1 minute ago, themanwithnoaim said:

Really ? Mine won't all that !!!!!

200bhp is not normal for the 1.4TSi is it Tony?

1 minute ago, shyVRS245 said:

200bhp is not normal for the 1.4TSi is it Tony?

Dunno, mine was 203bhp !!!

 

Already informed the wife we NEED the Quadrifoglio cos it's got ACT & shuts down 3 of the cylinders.

 

Bless her, she said it's really good how they can make modern cars run on 1 cylinder!!!!

Edited 1 August, 20196 yr by themanwithnoaim

6 minutes ago, themanwithnoaim said:

 Quadrifoglio cos it's got ACT & shuts down 3 of the cylinders.

 

Alfa’s have done that for years, got naff all to do with ACT 😛

4 minutes ago, Tech1e said:

 

Alfa’s have done that for years, got naff all to do with ACT 😛

But what they haven't done before is 334bhp/tonne WTF is not to like

VW went right into ACT / COD with Bentley, VW / Audi after discovering that their Twinchargers could go down on 1 cylinder then 2 then disable the Turbo and still keep going and keep up with modern traffic in limp mode.

 

Dr Martin Winterkorn had a light bulb moment and thought, i have managed to get away with Defeat Devices in TDI's and now i can match those Italians and Japanese with their 2 & 3 cylinder small capacity turbo engines.

Vorsprung Durch Technik. 

1 hour ago, themanwithnoaim said:

But what they haven't done before is 334bhp/tonne WTF is not to like

 

Oooh, even @shyVRS245 will have his work cut out making his man maths show his Octavia to be better than that 😏

The best long journey economy I've managed is 54mpg from Manchester to Newcastle Upon Tyne on cruise control at around 75mph.

 

On my 14mile commute, mostly motorway with a 50mph limit, I've managed 65mpg.

 

I typically get around 55-60mpg on the commute, depending upon weather and traffic/traffic lights. 

 

The performance is usefully urgent too. Not a 500bhp muscle car, but responsive and brisk at UK speeds. 

 

The 1.4TSI 150 is the best all round engine I have owned. 

Edited 2 August, 20196 yr by MC Bodge

The 1.4tsi is also by far the most economical petrol vehicle I have owned. 37mpg was the norm over many decades with an original Mini getting into the low 40s iirc. Talking extremes from a 1961 Ford 100E 35hp to a 1980s VW Corrado G60 via Polos and Golfs.

On 01/08/2019 at 23:29, shyVRS245 said:

Australia currently 121-7. Sorry now 130-8.

Shy, England currently 136-9, 2nd innings.

Are you there?

I'm going to bed now but it could rain.

Edited 5 August, 20196 yr by Gerrycan

20 minutes ago, Gerrycan said:

Shy, England currently 136-9, 2nd innings.

Are you there?

I'm going to bed now but it could rain.

English Cricket flatters to deceive yet again. Last month winning the World Cup now going 1-0 down against the old enemy. Told someone yesterday that we have no backbone for a fight unlike Steve Smith who did a Boycott on us and deserves Man of the Match. Have a funny feeling he might turn out to be the Man of the Series to.

I did Southampton - Gatwick and back last night and using cruise control everywhere and only travelling at the posted speed limit I managed 55.7 MPG in my 2014 1.4 TSi DSG Elegance, AC was on all the time and there were some traffic hold ups too. I am so impressed with my Octavia and remain so after 2.5 years ownership and more than 25K miles (mine was secondhand with 22K on it when I bought it). Annoyingly I clipped a kerb this morning (half-asleep) and it's dinged the rear driver's side rim. No cure for stupid eh...?

 

A couple of years ago I managed 58.9 doing Great Yarmouth to Southampton including a clogged M25. I suspect it's the high 7th gear that helps with fuel economy. The turbo means the engine has the torque to pull such a high gear (approx 2K rpm at 70mph)

42 minutes ago, Lingnoi said:

I did Southampton - Gatwick and back last night and using cruise control everywhere and only travelling at the posted speed limit I managed 55.7 MPG in my 2014 1.4 TSi DSG Elegance, AC was on all the time and there were some traffic hold ups too. I am so impressed with my Octavia and remain so after 2.5 years ownership and more than 25K miles (mine was secondhand with 22K on it when I bought it). Annoyingly I clipped a kerb this morning (half-asleep) and it's dinged the rear driver's side rim. No cure for stupid eh...?

 

A couple of years ago I managed 58.9 doing Great Yarmouth to Southampton including a clogged M25. I suspect it's the high 7th gear that helps with fuel economy. The turbo means the engine has the torque to pull such a high gear (approx 2K rpm at 70mph)

What's your opinion of the DSG box? Is yours wet or dry?

15 hours ago, AdamCT said:

What's your opinion of the DSG box? Is yours wet or dry?

