Hi everyone.  New to the world of vrs. 

I've just purchased a 2007 vrs estate 170hp pd. 

44.000 miles. 

Before this  I had a 03 octavia 130hp and that would cruise up anything in 6th gear where as with the vrs I seem to have to use the gears a lot more. Is that normal ? 

If I coast to a junction in any gear it seems I have to dip the clutch prematurely. Is that normal ? 

Finally in the old car I could drive it hard and still get 50 plus mpg where as with the vrs I'm struggling to achieve 45 even tickling the right pedal is that normal? 

Thanks in advance. 

Peter 

 

Edited 19 November, 20178 yr by Petervrs88

That sounds about right. I used to average around 42mpg for every day driving (mix of a and b roads and motorway). On a long run I used to get around 50mpg and my best ever was 55mpg. Even driving it hard it never dropped much below 40mpg though.

The PD engine does not have much at very low revs so again that sounds normal, you do have to use the gears a bit.

That is low mileage on an 07 car. Does it still have the DPF in place?

22 hours ago, Petervrs88 said:

Hi everyone.  New to the world of vrs. 

I've just purchased a 2007 vrs estate 170hp pd. 

44.000 miles. 

Before this  I had a 03 octavia 130hp and that would cruise up anything in 6th gear where as with the vrs I seem to have to use the gears a lot more. Is that normal ? 

If I coast to a junction in any gear it seems I have to dip the clutch prematurely. Is that normal ? 

Finally in the old car I could drive it hard and still get 50 plus mpg where as with the vrs I'm struggling to achieve 45 even tickling the right pedal is that normal? 

Thanks in advance. 

Peter 

 

hope you're happy with your new motor

ok, 1. don't run super low revs driving round at 1k everywhere in 6th is great for economy but deadly for the DMF and DPF.

2. please explain further why you need to dip your clutch?

3. seems about right depending on what, where and how you're driving - remember the more powerful the car the more fuel it will use

Thanks for your help guys. 

Absolutely love the car. Step up from the 170000 miler I had. 

It's going to take some getting use to.... mainly actually looking after this one! 

What I meant with the clutch was when approaching junctions and rolling up in 2nd the car feels like it wants to stall hence the need to dip the clutch. I think it doesn't have the same pull in those gears at low speed... Maybe I'm just reading to much into it.  

Handy to know about the low ref bit. I'm a stickler for driving everywhere in 6th. 

Dpf still in place.... had it remapped the other day by quantum tuning and they won't remove it as vosa apparently want to bring in compression tests?! 

If the dpf is in place then you certainly do not want to be trying to pull away at low revs. Also with such low mileage I would be concerned that it had done lots of short trips which are a killer of dpfs especially on the PD engine. 

The engine does have some characteristics that taking getting used to especially the sudden surge of power as the revs rise.

12 hours ago, Petervrs88 said:

Thanks for your help guys. 

Absolutely love the car. Step up from the 170000 miler I had. 

It's going to take some getting use to.... mainly actually looking after this one! 

What I meant with the clutch was when approaching junctions and rolling up in 2nd the car feels like it wants to stall hence the need to dip the clutch. I think it doesn't have the same pull in those gears at low speed... Maybe I'm just reading to much into it.  

Handy to know about the low ref bit. I'm a stickler for driving everywhere in 6th. 

Dpf still in place.... had it remapped the other day by quantum tuning and they won't remove it as vosa apparently want to bring in compression tests?! 

depending on the revs that's normal - 2nd probably 1-1.1k revs if I'm coming to a stop i'll drop the clutch then.

yeah get used to higher revs your running gear will thank you for it in the end.

depending on your type of driving and distance etc.  take it for a decent motorway journey every so often or ob2 adaptor and DPF pro to keep an eye on your DPF is a good idea

Thank you very much. Apprciate the advice.