So to follow on from my ridiculously good figures I've been posting in the "My record MPG" thread

I thought I'd post the following no pics however car has since settled back into calm mode

I had to do an emergency dash of 340km today mix of rural b and motorway to say I drove the absolute b0((0%ks out of the poor car the whole way would be something of an understatement suffice it to say 200 is an interesting number

IT STILL RETURNED 6.0l/100km or something in the order of 48 MPG

I also continue to be astounded by just how capable the piddly little lawnmower engine is

I could never claim it to be anything other than spritley but still.............

It is amazing how much more engaging everything is when you haven't got vast reserves of power.

 

 

Edited 4 June, 20187 yr by 181ce
Fat fingers

5 hours ago, 181ce said:

So to follow on from my ridiculously good figures I've been posting in the "My record MPG" thread

I thought I'd post the following no pics however car has since settled back into calm mode

I had to do an emergency dash of 340km today mix of rural b and motorway to say I drove the absolute b0((0%ks out of the poor car the whole way would be something of an understatement suffice it to say 200 is an interesting number

IT STILL RETURNED 6.0l/100km or something in the order of 48 MPG

I also continue to be astounded by just how capable the piddly little lawnmower engine is

I could never claim it to be anything other than spritley but still.............

It is amazing how much more engaging everything is when you haven't got vast reserves of power.

 

 

 

Pleased with my over 60 mpg indicated in the 1.4 TSI DSG which even included a little blip to 3 figures.

 

Key to good mpg is driving as predictively as possible so one almost never touch the brakes plus not doing short journeys.

 

If I am doing a short journey I use one of the non-turbo cars, in may case normally the 1 litre naturally aspirated Corsa engine Chevy Spark so just maintain the Ocy for those 10 km plus journeys.

 

150 miles done since refuel and it is still showing 500 miles of range so expecting well over 600 miles between refuels.  

 

I thought the 1.8 TSI was good compared to the 2 litre TSI VRS engines I had but these smaller TSI clearly have much to commend themselves and in the UK where petrol is several pence a litre cheaper than diesel then happy days.

 

Wondering how much better the MPG is with good/better gas ie Shell normal or 98 octane rather than supermarket slop?  

 

Driving on those 60 mph A roads , without too many towns and villages with zebra crossings to slow the flow  seems to be ideal.

 

Half a century on it still stills that driving at the double nickel, ie 55/60 mph, gives the best mpg, if one has the time and patience to amble along at those speeds !    

   

Edited 5 June, 20187 yr by lol-lol

21 hours ago, lol-lol said:

 

Wondering how much better the MPG is with good/better gas ie Shell normal or 98 octane rather than supermarket slop?  

   

 

I'll just say that there are so many conflicting reports in this forum over the efficacy of 98 octane over the 95 octane on consumption that the only way is for you to try a few concurrent tanks of 98 Octane and see if you notice any difference for minimal extra expense and it will certainly do no harm.

Personally I did not notice any difference at all when I tried 98 octane in my 1.4tsi, but this was with Australian fuel. Apparently European standards mandate 95 Octane to contain a small percentage of ethanol (5%? for environmental reasons?) but not in 98 Octane.

Definitely worth while trying out but remaining objective about perceived results is difficult in real life out of a controlled laboratory environment.

 

 

 

 

No UK filling stations sell 98 Octane Super Unleaded.

If you are going to Sainsbury, BP, ESSO, Gulf, TEXACO etc it is 97 ron minimum Super Unleaded & @ Tesco with Momentum 99, or Shell V-Power + or Costco Super Unleaded it is 99 ron Minimum.

(Not laboratory testing or like EU and now WLTP testing inside on rolling roads, but outside driving tests with the point seeming to be the effect on reduced emissions.)

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Edited 6 June, 20187 yr by Offski

On 04/06/2018 at 23:47, 181ce said:

So to follow on from my ridiculously good figures I've been posting in the "My record MPG" thread

I thought I'd post the following no pics however car has since settled back into calm mode

I had to do an emergency dash of 340km today mix of rural b and motorway to say I drove the absolute b0((0%ks out of the poor car the whole way would be something of an understatement suffice it to say 200 is an interesting number

IT STILL RETURNED 6.0l/100km or something in the order of 48 MPG

I also continue to be astounded by just how capable the piddly little lawnmower engine is

I could never claim it to be anything other than spritley but still.............

It is amazing how much more engaging everything is when you haven't got vast reserves of power.

 

 

Great post!  My 1.0 DSG SE Estate is at Emden waiting to get a ship to UK.

 

John

On 06/06/2018 at 03:35, Gerrycan said:

 

I'll just say that there are so many conflicting reports in this forum over the efficacy of 98 octane over the 95 octane on consumption that the only way is for you to try a few concurrent tanks of 98 Octane and see if you notice any difference for minimal extra expense and it will certainly do no harm.

Personally I did not notice any difference at all when I tried 98 octane in my 1.4tsi, but this was with Australian fuel. Apparently European standards mandate 95 Octane to contain a small percentage of ethanol (5%? for environmental reasons?) but not in 98 Octane.

Definitely worth while trying out but remaining objective about perceived results is difficult in real life out of a controlled laboratory environment.

 

 

 

 

 

The main reason I usually run with higher octane petrol is out of sympathy for the engine as depite my advancing years my hearing is rather good and I can detect a bit of "pinking" under some driving conditions (usually low revs uphill) if I use 95 petrol. This is not good for any engine but especially a modern one with lightweight and not very deep pistons.  It's very hard to detect with all that sound proofing - but I know it's doing it (really shows up in warm weather when driving uphill in a built up area with the windows down). 

 

Out of interest it's always been like this and likewise with my old Octavia 1.416v mpi (75ps) - which has also been fed on higher octane petrol most of its 17 years of life - still going strong as well!

 

Fuel economy - it always seems better but when I study my Spritmonitor figures (slightly sad I know!!) there isn't much in it compared to the odd tank run on 95.

 

Performance - 98/99 always feels a bit perkier especially at lower revs.

 

 

 

 

I used BP Ultimate last week in my 1.2tsi Roomie and it made no difference. No quicker and mpg was the same as the standard fuel

3 minutes ago, edbostan said:

I used BP Ultimate last week in my 1.2tsi Roomie and it made no difference. No quicker and mpg was the same as the standard fuel

 

I think BP Ultimate is just 97 ron petrol - Tesco Greenenergy is 99 ron and the price is reasonable as well.

Edited 8 June, 20187 yr by bigjohn

Back onto the original OP topic - I'm interested in a car with the 1.0 engine especially with these good mpg results - although I'm worried that installed into a Karoq it might be a bit borderline re performance, I've only driven the 1.5tsi thus far. Last time I drove an Octavia III I found the road noise was a bit of a problem - might just have been the type of tyres fitted.

Must admit I've been considering the 1.0tsi in a Golf as whilst it's more expensive there isn't much in it - especially with some of the prices on internet brokers - the interior looks nicer to me as well and equipment levels even on the basic one are quite good. 

 

Our problem is we (me and mrs bj ) have been spoilt with the great refinement of my Superb II 1.4tsi on long European journeys, where I'm normally the drive, but mrs bj finds it a bit big to drive. Fine for now but when I retire in not so many years time part of our financial plan is to shrink back to one car. So I potentially need a car with Superb refinement that we both like driving. Hopefully our 6ft 5" son will have fledged by then so rear leg room could be less of an issue - been watching too much Springwatch this week!

 

 

Edited 8 June, 20187 yr by bigjohn