I have just had my Monte Carlo 105hp in for the first service, done 9,200 miles since June last year when i picked it up.

In all fairness i am delighted with the car, and the performance of the small 1.2 engine (and this coming from a vRS 06 year that was remapped to 160hp by Jabba)

My only gripe is the MPG is miles away from the official figures put out. I always brim it and work it out. Never got over 45mpg even on a sedate run, day to day running is high 30's. The service department said that is about right, and all these figures put out about urban and extra urban are when the engine is bench tested, not in a running car ?

As for the car, anyone thinking about this engine, go and get it. Zero oil consumption, a pleasure to drive and quite sprightly. Shame cannot get near that 50 MPG mark. Out of interest, when I have put in the more higher octane fuel, the MPG has always risen a few miles per gallon. I put in that Tesco stuff, momentum what ever they call it !

I don't think anyone in the real world expects to get near the quoted mpg and the manufacturers are resisting a move to stop the many tricks they use to inflate the figures.

I've had my 1.2 TSI a month and am,getting 38/39 mpg here in Guernsey (short stop/start journeys) a lot better than the 27/28 in my last car, a 1.6 automatic Roomster.

Edited 29 November, 201510 yr by Calomax

i think some of it is to do with the instrument cluster tbh

 

im not getting as good MPG since i had a maxidot cluster installed. i was getting an average over a full tank of 47mpg (the MFD said 47.7mpg, and i calculated it the proper way, which came to 47.7mpg. so it was spot on) in my HTP. Since having the Maxidot fitted, that reckons im only getting 44mpg in similar driving. 

 

so im thinking theres some adjustment options or something in VCDS to make it more accurate? 

i think some of it is to do with the instrument cluster tbh

 

im not getting as good MPG since i had a maxidot cluster installed. i was getting an average over a full tank of 47mpg (the MFD said 47.7mpg, and i calculated it the proper way, which came to 47.7mpg. so it was spot on) in my HTP. Since having the Maxidot fitted, that reckons im only getting 44mpg in similar driving. 

 

so im thinking theres some adjustment options or something in VCDS to make it more accurate?

I use "Gas Cubby" on my iPad and it's results are almost the same as the readout. But I haven't got maxidot.