Range indicates over 600 usually. Round town get 460 miles between fill-ups - Managed glasgow to hull to leeds to glasgow (inc a bit of round town driving) which came out at 560 miles and the light came on just before I got home.

Thought that was reasonable

On average I easily see (indicated)400-420 miles on a tank full of V-Power, highest indicated I've seen is 460miles

I usually get about 500 miles indicated for every new tank (I tend to fill up when I am near or just when the fuel light comes on) on my 1.6 FSI. I get consisten reading of 40+ MPG even for a large part of driving in town (It currently reads 41.5 after about 300 miles, not going near a motorway on this tank).

My previous car, a 2.0 406 HDI 110 bhp would show about 800+ miles every fill up, and I often got near 800 out of it (even more if motorway driving). I was unhappy with the overall quality of the car, but that was the best engine I ever had.

I was most upset to manage to squeeze in a few pennies shy of £65 of fuel yesterday. :(

We've just come back from following the Pirelli Rally 1st round of the BRC. Only Got 388 miles from brimmed to "0" on the Miles left display. 2.0tdi 140 chipped to 177bhp Octy. Must be doing something wrong?

I regularly do long trips from Hertfordshire to either Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Accrington or Darlington and regularly see 420 miles on the trip from a full tank and thats driving at normal motorway speeds (with the exception of the M6 toll!).

ATB, Jon.

(PS, petrol vRS with bluefin).

It can make all sorts of predictions - which all change depending on what you drive like in the duration of the tank!

Isnt the guesstimate based on the last tank/mpg figure?

Lee

I got 198MPG today ;-)

420 miles indicated. Never shows more than 460 miles on trip computer. But normally get 500-550 miles on a tank full. Seems it likes to be pessimistic.

39500 and original tyres still not down to wear indicators!!

Got a 1.9PD 105BHP Elegance and with a mix of town and A-road driving which is my daily routine, get about 520 miles when the light comes on. Which translates as being around 47mpg. Very rarely see 60mpg on my trip computer whilst others on here seem to achieve it quite easily. I find that if I'm blasting down the motorway at 80mph, the consumption is affected quite a lot - probably down to 38mpg. It's not too bad normally but I was expecting a bit more - if I could get 600 miles before the light came on, I'd be ecstatic but I can't see it happening.

Engine is 2 years old but only done 13500 miles so don't know whether that still makes it 'tight'. Tyre pressures are recommeded 31 fr / 29 rear (or whatever it says on the label).

Got a 1.9PD 105BHP Elegance and with a mix of town and A-road driving which is my daily routine, get about 520 miles when the light comes on. Which translates as being around 47mpg. Very rarely see 60mpg on my trip computer whilst others on here seem to achieve it quite easily. QUOTE]

Going over 70 really hammers the fuel consumption, and often doesn't get you there much quicker. I rarely exceed 70mph, and this is why I regularly see over 60mpg. I don't do the morning commute either, it has to be said!

Going over 70 really hammers the fuel consumption, and often doesn't get you there much quicker. I rarely exceed 70mph, and this is why I regularly see over 60mpg. I don't do the morning commute either, it has to be said!

Yup, the downside of the 1.9TDI (105hp) is the lack of the 6th gear.

On long motorway runs doing 70mph + I never saw over 50mpg in my Golf Mk V.... in my old Fabia VRS which had a 6th gear a motorway run doing 75-80 mph (indicated) would easily see 55mpg +

Today my display was showing 790+ miles left in the tank.

I will stress that this was after a 30 mile drive home doing fuel economy driving, eg 55-65mph, crawling to junctions rather than stopping, not accelerating fast etc.

Gave the overall trip value of 74.2mpg and while not 100% accurate the average doe seem within a couple of miles.

Either way it shows that the 2.0TDI can really give you good economy if you choose to drive it that way.

Yup, the downside of the 1.9TDI (105hp) is the lack of the 6th gear.

On long motorway runs doing 70mph + I never saw over 50mpg in my Golf Mk V.... in my old Fabia VRS which had a 6th gear a motorway run doing 75-80 mph (indicated) would easily see 55mpg +

FWIW the Golf is a much heavier car than the fabia, but you are correct the 6th makes quite a difference.

FWIW the Golf is a much heavier car than the fabia, but you are correct the 6th makes quite a difference.

Is it ??? I've never have known owning both

But as I said, and then you said..... the 6th gear is the key

Is it ??? I've never have known owning both

But as I said, and then you said..... the 6th gear is the key

I was just pointing out that for a fabia to get 5mpg more isn't surprising due to the weight.

