Am I the only one who thinks that we worry too much about fuel consumption?  I admit to checking my mpg when the display comes up at the end of a trip and accept that this will be optimistic. Have  never bothered with working out accurate figures. The fact is that modern cars, both petrol and diesel are much more efficient than the old bangers I started out in so I just enjoy the driving experience without getting hung up on saving a few pence on fuel.

If it makes you feel better I’m driving around in the Mitsubishi Shogun and getting 20-22mpg around town and a long drive around 31mpg!  I would like to say this is racing it around but pressing the accelerator tends to create more noise than actual speed. 

7 hours ago, Breezy said:

 

That would be useful, thanks. Will need to find someone with VCDS.

Presently Ive not even seen anyone with a Karoq arond here. A couple of times Ive been asked what it is!

My wife's boss recently had a ride in her SEL Karoq and said how nice it was but must have been expensive as BMW's are are they not. Must be the grill. Personally I think the front resembles a Range Rover Evoque. Back on topic her 1.5Tsi manual is averaging 42mpg in winter and about 46mpg since new 12 months ago and 12,400 miles.

In 1974 I bought a new Austin Maxi 1750HL. (I know..I know...I was in RAF Germany at the time, young,daft and probably ****ed)

I ran it for three years and it had a fuel consumption just below 30mpg.

44 yrs ago......

Not bad fuel consumption for the day but the price of three engines and two gearboxes took the shine off a bit!

1 minute ago, Breezy said:

In 1974 I bought a new Austin Maxi 1750HL. (I know..I know...I was in RAF Germany at the time, young,daft and probably ****ed)

I ran it for three years and it had a fuel consumption just below 30mpg.

44 yrs ago......

Not bad fuel consumption for the day but the price of three engines and two gearboxes took the shine off a bit!

Front seats used to recline on those when you weren't expecting as a friend of mine discovered whilst driving his. Had a bit of brown trouser moment as he couldn't see over the dashboard.

In 1995 I bought a Nissan Sunny saloon 1.4 petrol that did 44 mpg around the village and 60 ! yes 60 mpg on long trips to Newcastle!! moved on a lot haven't we ?

2 hours ago, Skoffski said:

& some might need 2 replacement water pumps in that time and some might be getting a new engine.

Depended what generation and pre or post Euro 4. 

 

Its a shame that in all this time they still haven't worked out how to make a reliable water pump

3 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

Front seats used to recline on those when you weren't expecting as a friend of mine discovered whilst driving his. Had a bit of brown trouser moment as he couldn't see over the dashboard.

Never had that with mine. In fact the seats were probably its best feature along with the almost unheard of hatchback. The seats were ideal for a young unattached airman as they folded completely flat and effectivelt became a double bed!

As for mishaps, both rear door pistons escaped from their holders and extended mid journey, ripping the roof lining in two places, two door locks failed and had to be replaced along with a window mechanism. Also while travelling at high speed on an autobahn the dry powder fire extinguisher I had at the side of the footwell decided to go off filling the car with white powder. Cant imagine what the locals thought when I pulled over and got out looking like a skinny snowman.

Brilliant 1970s Leyland Cars.

We have moved on since i used to serve Leaded Fuel, 2 ** 92ron, 3***95, 4****98, 5*****101ron and shots of Redex.

& diesel cars got an Oil change every 3,000 miles and a petrol every 6,000 miles and a de-coke every couple of years, serviced before doing any long trips etc.

Not sure how fewer premature deaths these days, or less dying in agony. 

Same since we stopped using asbestos.

 

VW did try to bring back the good old days.  

Edited 5 February, 20197 yr by Skoffski

8 hours ago, penguin17 said:

This thread makes me so glad I bought the comparatively frugal 280 TSI 

 

As above,  colder temperatures and winter fuel with skew your MPG/economy and also it will take a few thousand miles for engines to 'loosen up'.   Though getting from 25-30 MPG up to the manufacturers claimed 50, may be a little optimistic....

As you know penguin (it's recorded in Skoda folklore ) I was the man who owned a 1.5tsi DSG Edition Karoq for a whole month between 2 Superb Sportline 280 tsi's and was also pretty shocked at the minimal fuel consumption differential - Karoq averaging 33mpg mixed and current 280 averaging 28 mpg in very similar circumstances .   I know some folk tell us they achieve much better numbers on the Karoq but I was surprised (but much happier now).  