 

It's the "dreaded" (allegedly) dry clutch 7 speed gearbox. I love it but you have to adjust your driving style to get it to be smooth, it's not just a matter of mashing the loud pedal into the carpet. But it's magic carpet smooth when you get used to it and so far I've had no issues. It's approaching 50K miles now so pretty young yet. Obviously it could turn out to be a hand grenade with the pin out further down the road, but so far, so good. The 1.4TSi engine is superb though, plenty powerful enough, not much turbo lag and so economical.

 

21 hours ago, Lingnoi said:

I did Southampton - Gatwick and back last night and using cruise control everywhere and only travelling at the posted speed limit I managed 55.7 MPG in my 2014 1.4 TSi DSG Elegance, AC was on all the time and there were some traffic hold ups too. I am so impressed with my Octavia and remain so after 2.5 years ownership and more than 25K miles (mine was secondhand with 22K on it when I bought it). Annoyingly I clipped a kerb this morning (half-asleep) and it's dinged the rear driver's side rim. No cure for stupid eh...?

 

A couple of years ago I managed 58.9 doing Great Yarmouth to Southampton including a clogged M25. I suspect it's the high 7th gear that helps with fuel economy. The turbo means the engine has the torque to pull such a high gear (approx 2K rpm at 70mph)

The figures you quote are very good and quite doable and I have got similar when doing a longer run, but in my experience there are factors that tend to assist the figures

 

You might be travelling a little slower than you think as the speedo is nearly always optimistic although how much varies from car to car. Mine is about 7% (ie 110kph displayed is actually about 103kph).

The reason I think you might be experiencing some speedo optimism was where you said 7th gear at 70mph was about 2k rpm. Previous topics have suggested a true 70mph is 2300 rpm (DSG) and 2500 rpm in top 6th gear on a manual. This is assuming the rev gauge is accurate of course.

 

I usually check my tank consumption when I refill and over the 5 year life of my car the display has gone from slightly pessimistic when new, to parity at 2 years and is now  optimistic by about 0.2L/100km. I know it could be adjusted to make it more accurate but I allow for the known optimism when presenting any consumption figures.

 

Another less obvious beneficial factor is that travelling in the company of other vehicles on the busy roads of Britain offers unintentional (or if you know then it is intentional) slipstreaming.

One of the longer local journeys I used to travel quite regularly had two parallel routes of about 90km, one was a relatively busy interstate highway and the other had hardly any traffic at all. Despite crossing similar terrain and at near identical speeds I could never get as good consumption on the empty road as I could on the busier road and I attributed that to fact I was nearly always behind a truck or large SUV on the busier road.

 

1 minute ago, Gerrycan said:

The figures you quote are very good and quite doable and I have got similar when doing a longer run, but in my experience there are factors that tend to assist the figures

 

You might be travelling a little slower than you think as the speedo is nearly always optimistic although how much varies from car to car. Mine is about 7% (ie 110kph displayed is actually about 103kph).

The reason I think you might be experiencing some speedo optimism was where you said 7th gear at 70mph was about 2k rpm. Previous topics have suggested a true 70mph is 2300 rpm (DSG) and 2500 rpm in top 6th gear on a manual. This is assuming the rev gauge is accurate of course.

 

I usually check my tank consumption when I refill and over the 5 year life of my car the display has gone from slightly pessimistic when new, to parity at 2 years and is now  optimistic by about 0.2L/100km. I know it could be adjusted to make it more accurate but I allow for the known optimism when presenting any consumption figures.

 

Another less obvious beneficial factor is that travelling in the company of other vehicles on the busy roads of Britain offers unintentional (or if you know then it is intentional) slipstreaming.

One of the longer local journeys I used to travel quite regularly had two parallel routes of about 90km, one was a relatively busy interstate highway and the other had hardly any traffic at all. Despite crossing similar terrain and at near identical speeds I could never get as good consumption on the empty road as I could on the busier road and I attributed that to fact I was nearly always behind a truck or large SUV on the busier road.

 

 The RPM value was off the top of my head but I didn't think it was that much more than 2K rpm but I could very well stand corrected on that.

I use cruise control (that really helps with economy) and I set the speed the speed indicated by Google Maps, which in my car is:

74mph on the speedo = 70mph actual.

I tend to stick to the 2 second rule, slipstreaming works usually when you tailgate large tall articulated lorries but they generally move too slowly for me and I don't like tailgating. I'm gentle on the throttle and brakes and think that helps and I'm always in Eco mode because I like the "freewheeling" you get when you lift your foot off the throttle (obviously only works when I'm not using cruise control).

 

My Maxidot display is bit optimistic, usually 5-10% more than I get from calculating it from brimming the tank (I always fill to the top and note the mileage, cost etc).