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I had both the cr diesel and the TSI. I swapped the diesel in after a year because I moved and my daily journey to work meant that the engine wasn't reaching it's full operating temperature and the mpg was mid to high 30's. I figured that if that was the case then I was better off getting the petrol version, as I wasn't getting the benefit of the extra mpg. The petrol also benefited from being nicer to drive, it felt a lot lighter over the front and more nimble.

Prior to moving I used to average 44-45 mpg in the diesel. I did drive it quite hard tho.

The petrol averaged about 33-35 mpg, with the best being about 38mpg on a whole tank. I got about 450+ miles on a tank a couple of times, and I wasn't driving it particularly carefully, but those trips consisted of long A road journeys.

With the TSI, doing about 60mph on A roads, the trip computer would show 40-42mpg for those trips.

Buy the TSI ....you know you want to .         Town journeys, 10K per year, you don't even need to persuade yourself. Warms up quickly on your short journeys.  As per Bullit's post #24, petrol VRS models rev smoothly and pull hard right to the red line...to the legal limit obviously. Just as usefully,they pull well in any gear from low speeds and driven carefully, i.e keeping up with normal traffic flow, will return reasonable MPG.     

diesel would get my vote

Buy the TSI ....you know you want to . Town journeys, 10K per year, you don't even need to persuade yourself. Warms up quickly on your short journeys. As per Bullit's post #24, petrol VRS models rev smoothly and pull hard right to the red line...to the legal limit obviously. Just as usefully,they pull well in any gear from low speeds and driven carefully, i.e keeping up with normal traffic flow, will return reasonable MPG.

Totally agree. By the petrol if your only doing 10k per annum. So much better to drive.

My advice would be to go with a petrol.

We really don't need more low mileage motorists inflating the cost of diesel even higher at the pumps.

It's not just at the pump, petrols are more to tax too unless it's a 1.0 Yaris, Alto ect

"I'm doing around 10k a year. Most of it short runs around town with the odd 1000 mile round trip to the in-laws around 3 or 4 times a year."

I'd say petrol all the way if this were my driving pattern. Petrol cars are more reliable now too if you listen to RAC / AA and other breakdown services - a higher percentage of their call out are to diesel cars.

Diesels have had to become complicated in order to make them clean enough.

The added bonus of choosing petrol is that it's a LOT more fun too!

To answer the OP's question, my overall average in the vRS TSI is about 33 mpg. Also note that petrol prices are not only dropping but are likely to stay low for quite a while to come.

Good luck whatever you choose. They are fantastic cars.

I do around 10K a year, and decided to go for petrol. 

My average (on maxidot) is 34MPG, in reality (on fuelly) is 32MPG.  On a very steady run, I can just about get to 40MPG, and it can go as low as 26MPG when 'making good progress' )

 

I test drove both diesel and petrol, and found the petrol to be vastly better to drive (in my opinion!)

 

Whichever you go for, factor in an uprated rear anti-roll bar, possible upradted shocks/springs, and then a remap

I'd say petrol all the way if this were my driving pattern. Petrol cars are more reliable now too if you listen to RAC / AA and other breakdown services - a higher percentage of their call out are to diesel cars.

Does this take in to account the volume of diesels against patrols on the roads along with the respective mileages done in each?

It would certainly be interesting to know mile for mile wether petrol or diesel or more reliable.

Having had Diesels for around 15 years ( virtually all VAG- Skoda), i have found 50-55 mpg very reasonable, from the 1st gen diesels, to PD to CR,  but i was running 18 - 22k miles per year, my last car was part exchanged with around 26k miles after 3.5 years which to be honest was a waste as i was only getting close to 40 mpg.

I have switched to Petrol & found that on recent long journeys across Germany, i was getting 35-38 mpg, while not as good as the Diesel, for the few long journeys we do it is adequate, & the risk of DPF issues on the CR engines is now no longer a consideration. 

Does this take in to account the volume of diesels against patrols on the roads along with the respective mileages done in each?

It would certainly be interesting to know mile for mile wether petrol or diesel or more reliable.

Just the opinion of two patrolmen I and my father-in-law met recently. Their view was that diesels were overly complicated & less reliable as a result.. They both said (independently) to buy petrol every time unless you were doing mega miles.