Edited 5 February, 20197 yr by Boxerdog1

Like the LadyofKent we have had our SEL 1.5TSi manual just over a year (26/01/2018) so thought I would crunch the numbers on consumption so far. Travelled 12,334 miles using 1,237.87 litres unleaded (95 octane) which equates to 272.30 gallons at an average of 45.30mpg.

Southampton - Glasgow - cruise control at posted speed limits got 50mpg with the 1.0L. Typically driving around my area - shortish drives - getting mid 40's (brim to brim) and engine at 6.6K miles so not bad for small engine in (relatively) large body

On 04/02/2019 at 14:16, Breezy said:

Called into local petrol station today to fill the Karoq for the first time since taking delivery. It was a demo model 1.5tsiDSG with a mileage of 291 when filled on collection. Now, three weeks and 191 miles later I filled it again. It took 29.04ltrs (6.38 gallons).

That works out at a less than brilliant 29.93mpg overall! 

 

Just refuelled brim to brim, 37mpg.... that is half/half motorway (70mph) and short town trips so getting better and no longer a concern as shes still only done 691 miles from new.

The fashion of SUVs is not good for fuel consumption as their aerodynamics of a brick and cutting through the air compromises fuel consumption. I have a Roomster 1.2 tsi which always gives better consumption than my brother-in-laws 1.2 tsi Yeti 

9 minutes ago, edbostan said:

The fashion of SUVs is not good for fuel consumption as their aerodynamics of a brick and cutting through the air compromises fuel consumption. I have a Roomster 1.2 tsi which always gives better consumption than my brother-in-laws 1.2 tsi Yeti 

I wonder how a 600bhp Roomster would fare on the Bonneville Flats? Would it beat the Octavia's record of 227mph with it's SUPERIOR AERODYNAMICS!

On 05/02/2019 at 16:21, Breezy said:

In 1974 I bought a new Austin Maxi 1750HL.

 Ah memories, my first ever car back in 1984  (a 1972 Maxi 1750), but yes the gearboxes were problematic !!

 

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Am I the only one who thinks that we worry too much about fuel consumption?

I used to have the Maxidot set on Average MPG, but there's little point it didn't influence the way I drove , just caused me to be more agitated about low figures when stuck in Birminghams rush hour traffic !! nowadays I just have it on MPH instead, much more calming !!

Driving in eco mode is as bad as flooring it. My advice is to drive it as you enjoy it without squeezing the butt cheeks for extra mpg. You might have a surprise.

As for measuring the mileage, I would recommend calculating it by filling the tank to the brim when the reserve LED flashes, reset the trip odometer, drive lively till the LED flashes again then do the math (miles driven / gallons when filled the tank).

Well I have only had my VRS230 a couple of months but mine gives me soooooo much more mpg on 95ron fuel as opposed to 98 vpower, I'm shocked to be honest, I thought it would be the other way around! Although mine has 95 as a minimum on the filler cap. Ps soz for a boring first post on a forum

48 minutes ago, Stuuuey said:

Well I have only had my VRS230 a couple of months but mine gives me soooooo much more mpg on 95ron fuel as opposed to 98 vpower, I'm shocked to be honest, I thought it would be the other way around! Although mine has 95 as a minimum on the filler cap. Ps soz for a boring first post on a forum

Don't just tease us. How many miles per tank do you get on 95 as opposed to 99 octane (Shell don't sell 98 octane)?

Actually Royal Dutch Shell do sell 98 Octane Super Unleaded, just not in the UK.

 

Skoda to my knowledge do not sell Karoq vRS 230's.   Well not yet.

14 minutes ago, Skoffski said:

 

Skoda to my knowledge do not sell Karoq vRS 230's.   Well not yet.

 

Yes, I wondered about that comment too.....wrong forum perhaps?

It would so so help if I was in the right forum eh, I've got an Octavia VRS230 so apologies all-round! Even still though it may apply to you guys, 95ron gets me about an extra 40-50 to a tank!

19 minutes ago, Stuuuey said:

It would so so help if I was in the right forum eh, I've got an Octavia VRS230 so apologies all-round! Even still though it may apply to you guys, 95ron gets me about an extra 40-50 to a tank!

So the question was are you getting 350, 400 or 450 MILES PER TANK. 400 would mean an average of around 36mpg for example (50 litre tank).