Personally I don't put too much store on the MPG figures produced by the on board computer. However, just out of interest I wonder what is the highest mpg members have recorded. Of course length of journey, average speed etc will make this a very unscientific study so look on it as just a bit of fun. The one constant we can record is our engine type and size so I'll kick of by saying my vehicle is a 2ltr diesel(150) 5 seat two wheel drive and the highest I've recorded thus far is 54.3mpg. I've only had it nine months so courtesy of

Covid long journeys have been few. Sadly no prize for the highest !

Best I’ve achieved lately. For a 2.0 Tsi, can’t complain 

I'd agree- 38.1 from a 2ltr petrol is pretty respectable ( I had a Volvo estate that was 2.1ltr and if I got 18mpg I was doing well !)

I usually get 35.3 from my RS in mostly town driving...don't want to know what it'd be like if I had the new petrol one. Best I've seen on a road trip is about 41.

I didn’t take a pic, but yesterday on a 24-mile trip on busy motorway, and then to central Wolverhampton, mine (1.4 litre petrol DSG) read 45.8 mpg.

 

 

Best I've seen from my MY20 2.0 TSi is 57 mpg (!) - but that was unusual circumstances: parked a mile or so from the motorway junction, so on the return journey, motorway so busy everyone*** doing steady 40-45 mph, traffic eases but then we're in a construction zone with 50 mph limit, then final part of journey on A-roads, we're all stuck behind a tractor doing 30, then I'm back in my hometown, 30 mph limit, roads quiet. Journey took 30% longer than normal......More representative is a trip to The Lakes last October, loads of construction zones and speed limits on the motorways (and lots of traffic) displayed mpg on outward and return, both 50 mpg exactly.

 

*** apart from the occasional Audi or BMW driver, weaving from lane to lane to 'get ahead'. Why, FFS?

Brim to Brim long term is all that counts.

 

Fabia III 1.2 TSI Petrol. 

 

Thanks, AG Falco

2 hours ago, BoxerBoy said:

Brim to Brim long term is all that counts.

Financially, yes.  But it tells you absolutely nothing about what effect different speeds and driving styles have, in your car.

 

By monitoring the results for individual journeys, I’ve learned a lot about what my car “likes”.  For example, where the Superb 1.6  diesel was not much more thirsty at 70 than at 65, the Kodiaq 1.4 petrol noticeably is.

2020 Kodiaq Style, 2.0 TDI 140 kW, 7 seat 4x4

 

Edited 25 June, 20214 yr by KeithOwen

For a 190bhp 4x4:
 

A touch over 50mpg if you want to count unusual journeys that are hard to repeat. 
 

48mpg on a decent length motorway journey now that the weather has warmed up is fairly easy to repeat. 
 

Something beginning with a 2 is sadly also easy to repeat for spirited driving on lanes. 

150 dsg diesel average over 12 months 47 mpg that's towing a 1500kg caravan for 1/3 of the time.