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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Who knew what Volkswagen was doing?
Posted by: Richard Jennings
Date/Time: 23/09/15 10:34:00

"I found that if I drove it really carefully, no rapid acceleration or hard braking etc, then I might, just might get 20mpg.Driving normally around town would get about 18mpg."

Were those figures taken from the trip computer?  On my Skoda Octavia (2-litre diesel), my average consumption (measured by miles run divided by total diesel bought) is about 44 mpg.  But if I set the computer to record the performance since the last fill-up, the mpg figures average about 54 mpg.  In other words, be wary of relying on what the computer tells you about fuel consumption.


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