I have now had my 2.0 FSi for two months (3000 miles) and I am very disappointed by the fuel consumption. Struggling to get 31mpg on open roads, driving carefully and gently. Published figure is 44mpg for "extra urban".

I think that part of the problem may be that the auto is changing up too late and down too soon, but even that doesn't explain why I can do no better than 36-37mpg cruising in 6th gear at 70mph on the motorway (surely that is when I should be somewhere near the extra urban published?)

Any bright ideas welcome.

Personally i think that is awesome mpg that you are getting. The published figures are probably right, but under simulated conditions not taking drag, road surface and weather conditions into account. I just wish my Fabia vRS was as good as your Octavia !?!?

I think the closest you can get is 56 [real speed] around 60mph on slightly high pressure tyres in a dry cool climate.

TBH i think should have gone for a diesel if the fuel consumption was a major consideration.

But call Skoda / your dealer and explain the problem and see if they can shed any light.

Andy

EDIT: P.S http://www.skoda.co.uk/skoda3g/content/showroom/newoctavia/New_Octavia_technical.pdf Average is 35mpg - so it seems correct.

Are you running superunleaded fuel as this is required to get the economy advantage of the FSI engines.

Sounds like ok fuel consumption for an Auto Petrol car to me. You are not too far off the official combined 37 mpg. Petrol car economy does seem to be badly affected by road conditions, tyre pressures and the how much right foot you give it etc as previously stated.

Diesels are much less fussy IMHO. You can usually give it a bit more welly without the mpg plummeting and hills might as well not exist.

Think of the money you saved though over the equivalent diesel car though. Is the cost of the extra petrol over the 3 or 4 years you have the car likely to be more than what you saved by not going for a diesel? The argument for petrol can be very strong if you don't do huge mileages.

If you needed economy as well as performance then the 2.0TDi with DSG would have been the ticket. Bags of torque and near lossless transmission. I don't do huge mileage so it would be cheaper for me to go for petrol cars but diesels are just so easy to drive that equivalent petrol cars in my experience don't even compare.

Thanks for your thoughts, all. Maybe my expectations were too high.

My last comparable car was a 1992 Subaru Legacy 2.2GX 4WD estate. I never failed to get at least 35mpg from it, however hard I drove. I thought that engines had improved since then, and I was seduced by this FSi technology stuff, so was inclined to believe the published figures.

I have read about the conditions under which the official figures are supposed to be measured, and I have to say that on several of the (long) runs I have monitored, the conditions were better than the description of the "extra urban" tests.

For my last 6 fill-ups I have been using 98 octane, and have noticed no improvement over using 95.

I have been noting the mileage at each fill-up and putting them in a spreadsheet. The true consumption calculated by this method is about 1mpg worse than the car's computer says. My combined average overall is 30.5mpg, and I don't do any urban mileage. I live in the country and work at home.

I seriously considered the diesel, but was rather talked out of it by the dealer on the grounds that I only do about 10k miles a year. That and the noise level in both the diesels I test drove swung it to the petrol.

I guess I just console myself with saving

I've got and Octy II 2.0 Tdi. I run between Oldbury, Birmingham and the Jag plant in Coventry (30 miles each way). Most of the run is motorway and the rest is on A-roads. I usually get 53-57 mpg. If I drive very carefully I suppose it would top 60.

The Turanzas are indeed very noisy, well on my way to wearing them out though

I think I too would be disappointed with 30.5mpg, especially if you do no town driving. I guess the gearbox must really make the difference... :thumbdwn:

My friends petrol Megane is a 2.0 136bhp, with a manual box, and he drives sensibly and only gets 33mpg. Its a much smaller car too. Dunno if that makes you feel better at all?

Are your tyre pressures as they should be? They can make a huge difference to economy. :thumbdwn:

I've got and Octy II 2.0 Tdi. I run between Oldbury, Birmingham and the Jag plant in Coventry (30 miles each way). Most of the run is motorway and the rest is on A-roads. I usually get 53-57 mpg. If I drive very carefully I suppose it would top 60.

That's it why not kick the guy while he's down. Interesting though. Glad i went with the oil burner myself.

Must admit with that kinda mileage I would have gone for the petrol one as well - my mileage is looking like about 4x that though :(

newboy, when I got my octy vRS the fuel economy was initally well under the specified figures but once she got a few miles on her it improved dramatically. At 3000 miles the engine is still loosening up, the MPG will be improving slowly. Give it till 10k and things should be much sweeter, the car will feel faster and hopefully run better with better MPG.

newboy, when I got my octy vRS the fuel economy was initally well under the specified figures but once she got a few miles on her it improved dramatically. At 3000 miles the engine is still loosening up, the MPG will be improving slowly. Give it till 10k and things should be much sweeter, the car will feel faster and hopefully run better with better MPG.

Thanks, Manny. That is encouraging

That's it why not kick the guy while he's down. Interesting though. Glad i went with the oil burner myself.

I'm not one for kicking people when they're down. I think it is universally accepted that diesel engines provide better fuel economy than petrol engines. These forums are designed to invite comments and suggestions from anyone who is interested. I didn't realise the PC police were doing the rounds!!

Calm yourself big lad!

I've got and Octy II 2.0 Tdi. I run between Oldbury, Birmingham and the Jag plant in Coventry (30 miles each way). Most of the run is motorway and the rest is on A-roads. I usually get 53-57 mpg. If I drive very carefully I suppose it would top 60.

I own a 1.9 TDI Elegance. On the runs from my home, just north of London, and either Portsmouth or Bournemouth which I do regularly I can achieve well over 65 mpg. Under very good conditions I have achieve just over 70 MPG.

In a loan 2.0 TDI on a run from Bournemouth to home running most of the journey at 70 MPH I achieved 65 MPG.

All figures based on the trip comnputer.

I would suggest that things will improve in time.

However, you do have the auto which will drag the mpg down a little. Getting 30.5mpg out of a big petrol estate auto is pretty good.

Its very interesting that VAG diesels are without question the best at getting (or passing) quoted MPG figures.

The decision about what is best comes down to choice which is driven by personal circumstances. If you drive on the a-roads and motorways mostly then the 'ease' of a diesel and the FE benefits point the way to a diesel.

If however like me believe that a car should be driven and you spend your time on back roads then Petrol is the way to go. That's why a vRS is ordered....

I would suggest that things will improve in time.

Its very interesting that VAG diesels are without question the best at getting (or passing) quoted MPG figures.

Also the best at having higher standard BHP ratings than quoted. Well the diesels anyway.

I drive a 2.0 fsi manual and have covered 14k since mid-june and at first was a bit disapointed in figures.

Now its nicely bedded in I get on average a return of 34-35mpg on a mixture of rds.

Best result during "fuel crisis (Muppet's day release)" 45mpg on a South Wales - Bude run.

Worst result 26mpg on a "spirited" run through Mid-Wales :P :P

2.0fsi Elegence Corrida Red ESP,Maxidot,Light Thingy

Is there any way of setting the computer to give the overall mpg figure rather than the trip figure? On my last Octy [vRS] I seem to recall that unless reset, purposely, to zero, there was a figure available for your car's overall average consumption to date?

Is there any way of setting the computer to give the overall mpg figure rather than the trip figure? On my last Octy [vRS'] I seem to recall that unless reset, purposely, to zero, there was a figure available for your car's overall average consumption to date?

Yup on the switch underneath the stalk you can alternate between the trip and overall mpg/speed /time.

Yup on the switch underneath the stalk you can alternate between the trip and overall mpg/speed /time.

Ta!