I have searched on forum and no results against greenline mpg so I appol if ive missed it in the past. I am thinking to the future and have decided I will prob go for a Octavia Greenline as my next car maybe an estate (and a pipe and slippers) when the VRS is a year or 2 old I will have low miles still and will see how it will work trading against new and up to 6 month old ones nation wide.

To the guys who have them the claimed MPG of 73 ish combined is this valid or wildly hopeful I am well up for the savings in diesel against the drop in power I just bought a ZZR1400 with a power commander that will satisfy the power I think more than the VRS ever will

ps to that note if I sell in a year my VRS will have about 6000 miles on it and under 15k at 2 years anyone interested around then keep an eye out for my posts

Since all the car manufacturers have become adept at maximizing the official EU fuel consumption tests, I would subtract between 15 and 20% offen the claimed combined figures.

I seem to have settled down to about 50mpg outta the 1.6Cr DSG compared to the 61? mpg combined figure.

Which for a smaller lighter sleeker lower profile car is NOT an advance on a 1998 vintage Ford Galaxy. Which managed about 47.5 overall, iirc, summer & winter

So much for progress.

Cheers

M

Since all the car manufacturers have become adept at maximizing the official EU fuel consumption tests, I would subtract between 15 and 20% offen the claimed combined figures.

I seem to have settled down to about 50mpg outta the 1.6Cr DSG compared to the 61? mpg combined figure.

Which for a smaller lighter sleeker lower profile car is NOT an advance on a 1998 vintage Ford Galaxy. Which managed about 47.5 overall, iirc, summer & winter

So much for progress.

Cheers

M

dieseldogg you were my MPG idol what happened I get 54mpg on a long run in the VRS remapped at least your tempting me to hold on to it

Sigh,

Since my 18 year old daughter properly "wiped my arse" on the Galaxy mpg stakes I huffed & gave up.

Anyway I suppose I am driving the Octavia faster than I drove the ould Galaxy, simply because I can.

I have just turned 12,000 miles since 24th Sept so say doing about about 16,000 a year.

A shocking amount of this milage is between home and work, a sub 4 mile single trip 6 times a day.

The engine rarely gets properly warmed up.

But OK I do do a wheen o longer runs some weekends,and/but occassional trailer towing thrown in, and boy o boy does that punish the mpg's.

The trip computer is accurate within a couple of % and currently reading 51mpg odd.

So I reckon 50mph mixed driving.

I could achieve the claimed 60 plus combined but only on a longer Sunday afternoon sight seeing run, with a lighter right foot.

Cheers

M

Ps

Of course her not be properly run in yet.......... plus iffen I washed her she would be slipperier through the air.

And I think I have a soft tyre.

Edited 28 June, 201114 yr by dieseldogg

I have searched on forum and no results against greenline mpg so I appol if ive missed it in the past. I am thinking to the future and have decided I will prob go for a Octavia Greenline as my next car maybe an estate (and a pipe and slippers) when the VRS is a year or 2 old I will have low miles still and will see how it will work trading against new and up to 6 month old ones nation wide.

To the guys who have them the claimed MPG of 73 ish combined is this valid or wildly hopeful I am well up for the savings in diesel against the drop in power I just bought a ZZR1400 with a power commander that will satisfy the power I think more than the VRS ever will

ps to that note if I sell in a year my VRS will have about 6000 miles on it and under 15k at 2 years anyone interested around then keep an eye out for my posts

If you are only going to cover 15k miles in two years, what is the point swapping to a more economical model?

You already have a performance diesel, you will likely end up spending money to change to a less powerful, worse looking, less-well equipped version of what you already drive.

And for what? To get a 5-10mpg improvement?

Even if you got 60mpg out of the Greenline, at todays petrol prices that would save you about £280 a year against the 45mpg you are getting now (assuming 8000 miles in a year).

Not worth it in my opinion.