crofty

Had one of these for a couple of months now, and its not a bad car, lots of torque and handles quite well for a Golf, and looks really good, but i am a bit suprised at the fuel consumption, driving like a granny I only get 27mpg at best , if you push it a bit it drops to 23-24, anybody else had one of these?

Cupramax

Nope, but had a Leon Cupra which has the same engine. Mine returned 27mpg on the dot according to the trip computer no matter how I drove it.

john banks

They are famous (like Scoobies) for mass airflow sensor failure. Might be worth checking out as consumption worsens on VAG motors in this situation I believe.

My mechanic friend keeps boxes full of VAG MAF sensors for this very reason.

I like the 1.8T engine I tried in the Octavia vRS, which is I believe the same. People slate it for being boring, but I thought it was very competent indeed. Lovely and torquey across a wide range, far more flexible than the diesel.

Gutmann pug

Bloke at work has one, its a low miler in red and is absolutley stunning. One of the best sets of alloy wheels as standard fit on any car IMHO

crofty

Thanks all, its still under warranty so I will get the dealer to check it out, The alloy wheels are stunning ( BBS) but they suffer with corosion, just had mine replaced under warranty, they cost £375 each without tyres the dealer told me

Steve vRS

The 1.8T in my Octavia returns anything up to 40mpg on a good run. There's a fault with yours somewhere!

Steve

Brit_in_Japan

I used to have a SEAT Leon Cupra with the same engine, (does the Golf have a 6sp box too?).

My average fuel consuption was around 28-29mpg based on thousands of miles of journeys, albeit lots on 70mph dual carriageways. The best I ever had out of a tank was a stupendous 36mpg, a long motorway journey though multiple sets roadworks, albeit the traffic flowing well at around the 50mph mark. Never came near that figure again.

The worst I ever had was when I was doing some enthusiastic spectating on the Tour of Mull Rally. The the mpg dropped down to about 16-17.

crofty

[QUOTE=Brit_in_Japan]I used to have a SEAT Leon Cupra with the same engine, (does the Golf have a 6sp box too?).

Yes its got the 6speed box

Wish

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Not car number 11 (BLACK) or car number 510 (red) is it ?

If so its my old one !

Great cars.

crofty

No its reflex silver no 1480 love mine to , I think a trip to AMD is on the cards very soon s*d the mpg !

asifR1

should have opted for the TDi version like me

i get a min of 40mpg, even with a heavy right foot !!!

and 50 upwards if i granny drive...........