow, dam bank lone, if it was on finance it would have gone by now.

What do the punters think of it BTW

Edited 11 August, 201114 yr by skippy41

We are replacing vectra elite estates. My Greenline Elegence estate is due mid Sept. Acceleration is not an issue as we do airport and long dwstance work and what customer wants a Fair ground ride any way! A friend of mine reckon£ that his corporate customers will only get in Mercedes and BMW's but in my mind as long as they have leather seats and. Plenty of rear leg room they are more than happy. The decision is really a no brain er when you drive 100K a year with the cost of fuel!!

Hopefully my next cab will be the superb 1.9tdi just got to get out of the negative equity on my Octavia somehow, dam bank lone, if it was on finance it would have gone by now.

What do the punters think of it BTW

You mean you'd have bumped the finance company and handed back a 2k car with 5k owing then Skip?

I see son of Superman is still spouting off on TDO with his nationwide view from 4 sq miles of the south coast, I see the race card is now allowed, but only by the special few on there, I see they moved Nigel on nice and quick, too much truth coming out of his keyboard no doubt, not allowed to tell the truth on TDO, someone might read it and believe it.

Well its a new year and 60000 miles since I started this thread.

Every thing has been great.

Good feedback from customers about comfort.

4 large cases fit in the back.

Very careful about taking 4 passengers and opt to use a mpv instead.

Three services since new that's very handy

Very pleased.