Above car, just under 3k on clock, daily commute to work is only 3 miles so I know car has barely warmed up but from full tank only averaging around 23 MPG, previous mk2 would average around 30 mpg (manual), I know I would lose some mpg with the DSG but with the TSI engine thought it would be similar if not a little better, this is with sensible driving, steady away, hope it's gets better, I know wasn't bought for fuel efficiency but expected better than this [emoji15]

No doubt when you give it a 'proper' stretch it achieves realistic figures though?

daily commute to work is only 3 miles

 

Leave the car at home, you could walk that in 50 minutes or cycle it in 10-15 minutes max.

Haven't really been on a proper drive yet, only had it since the new year, improves on motorway when I've had short journeys, prob 30 / low 30's mk2 would push on late 30's to 40.

Haha true BA, but couldn't get out of bed any earlier than I do now tho [emoji3]

3_miles!?  This weather my manual tsi does over 3 before I even register any oil temp (50C). Low 20s mpg to be expected surely.

May be right Neil, oil is just up at temp as I arrive, last vRS was better this one not so by look of it.

So what was it like for the other 2,820 miles you weren't driving to work ?

Only had it for about 6 weeks so haven't had a 'proper' run out yet, even on weekend and at temperature on short trips still only around 25/26 mpg.

You can't really expect your car to give good MPG when the engine is cold and the air temp is cold at this time of year. It takes me 8-9 miles on a straight A road run to warm the oil properly and It is returning similar figs to my old TFSI. In a nutshell though if you were really worried about MPG you would probably have bought a diesel.

Don't expect good mpg, just didn't realise it would be much lower than previous model, giving same journey etc, unless i wanted to kill the DPF diesel wasn't an option.

If I had a 3 mile commute I would`nt even spark the car up! Buy a bike and enjoy the vRS at weekends

I've done 16,200 miles in my vrs DSG.  My long term mpg is 37.4.  On my 45mile commute that is mostly M6/M56 but includes country and city roads I usually manage about 41mpg on the way and about 39mpg on the way home (not sure why it is lower on the way home - especially since the morning drive is uphill as it is south to north while the drive home is downhill as it is north to south )

Don't expect real figures until 10 000 - 15 000 km or so. Mine settled down at around 14 000 km.

It will get better

My figures are for a manual VRS TSI, but mpg should be within a few percent of a DSG driven similarly.

 

 

 

*My mpg was poor to start off with because I was booting it everywhere.

*During the summer mpg shot up because the kids walked to school and we went on longer summer trips / days out.

*During winter mpg has dropped because the kids and wife refuse to walk anywhere.

*Worst tank full was 23.78mpg, best was 31.53.

*Average mpg over 7,400 mile mostly in-town driving is 27.45mpg.

*Car will do 40mpg on the motorway at 70mph, but I rarely drive on motorways. If I was a mile muncher then 35-40mpg average would be achievable. Around town (London traffic), 25mpg is as good as it gets.

 

edit: Red lines are Super Unleaded, green are Premium. My car shows ZERO performance or mpg gains when using Super. It's a waste of money.

Edited 13 February, 201511 yr by Orville

Its not run in yet either but no car is going to be economical on a 3 mile journey (unless its a plug in electric)

 

should buy one of these and keep the VRS for weekends/longer trips

 

http://www.smart-roadsters.com/roadster-entry/twizy-urban/

Thanks for all the replies, great analysis Orville!! Hopefully will improve as it runs in more, I should bike to work but have no motivation to ha, plus it's too good to drive [emoji6]

36.4mpg (measured brim-to-brim) from the last tank, V Power, vRS TSI DSG Combi.

I'll be very chuffed if i can get 36mpg , thats what my Fabia is doing

You can't really expect your car to give good MPG when the engine is cold and the air temp is cold at this time of year. It takes me 8-9 miles on a straight A road run to warm the oil properly and It is returning similar figs to my old TFSI. In a nutshell though if you were really worried about MPG you would probably have bought a diesel.

 

A diesel is obviously no good with those miles. Besides, economy is woeful on those too, even on long journeys with cruise set.