Hi

I have a 2002 Golf Mk IV SE TDI PD 130 Estate Automatic

Has just passed its first MOT without a problem.

Over the last 2000 miles it has averaged 38 mpg.

Is this good, bad, or indifferent for this car.

Any suggestions as to what consumption one should expect, and how to get it
if it is better than above?

TIA

Peter

Peter Williams wrote:
Hi

I have a 2002 Golf Mk IV SE TDI PD 130 Estate Automatic

Has just passed its first MOT without a problem.

Over the last 2000 miles it has averaged 38 mpg.

Is this good, bad, or indifferent for this car.

Any suggestions as to what consumption one should expect, and how to get it
if it is better than above?

TIA

Peter


That seems a little bit high, but not too much. I have a manual Audi A3
110 TDi, and that does around 48-50 ish. The PD 130 will probably use a
little more fuel than my 110, the estate MKIV will be a bit heavier, and
the auto will rob you of a couple of MPG, so it's probably not too bad.
If you do short trips/town driving that would explain the rest.

These figures are for a very different car and for petrol, so no point in using
the actual figures, but the comparison of mph and mpg is still pretty much
valid.

mph mpg
55 38
60 37
65 33
70 31
75 27
80 22

I'd be expecting around 10 mpg more than that for mine, but maybe I drive my
lower powered Mk 3 TDi differently. Faster cruising and rapid acceleration are
really the only times yours should use more fuel than mine though. Auto,
air-con (climate control), all those electrical gadgets increase the fuel
consumption.

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Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/

I have a 2002 Golf Mk IV SE TDI PD 130 Estate Automatic

Has just passed its first MOT without a problem.

Over the last 2000 miles it has averaged 38 mpg.

Is this good, bad, or indifferent for this car.

Any suggestions as to what consumption one should expect, and how to get
it
if it is better than above?

Sounds about right. The official combined figure for your car is 42 mpg and
you're unlikely to achieve that. The auto robs quite a bit of mpg as the
combined figure for the manual is 51mpg!

HTH

Dave wrote:


Sounds about right. The official combined figure for your car is 42 mpg and
you're unlikely to achieve that. The auto robs quite a bit of mpg as the
combined figure for the manual is 51mpg!

HTH



That's quite a penalty. Does anyone here have a 2.0 TDi DSG who could
post some real-world figures?

Thank you all for your comments.

So 38 mpg isn't too bad for an automatic, but it would be nice to if people
have experienced anything better.

Incidentally this afternoon driving at about 50 mph on a long straight flat
road according to the computer I was doing 82 mpg, turned on the aircon, and
it dropped to 48mpg, switched off the aircon and the the numbers started
scrolling up again, but I ran out of flat road.

I expected a penalty for aircon, but that did seem pretty dramatic.

Peter

"Peter Williams" wrote in message
...
Thank you all for your comments.

So 38 mpg isn't too bad for an automatic, but it would be nice to if
people
have experienced anything better.

Incidentally this afternoon driving at about 50 mph on a long straight
flat
road according to the computer I was doing 82 mpg, turned on the aircon,
and
it dropped to 48mpg, switched off the aircon and the the numbers started
scrolling up again, but I ran out of flat road.

I expected a penalty for aircon, but that did seem pretty dramatic.

When aircon is on it adds loadto the engine hence fewer mpgs as does lights
and other heavy electrical loads.
with a more powerful engine the difference is less, on my last two cars the
difference with aircon on was 2-3 mpg.

2 Wednesday s ago I drove from Birmingham to Kidderminster I used the cruise
control and didnt go above 45 mph, the outbound journey the computer showed
and average fuel useage of 50,8 mpg and the return 49mpg, not bad for a
2litre petrol turbo ;-p saying that on a run to Preston at proper motorway
speeds and the odd sprints the return was just over 40mpg.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:35:50 GMT, "Avanti"
wrote:


"Peter Williams" wrote in message
...
Thank you all for your comments.

So 38 mpg isn't too bad for an automatic, but it would be nice to if
people
have experienced anything better.

Incidentally this afternoon driving at about 50 mph on a long straight
flat
road according to the computer I was doing 82 mpg, turned on the aircon,
and
it dropped to 48mpg, switched off the aircon and the the numbers started
scrolling up again, but I ran out of flat road.

I expected a penalty for aircon, but that did seem pretty dramatic.



I find the instant , non averaged, mpg display pretty useless, any
slight changes in road alope, wind etc will affect the reading.

On my regular run to work 17 miles , 25 minutes, I find having the
climate control on makes no noticeable difference ie under 2 mpg. I
get an average 50mpg, lower in winter than summer.
On my journey to the Lakes (A66) from N Yorks I average 55mpg on the
return trip.

True if you have the aircon on full blast continuosly it will have a
significant effect but when do we need this amount of cooling in the
UK ?

Golf Mk4 115hp TDI

Robert
royall at which net

I find the instant , non averaged, mpg display pretty useless, any
slight changes in road alope, wind etc will affect the reading.

On my regular run to work 17 miles , 25 minutes, I find having the
climate control on makes no noticeable difference ie under 2 mpg. I
get an average 50mpg, lower in winter than summer.
On my journey to the Lakes (A66) from N Yorks I average 55mpg on the
return trip.

True if you have the aircon on full blast continuosly it will have a
significant effect but when do we need this amount of cooling in the
UK ?

Never noticed any difference in MPG with climate on Auto or Off when we had
our V5 Bora. Better for the system to leave it on Auto all the time.

True if you have the aircon on full blast continuosly it will have a
significant effect but when do we need this amount of cooling in the
UK ?


Today would have been nice, and one other day this year ISTR. ;-).

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Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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