lupogini Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hi fellow 1.0 ownersManaged 270 off a tank which I was pretty pleased with.....46mpg ishUsually do about 240 mixed driving with lots of short hilly trips.Anybody manage any more / less?Thanks and keep dubbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 45MPG is what Cardaft usually acheives with his 1.0L so it sounds good to me!Although I can manage 50MPG in my Sport which is probably down to the fact that I don't have to press the throttle as much as you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenwba Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 recently done 225 on 3/4 of a tank on the motorway spent most the time at 80 aswel so was well pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hiya, Yeah as Nick said, my 1.0 can do about 45MPG with mixed driving (motorway/town) But atm its confined to the town and my mums driving - it does about 40MPG. Although it does get the ocassional out of town run to keep it tiptop!1.0s arnt generally the most economical though, as they do need working to gain acceleration, especially with a few people on board! I find it does great fuel economy at 60, above that and you can watch the fuel gauge drop See HERE for more peoples 1.0 MPG reviews and tips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogini Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hiya, Yeah as Nick said, my 1.0 can do about 45MPG with mixed driving (motorway/town) But atm its confined to the town and my mums driving - it does about 40MPG. Although it does get the ocassional out of town run to keep it tiptop!1.0s arnt generally the most economical though, as they do need working to gain acceleration, especially with a few people on board! I find it does great fuel economy at 60, above that and you can watch the fuel gauge drop See HERE for more peoples 1.0 MPG reviews and tips! Thanks for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mine usually does around 48 mpg but we went on holiday and on the way home it did about 55! was well impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Mine usually does around 48 mpg but we went on holiday and on the way home it did about 55! was well impressed. Now that is cheap motoring!Might give the TDi a rest and use my 1.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Now that is cheap motoring!Might give the TDi a rest and use my 1.0 I know!we had to double check £25 used to fill it up, gone upto almost £30 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niche Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 (edited) I find it does great fuel economy at 60, above that and you can watch the fuel gauge drop I'll double that for you. But I'm paranoid about lorries overtaking. Edited June 27, 2008 by Niche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 (edited) I'll double that for you. But I'm paranoid about lorries overtaking. i think if a lorry is wanting to overtake you could do with speeding up! Have you ever noticed, 1.0s on motorways are usually always speeding along at decent speeds! Ive often seen them in the outside lane overtaking everything They like to go quickly I think my diesel hates going slowly. Ive a little MPG computer gadget in my car, it shows all kinds of things, one of which is the average MPG for each journey. Sitting at 60MPH it was reading 55.6 (i know not great for a TDi, it has its juicey days!) I went to 70 for a while and it went up! to 57.5, then at 80 for a while it went back down to 56.2. So it pays to go faster , sometimes Depends which way the wind is blowing too!BTW, on its good days 65-70MPG is achievable at 70MPH. Ive not found out why/or if there is a reason for it to do worse and better sometimes. Although when it uses more fuel its a tiny bit slower Ive not yet used my little gadget in my 1.0 though. Edited June 27, 2008 by cardaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenwba Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 what gadget is this, wouldnt mind having one myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_lupz Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 I get 100 miles to 1/2 tank in my sport if i drive slow and <80 if i'm not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallsheed Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 The Wife gets at least 47MPG about 260miles on her Loop, lot of town and some dual carriageway (we don't have motorways up here) but when i drive it its not that good!!! Dek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossjohnc Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 I just got 422 miles to a tank, which equalled just under 47mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapur Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 i'm lucky to get about 200 miles from my 1.4 16v (non sport). :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 what gadget is this, wouldnt mind having one myself Its called a scan gauge, heres a couple of pics:If only my average MPG was that good all the time 3L teritory! And this is a few other things it shows:If you press the four side buttons it changes the display next to it, it shows all sorts. It also tell you the real speed, and not what the speedo is reading. It keeps a recored of today and the previouw day, also what you have done on that tank. It also shows your max revs and speed for the same days. You can also either have instant or average MPG. As you can see, it plugs into the Vag port. I want it fitted into the dash a bit better, so for the moment ive just routed the wire up the dash and ive removed the 5 blanking spacers to fit the gauge in. ALthough behind them is four slots, so ive currently bluetacked it onto them! Although im planning to notch the grooves so it sits nice and flush with the rear window demist button. Its a great toy! i'm lucky to get about 200 miles from my 1.4 16v (non sport). :-(Thats really bad! How do you drive it?Id get that looked at, even most GTi owners get 200 miles from a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luppie70 Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 I know!we had to double check £25 used to fill it up, gone upto almost £30 now I know what you mean Amber. I have just been to fill mine up today and cost me £30.41 to fill her up. I remember when I first got her and it cost me about £20 to fill her upI can usually get about 240-250 miles from a full tank all town driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt~black Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 Now that is cheap motoring!Might give the TDi a rest and use my 1.0 my mum gets 55 from her tdi polo and she stop starts all day you should be doing that and as for 1.0's doing 45 t gallon i can get that from my gti on a run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 my mum gets 55 from her tdi polo and she stop starts all day you should be doing that and as for 1.0's doing 45 t gallon i can get that from my gti on a runThats not bad MPG for a polo in stop start traffic. My average is about 54-58MPG. I do a lot of town driving where it never warms up and i like to use the accelerator out of town. I can see mid 60s without much effort out of town though. I know, 1.0s arnt that economical, im always suprised when i get back in that after my TDI how much it does use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenwba Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 cardaft, love that gadget, and 92MPG how you manage that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschetrimr Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 are there different tank sizes? as ours costs between £35 n £40 to brim it and we get roughly between 340 and 360 miles from that.so by my reckoning thats approx 47 mpg mainly on the motorway at motorway speedsits a 1999 1litre edan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogini Posted June 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 are there different tank sizes? as ours costs between £35 n £40 to brim it and we get roughly between 340 and 360 miles from that.so by my reckoning thats approx 47 mpg mainly on the motorway at motorway speedsits a 1999 1litre edanGood question the beast takes £31 ish max to fill from the light being on....surely it can't be the price of your fuel as your getting loads of miles........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschetrimr Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Good question the beast takes £31 ish max to fill from the light being on....surely it can't be the price of your fuel as your getting loads of miles........ fuel is £1.19 down here ? but theres six litres left in tank when light comes on ,which is just over a gallon so still nearly 50 miles to go once light comes on so that would take your fill up to £36 if completely emptywhich is about the samedan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardaft Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 cardaft, love that gadget, and 92MPG how you manage that lol It was mainly a down hill drive with me resetting the trip on it at the top! With little acceleration then a bit of town work - mainly because it was showing 150MPG and it would have looked a little odd So i drove round for a while!I wish it was that all the time!60-70MPG is usually a good out of town figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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