57mph is the sweet spot, on my 2.0 tsi dsg 220 I average 55mpg over a 80 mile trip.

 

Long journeys to work made me find the optimal for everything!

36 minutes ago, ApertureS said:

57mph is the sweet spot, on my 2.0 tsi dsg 220 I average 55mpg over a 80 mile trip.

 

Long journeys to work made me find the optimal for everything!

That's the drafting HGV on ACC speed. Iirc, 50mpg is possible with my 280. 

 

I did it once on the motorway Bristol to London but hell is it boring and is the wrong car for this type of driving lol. 

5 hours ago, KeteCantek said:

That's the drafting HGV on ACC speed. Iirc, 50mpg is possible with my 280. 

 

I did it once on the motorway Bristol to London but hell is it boring and is the wrong car for this type of driving lol. 

I did this once from Cumbria to Norwich in my V6 ZS. 

Dull as and only got me 26MPG to boot 😂

6 hours ago, ApertureS said:

57mph is the sweet spot, on my 2.0 tsi dsg 220 I average 55mpg over a 80 mile trip.

 

Long journeys to work made me find the optimal for everything!

Yeah, and it was around that speed Ap - so 57/60mph - on the MKI PD140 Elegance and the MKII CR170 Elegance when I’d get IRO 70mpg with both. That speed was fine at 05.00 and 16.30 when I used to do a 110 mile round trip from Home to Reading and back everyday. Wouldn’t want to do those speeds on a long leisure  trip though cos at 75-80 returning a genuine 35mpg is ok with me. 

I get 33mpg combined and easily 40 at motorway speeds (65mph). I'm in NZ tho so it's never terribly cold apart from morning work commutes in Winter.

 

Edited 7 June, 20223 yr by ZacDaMan72

Given the way I drive, I'm very pleased with fuel economy of my 220.

 

In ur speak, that's 35 mpg (UK).

 

On the freeways, I avg 6.5L/100 (43.5 mpg)

Best I've done is 5.5L/100 (52 mpg)

 

I have a APR Stg 1 tune, 19s (with 245/40 tyres) and run all 4 at 38 psi.

 

I filled up this morning - 70L of 98 RON went in.

Boy did it hurt given the fuel prices now!!

Edited 10 June, 20223 yr by JR RS

The OP & others in the UK / Scotland will be running on E10 95 ron, that is unless they use E5 97 / 99 ron Minimum.

From October / November to April that was Winter Spec Petrol. 

Then being in Scotland / areas of Scotland that could be a different formulation than in other parts of the UK let alone other World / Global areas.

 

Handy when people saying what MPG / or efficiency or not they get what actual petrol octane they actually run with.

(No retailers sell 98 ron (minimum) super unleaded in the UK anymore.)

 

 

Edited 10 June, 20223 yr by roottoot

I logged the fuel on my 2018 Superb 2.0t 220bhp dsg from new over 37k.. it did 31.2mpg over 3 years and the best it did was 38.1mpg over a tank.  I commuted 10 miles each way to work.. I would of driven it reasonably hard.. 

I’m using Costco’s standard 95-RON, which has cleaning additives and is significantly cheaper than most other petrol stations, and I’m averaging 35MPG. 40MPG is doable on a run, and 30MPG when my foot feels heavier, but just going with the flow in traffic results in 35MPG. 

On 10/06/2022 at 04:52, JR RS said:

Given the way I drive, I'm very pleased with fuel economy of my 220.

 

In ur speak, that's 35 mpg (UK).

 

On the freeways, I avg 6.5L/100 (43.5 mpg)

Best I've done is 5.5L/100 (52 mpg)

 

I have a APR Stg 1 tune, 19s (with 245/40 tyres) and run all 4 at 38 psi.

 

I filled up this morning - 70L of 98 RON went in.

Boy did it hurt given the fuel prices now!!

 

Question for you, re. your stage 1 tune - Have you seen a noticeable improvement in fuel economy since the tune, and what did the stage 1 tune take it to?

 

Also, hi all!

I'm new here, first post and it's fuel related 🙂 (Had Diesel cars for the last 12 years, so this has been a shock now) 😆

 

I've just bought the Sportline 220 Estate, and have to be honest, love it! Especially the frankly ridiculous amount of space you get 😄

16 hours ago, christof said:

 

Question for you, re. your stage 1 tune - Have you seen a noticeable improvement in fuel economy since the tune, and what did the stage 1 tune take it to?

 

 

yes, my fuel economy improved after getting the stage 1 tune.  it was tuned specifically to 98ron fuel, which is wat i use anyway. 

previously i was averaging 8.4L/100 long term.  this dropped to 7.7L/100 after the tune.

its gone up to 8L/100 now as i went from 235/40R19 tyres to bigger 245/40R19 tyres, i.e. increased fuel consumption.

 

in theory - the tune took it up from 162kW / 350Nm to approx. 240kW / 510Nm.

the other day i took some live data readings, using OBDeleven, of the engine torque - it recorded 505Nm!! 

max. engine power measured was  approx. 236 kW.

 

pretty much bang on with the claimed APR figures for a Stage 1 - so i'm pretty happy with that.

Doh, Post duplicated my one above. Sorry.

 

 

 

 

Edited 17 June, 20223 yr by roottoot

Hate it when that happens…

Hate it when that happens… 😂