Just thinking,

A.how involved it would be

B.how costly

C.would it help save a significant amount of fuel at speed

D.would you also gain slightly in the handling department

Anyone else interested in this idea?

Its not just the suspension that different on the Greenline? Its the engine and electronics where most of the fuel saving is made?. Surely would just be cheaper to change cars.

Andy

If I changed to the greenline i'd have no dsg and or petrol engine, what i'm interested in is improving what i've got.

Even if it's just the springs, the cost alone will far outweight any savings to be made I'd have thought.

As it's a complete package on the Greeline, just the suspension alone accounts for something like a 2% saving or thereabouts I'd have thought.?

You could probably save more by driving at 2mph less IMO.

We have the 1.2 DSG and I can get over 50mpg going sensible to work. Zipping in at 70mph and that drops to an average of 42mpg...

I thought about this too, but when you do the sums it doesn't add up:

Assume an optimistic 4% fuel saving in a year = £60.

Cost to buy and fit springs = £280 (Eibach springs about £200, so this guess if probably a bit low)

Gives about a 5 year pay-back.

Hardly worth it I'd say, especially as you'd have to tell your insurance company and they'd think you were a boy racer and bump up your premium no doubt!

Averaged over all my driving (single track roads to dual carriageway driving in the cold North) I get high 40's mpg - not bad really! When I next change my tyres I may try a low rolling resistance model (gone are the days I would have bought the highest performance tyres!) to see if that helps the mpg. Generally I am most surprised by the frugal nature of the 1.2 engine. Keep the revs under 2000, read the road ahead, and it just sips the fuel.

We get about 48-50 mpg that's taking it easy as well on our greenline2 the mpg is no where near the inflated mpg figures of 60-80 mpg that is in the brochure.

We get about 48-50 mpg that's taking it easy as well on our greenline2 the mpg is no where near the inflated mpg figures of 60-80 mpg that is in the brochure.

Blimey, given the initial premium of the Greenline models and the extra cost of diesel over petrol that's quite surprising. My Wife averages 42-45 mpg in her 1.2TSI and recently just going with the flow of the traffic (A, B & suburban roads) I averaged 51.6mpg - albeit that's the highest I've seen and usually get nearer 40mpg (must be my heavier right foot!).

I think a lesson has been learned here. Never believe all you read especially when it is mpg quotes by car manufacturers.

I have Koni lowered springs fitted that have lowered my Yeti by 25 - 30mm as opposed to the 10mm of Greenline springs (further lowering of the Greenline is achieved by using smaller tyres 205/55 16 IIRC).

I certainly felt a slightly better response to throttle application on the Motorway as a result of less drag and, initially, reckon I got maybe 1 - 1.5mpg better consumption. This fuel saving is though very unlikely to pay for the springs & fitting even over a couple of years.

The benefit I did get, and it was why I bought the Koni springs in the first place, was quite noticeably improved handling when pressing on, with reduction in roll and dive under braking.

PS> One thing to watch if thinking of fitting OEM Greenline springs to your 1.2 DSG is the difference in weight of the diesel vs. petrol engines that may well adversely affect the ride height.