Not sure about the comment that the 7 speed DSG can't handle the torque of the 140 diesel. My California 180 bhp has the 7 speed DSG. May of course be a different box maybe beefed up but the car weighs in at 3 tonne and the bi turbo pushes out a fair dollop of torque to shift the beast.

Not sure about the comment that the 7 speed DSG can't handle the torque of the 140 diesel. My California 180 bhp has the 7 speed DSG. May of course be a different box maybe beefed up but the car weighs in at 3 tonne and the bi turbo pushes out a fair dollop of torque to shift the beast.

The mkII Fabia VRS uses the same 7 speed DSG box as the 1.2 Yeti and in that Fabia it has a twin charged 1.4 making 180bhp.

But being petrol it makes less torque than a diesel Yeti. All gearboxes are generally rated by Torque they can cope with reliably, not bhp.

Of course, you could have the 7 speed box that was released later, the one used in the Audi TT-RS, which has a higher Torque capacity.

Just to say many thanks for all the responses - much appreciated.

Mid 30s to early 40s (local short runs to longer runs at typical traffic speeds) actually par for the course.

Cheers,

Mike

Just another couple of figures, thrown in as a result of an untypical journey yesterday. I had to drive up to Coventry, then Warwick - quite a change from the local lanes. Around 2K miles on the clock.

Coventry involved the friendly and fairly quiet A423 north from Banbury; cruising here at 55-60 mph, the trip consumption was reading a steady 46.7 mpg.

The evening return journey down the M40 into the teeth of a near-gale wouldn't show better than 33.7 mpg . I was trying to cruise at 65 mph but time and again I found it was 5 mph short! :wonder: (Cruise control was quite inappropriate to the conditions.)

The evening return journey down the M40 into the teeth of a near-gale wouldn't show better than 33.7 mpg . I was trying to cruise at 65 mph but time and again I found it was 5 mph short! :wonder: (Cruise control was quite inappropriate to the conditions.)

I got about 3mpg better than usual on my commute home last night; amazing the effect of a 40mph tail wind!

My journey home from work yesterday from Swindon to Chippenham on the M4 maxi dot was showing mid to high 30s, that wind was very high and gusty. Oddly Jana seemed reasonable composed considering the conditions however I think it caught out some sole in an Audi A6 by surprise with a gust blowing the car from the outside lane to the middle as I could see him fighting the wheel (maybe he just dropped his coffee/phone in a sensitive area) clearly shook up he backed right off.... as did I. Poor bloke was possibly sitting slightly higher up in the car following that with a less than pleasant aroma....