khurrado 0 Posted February 9, 2007 I used to get 15-18 mpg in my old corrado. And you are concerned about 25. lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dnac 0 Posted February 9, 2007 I used to get 15-18 mpg in my old corrado. And you are concerned about 25. lol I would expect to get 15 to 18 if i was thrashing it all the time, but its just returned 54 miles from the last £10 worth, and that is just normal driving to work, 7 miles each way, my 1.8T passat does 30 mpg doing the same trip, and thats got aircon!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted February 9, 2007 Given the cost of the GSF one i'd definately get the VW part as its not much much more.. and probably less likely to be a duffer! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khurrado 0 Posted February 9, 2007 dnac, i dont know how to drive any other way.lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuggit 0 Posted February 9, 2007 If it helps, I used to avg 22-23 in my VR... does sound a bit bad, from similar VW's, I'd be expecting 30-odd... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonedef 9 Posted February 9, 2007 Everyone has the choice of which car they drive don't they? I don't give a flying f**k how many miles I get to a gallon of VPower, I buy it, I burn it, I buy some more. You want economy, buy a TDi. You want a Corrado, live with it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted February 9, 2007 At the end of the day I agree that the Corrado is a performance coupe, but a wheezy old 2.0 16v engine struggling to get better overall MPG than a 2.9l V6 is something to investigate and get fixed. Its not just "the way it is". If a sensor or something is off somewhere then it'd be nice to sort it. I enjoy spending money on my car to improve it, but would prefer not to pi$$ it away on petrol when I don't need to! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonedef 9 Posted February 9, 2007 The only time I ever saw more than 30s from the VR was following my mate down the motorway in his wife's Micra so we had to drive slow! Normally the best is 26/27 and daily use returns 23/24. It's just one of those things I guess. The S3 is pretty much the same too, 27 seems to be a good number, I reckon to use between 30 and 40 gallons of VPower a week! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eatthis 0 Posted February 9, 2007 The only time I ever saw more than 30s from the VR was following my mate down the motorway in his wife's Micra so we had to drive slow! Normally the best is 26/27 and daily use returns 23/24. It's just one of those things I guess. The S3 is pretty much the same too, 27 seems to be a good number, I reckon to use between 30 and 40 gallons of VPower a week! 1000 miles a week????? jesus wept :shock: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VeeDub Geezer 0 Posted February 10, 2007 ive seen 42mpg from Jade's '92 2.0 16v on the Aylesbury -> Southampton trip normally see anywhere between 18-25 on the trip to work (2 miles so not even warmed up!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrentSC 0 Posted April 30, 2007 A colleague sent me an email from Oz last week saying that he'd read of people putting Acetone into their fuel tanks to significantly increase the fuel economy and improve performance. Since this stuff is highly volatile, and since he can't remember where he read it, I'm loathe to try it myself... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyman9000 0 Posted April 30, 2007 I averaged 37ish mpg last weekend, with 41mpg being the highest, thats after my engine rebuild though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubcharger 0 Posted April 30, 2007 I wouldnt take what the mfa says as gospel,my valver's mfa says its doing less mpg than my old vr but i know for a fact it isnt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites