Afternoon all, I've recently purchased a mk2 vrs (petrol) after my mk1 was written off. The main concern i have is the amount of fuel it uses. It does the same miles per week but i'm always filling her up. Has anyone got any ideas on this? Thanks.

Which engine did you have in the Mk1 and what MPG are you getting in the Mk2?

Hi, I had the 20v turbo in the mk1. The computer says 30-31 mpg which is a mixture of motorway and urban.

I average low 30s in my petrol mk2 VRS so that's about right - I'm not sure what sort of economy you were expecting? You can't have been getting much more than low 30s out the 1.8T surely?

I get high 20s with mostly town driving. Hurts sometimes lol. On a run can Comfortably get mid to high 30s at legal speeds. On average I get just over 300 miles to a full tank. Hope that helps

It just seems I'm always in the garage. Is the tank smaller on a mk2? If so that would seem like I use more than normal.

Measure it rather than trying to subjectively guess at it. Brim the tank, reset the trip computer, drive it until the light comes on and fill it again. Note down how much you put in the second time and work out the average mpg from the actual number.

Edited 13 September, 201510 yr by iaind1

I'll do that sounds like a plan. Thanks

the tank is 50L in the mk2 octavia.

 

From reports low 30's is about right for the vrs petrol. It is a 200bhp 2.0 turbo in a 1500kg car.....

I thought the tank in the Mk2 (same as the FL) was 55L?

I'm only happy if I see at least 400 miles on a full tank.

I recently did some journeys down to Deal (Kent) so mainly motorway driving, but that came to 440 miles between fill-up's and when I did fill it up it took 52L (so still had almost 3L of fuel in the tank).

So if I'm correct on the tank being 55L then on an average combination week I see around 34mpg, if I do a mainly motorway week than becomes 37-38mpg.

Since I've had the car (since new in 2011) I've always seen at least 400 miles from a full tank.

That's pretty good stoofa! However, I very very much doubt you are gonna get over 400 miles to a tank every time. Prepare to be relatively unhappy lol.

The mk2 fl tsi are slightly better on fuel than the mk2 tfsi but as said i normally average 32mpg everyday driving if mixture of traffic and A roads, on recent long trip to cornwall it sat happily around 38/40mpg

Good old 1.6 and 2.0 liter FSI Octavia's of mine, upper 30s consistently more if I take it easy.

the tank is 50L in the mk2 octavia.

 

From reports low 30's is about right for the vrs petrol. It is a 200bhp 2.0 turbo in a 1500kg car.....

 

55L plus the filler tube

The MK1 and MK2 both have a 55 litre tank.

 

Your MPG doesn't sound totally bad for this car. The book figure is 37mpg average. So driving style and conditions dependent low 30s isn't wildly out.

 

Driving style is the biggest factor in economy.

 

Phil

I don't think anyone alive gets book MPG figure from their car - if they tell you they do then they're lying Even the manufacturers say that the figures are not real world and are only for comparing between cars. I dont know many cars with this level of performance (apart from some new high performance diesels from BMW etc) that'll return much better fuel economy. I was looking at Volvo V50 T5s and Mondeo ST220s when I bought my VRS and those would both be in the low/mid 20s!

Yeah, my TSI is anywhere between 33-37 depending on what commute i'm doing that week. I knew it would be that when i bought it, thought the cheaper petrol price would offset it somewhat but oh well :p

I don't think anyone alive gets book MPG figure from their car - if they tell you they do then they're lying Even the manufacturers say that the figures are not real world and are only for comparing between cars. I dont know many cars with this level of performance (apart from some new high performance diesels from BMW etc) that'll return much better fuel economy. I was looking at Volvo V50 T5s and Mondeo ST220s when I bought my VRS and those would both be in the low/mid 20s!

 

If you trust the computer then it's possible... sometimes . Too bad that these computer and real life figures have some difference.

These fuel consumption figures are rather useless. Once I saw some research about that. There were cars with only 10% difference between real ones and those ones in ads and there were some with even 70% difference...

 

By the way, there was one guy who had created his own method of calculating real mpg. He tested the cars like in real life and had posted the results. The test drive included certain amount of stops, normal accelearations etc. Too bad I don't recall his name and his website.

I don't think anyone alive gets book MPG figure from their car - if they tell you they do then they're lying Even the manufacturers say that the figures are not real world and are only for comparing between cars.

 

See fuelly in my sig. I do!

See fuelly in my sig. I do!

 

Actually just checking the book figures from my car, I actually better the quoted fuel economy, my figures should be:

Urban mpg 35.8 mpg

Extra Urban mpg 53.3 mpg

Average mpg 44.8 mpg

 

Whereas I have achieved a maximum of 58.7mpg and am regularly getting an annual average of 51mpg. In fact my figures rarely drop as low as the quoted average of 44.8. My commute is 19 mile each way which is 50% fast A road and 50% town with a few long journeys each month.

I thought the tank in the Mk2 (same as the FL) was 55L?

I'm only happy if I see at least 400 miles on a full tank.

I recently did some journeys down to Deal (Kent) so mainly motorway driving, but that came to 440 miles between fill-up's and when I did fill it up it took 52L (so still had almost 3L of fuel in the tank).

So if I'm correct on the tank being 55L then on an average combination week I see around 34mpg, if I do a mainly motorway week than becomes 37-38mpg.

Since I've had the car (since new in 2011) I've always seen at least 400 miles from a full tank.

I would love to get near 400 miles from a tank!

I'm not even gonna tell you what I can get out of a tank of fuel then... :p

 

At the end of the day like others have said above... considering that other equivalent cars often do worse on fuel and taking into account how practical the Octavia is and also with decent power on tap it's not bad. Also to be expected with a 2.0 turbo 200bhp petrol car.

 

Phil

I can get 40+ mpg from mine if I drive with the family but my consumption goes up massively for some reason when I am on my own. My theory is that the balance changes.

I used to get 380-420 out of a tank of fuel in the TFSI driving pretty ideal conditions ~60mph no stop starting. That was with the computer showing an average of 35-36.

 

Tyres can make a difference.I put on GY efficient grip and got about 10% more MPG.

I have not had my VRS long, but was getting 34mpg when I first got it and now getting 38mpg. A little heavy right foot when first driving this car! Still get my foot down sometimes, but mostly just cruising along now. These figures are driving on a variety of road types not just on a long motorway run. I expect to get on a motorway run at least 40mpg. I think if I drive really boring, I should get even more. Mind you, part of my job in training experienced drivers is fuel economy.