I was just pointing out that for a fabia to get 5mpg more isn't surprising due to the weight.

I said 55mpg+, a run from Preston to Birmingham on the M6 saw me return 60mpg in my Fabia, never got more than 50mpg in the Golf. Yes, the weight played some part, but it was obvious that the key was the lack of a 6th gear...

I would love to see VAG offer the 1.9 TDI (105hp) with a manual 6 speed... and can't understand why they didn't do this for their Bluemotion Golf as the mpg would have been a lot higher (not got the technical know how to say how this would effect CO2 output though )

They could just have 1, 2, 3 and 4 more suited to town driving and 5 as a really high overdrive to keep the revs about 1800 at 70.

Depends on the gearbox more than just the number of gears, but I do hear what you are saying.

I found using 6th was only more economical past 80mph in my 130bhp ibiza, using 6th at 70 used to cripple the mpg.

My new vRS has done just over 200 miles. So far it's averaged 27.5 mpg.

An indicated 715miles at fill-up last night. mainly due to driving like a granny this last week to conserve fuel.

The most mine has ever read was 500 miles in 1.4 estate, who said petrol cant be economical, and its nearly all town driving except for the odd ton blast in her

My new RS has now done nearly 800 miles. The first 100 was very thirsty but over the 800 it's averaged just under 30mpg. Tonight i did a round trip of 40 miles and achieved 36.2 mpg.

I'm not sure if all this isn't just a bit pointless. Isn't it better to debate just how many m.p.g. we should expect from our vehicles?

I have a March, 2006 Octavia II 1.9 TDI PD Anbiente Estate which I have had since it was 6 months old and had done 5,000 miles. So I have had it for just over 18 months and have done just over 30,000 miles in it. I keep a book in the glovebox and, every time I fill up with diesel, I note the date, the mileage on the clock, the number of litres of fuel put in and the cost (the last one just to depress me!). I have had this habit since I had my first Morris Minor nearly 40 years ago. Call me an anorak!

So, it is a simple matter to work out the m.p.g. - just divide the mileage done (the difference between the mileage now and that when you last filled up) by the number of litres put in, then multiply by 4.54 (the number of litres in a gallon). If you want to, you can add up all the figures in your book and work out the average m.p.g. very easily.

I drive in a pretty moderate way, doing 10-mile trips to work and back during the week and doing some 100-mile trips at weekends. By this method, I have found that I usually manage about 55 m.p.g. The best I have had, during the summer months, was 57.2 m.p.g. and the worst was 51.4 m.p.g.: that was in the coldest bit of winter.

The on-board computer is notoriously inaccurate: in my car it states that the average m.p.g. is around the low 60's. I estimate that the computer over-estimates the m.p.g. by about 8 m.p.g. The reading which indicates how far you can go before refuelling is also pretty inaccurate - I find that frequently, after filling up, it gives one reading only to give a higher one after I've driven 30 or 40 miles.

So, there you go. My average m.p.g. is between 52 and 56 which I think is pretty good - I never had more than 48 with my Mini 1000, my Nissan Sunny 1500 gave between 40 and 45, my Mercedes 280CE did about 23 as did my 1961 Rover 100 and my 1971 Triumph 2.5PI. My Series III LandRover did a pathetic 16-18 m.p.g. My other car at present, a 1935 Austin Ten saloon, averages about 34 m.p.g. Unfortunately, petrol is no longer 1s 1d a gallon nowadays!

So I'm pretty pleased with the Skoda. It is amazingly efficient for a large heavy car which is comfortable, roomy and a real workhorse.

Oil? Well, I thought I'd mention that too. My car is on variable servicing. It needed no top-up at all before the first service at 18,600 miles but, just as it passed 30,000 miles, I needed to add about half a litre of Castrol Edge 5W-30: that will do until its next service which looks like it's going to be very soon at about 37.300 miles.

Sorry to be boring, but reading all the comments above gave me no idea whatsoever as to exactly what m.p.g. anyone was getting from their cars. I hope that what I have written might give others an idea as to what mileage I get with mine.

Best Wishes,

John.

An excellent post. Thank you very much. This is the very reason why I am going to pick up my second brand-new Octy II in two years.

You just can't beat 'em!

Tell me about it... i managed to get 1140km (about 712 miles... in normal driving, no extreame economy, just being easy on the throttle) in my 2008 1.9 tdi octy II...