Hi guys!

 

Just picked up my '61 reg Octavia Greenline II and wondered if you had any tips on getting the most mpg out of it? Ive driven for about 30 miles already and gotten pretty good figures (45 in urban traffic) but thought it was worth asking what everyone else real world world experience of it is, thanks!

 

Stu

Hi guys!

 

Just picked up my '61 reg Octavia Greenline II and wondered if you had any tips on getting the most mpg out of it? Ive driven for about 30 miles already and gotten pretty good figures (45 in urban traffic) but thought it was worth asking what everyone else real world world experience of it is, thanks!

 

Stu

 

Get it serviced properly including the fuel filter

 

Make sure all tyres are correctly inflated 

 

Get a 4 wheels alignment, ie: a Hunter alignment 

 

Use shell, BP or another main brand fuel

 

 

Also make sure the car is getting up to temperature fairly quickly and the thermostat is going to halfway within say 5 miles of steady driving

 

This usually indicates the main thermostat is opening ok and not stuck open

 

Let me know how you get on

Get rid of any junk in your boot, remove roof bars, keep windows closed, keep AC off.

 

Plan ahead.

 

Don't accelerate when you know you'll be braking again in about 20 seconds.

 

Try and use your momentum to reach the entrance to a roundabout or junction at exactly the right speed, rather than being on the gas until the last minute and braking.

 

Use the gradient of the road to your advantage - let downhill sections keep you at the speed you want, and use uphill sections before junctions and lights to bleed off speed rather than accelerating and braking.

 

Consider it a failure of planning if you ever have to use your brakes - I don't mean don't brake! I just mean you will often find that as above, you can plan ahead and let your momentum carry you to a stop.

 

When reducing speed stay in gear so the gearbox is turning the engine over rather than it having to idle.

 

Avoid coming to a complete stop if you can - if coming to the end of a queue reduce speed earlier than normal. If the queue moves on before you reach the back of it, you've saved all the fuel you would have wasted overcoming the static inertia of your car. Keep a large gap in front of you in slow traffic - people will go in and out of it but who cares? It means you're less likely to be braking and then accelerating again all the time because you've got a load of slack to use if the queue slows down a bit.

 

Go 60mph on dual carriageways and motorways - any slower and you'll get tangled up with lorries overtaking you. Any faster and air resistance gets exponentially stronger - 70mph exerts nearly double the air resistance on your car compared to 60mph - see here: http://www.e31.net/resistance.html 

 

I've managed an indicated 65mpg on my 50 mile journey (Portsmouth to Horsham) to/from work, compared to 45mpg on exactly the same journey if I drive without trying to save fuel. There is a time difference, but it's a lot cheaper and less stressful.

I've managed an indicated 65mpg on my 50 mile journey (Portsmouth to Horsham) to/from work, compared to 45mpg on exactly the same journey if I drive without trying to save fuel. There is a time difference, but it's a lot cheaper and less stressful.

Kerans, I do a similar journey to work, Eastleigh to Portsmouth all M27, so will see how it does on that daily. I've already gotten around 55-60mpg on short motorway runs and about 50mpg urban being more careful in changing gear and braking/acceleration.

Thanks!

I get 60 (in winter) to 70 (in summer) mpg on the on-board computer on my 2013 Greenline II.  I try and drive similar to Freedom describes in the post above.  It's not difficult (as long as you aren't in any hurry!)  It's a mixture of shortish (e.g. 8 miles) and longer runs.

 

Of course, the computer is optimistic and using calculations from trip mileage when I fill up the figures drop to 57 mpg (winter) and 66 mpg (summer).  Still fairly close to the Combined cycle figure of 68.9 mpg in the Skoda blurb.

 

I'm obviously a bit concerned about receiving the letter saying my car is subject to the VW dieselgate affair and how that will affect the car's performance.