trekbiker
Registered User
Hi folks,
I've just bought a fully loaded Black Edition Monsoon Grey 177bhp Quattro Avant at the weekend. Having had a B6 19.tdi quattro many years ago, a 2.5 tdi also in the past and more rec ently a 143bhp B7 S line, i had thought that the economy would smash alll these out of the park. it hasn't.
So far, i've done a 90 mile round trip on single carriageway A and B roads, it returned 42. I 'had it' a bit, but most of the time was resrticted due to being stuck behind things.
i drove a 5 mile round trip to Tesco yesterday and got 38. Didnt floor it once.
I've yet to taker kit on a motorway run. a friend of mine has a FWD 177 Avant Black edition, he regularly gets 50+, our driving styles are similar. A few years ago i had one of the original B8 3.0 tdi's, it had 100k on the clock after 3 years, but regularly returned 44 mpg.
Am i missing something? Should i get it checked out? would running diesel injector cleaner through a tankful possibly help of is low 40s the best i can expect? It must surely be better on fuel than a 6 pot B8 saloon if driven the same? Confused!!
Thanks,
Martin
I've just bought a fully loaded Black Edition Monsoon Grey 177bhp Quattro Avant at the weekend. Having had a B6 19.tdi quattro many years ago, a 2.5 tdi also in the past and more rec ently a 143bhp B7 S line, i had thought that the economy would smash alll these out of the park. it hasn't.
So far, i've done a 90 mile round trip on single carriageway A and B roads, it returned 42. I 'had it' a bit, but most of the time was resrticted due to being stuck behind things.
i drove a 5 mile round trip to Tesco yesterday and got 38. Didnt floor it once.
I've yet to taker kit on a motorway run. a friend of mine has a FWD 177 Avant Black edition, he regularly gets 50+, our driving styles are similar. A few years ago i had one of the original B8 3.0 tdi's, it had 100k on the clock after 3 years, but regularly returned 44 mpg.
Am i missing something? Should i get it checked out? would running diesel injector cleaner through a tankful possibly help of is low 40s the best i can expect? It must surely be better on fuel than a 6 pot B8 saloon if driven the same? Confused!!
Thanks,
Martin
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