what mpg?

[metz 0]

just wanted to see what mpg i should be getting in the g60 around town?

 

at the moment in 2nd/3rd gear around town i'm getting between 28.8 - 29.8 mpg

 

Just checking if thats about right...stage 4 charger, chip n 68mm pulley and stainless steel exhaust.

[Walesy 0]

Sounds fine to me, you'd be lucky to get much more out of it!

[dr_mat 0]

Make more difference how long your journeys are and how you drive than how big the pulley and exhaust are mate.

[g60greeny 0]

nevermind the mpg,get a members thread started an get some pics up :D

[skinnyman9000 0]

my valver gets 22ish

[matthewb1985 0]

is that all?

 

by the way did you get your T shirt?

[Talc 0]

my valver gets 22ish

 

must have lead in your boots mate... my VR gets about that....

[Jim 1]

Well i've long thought my valver has a drinking problem.. but I see about 21-24MPG on my 9 mile drive to work. I guess its the stop / start mixture of traffic that does it.

[nocrap 0]

Well i've long thought my valver has a drinking problem.. but I see about 21-24MPG on my 9 mile drive to work. I guess its the stop / start mixture of traffic that does it.

 

Don't worry Jim, mine's got the same drinking problems.......it's the 5 o'clock rust that often gives it away.....

[Walesy 0]

Valvers are terrible on fuel in my experience. I easily get over 30mpg from my G60 every time I go out.

 

If you do a search, you'll find alot of threads with people saying the same :?

[nocrap 0]

Yeah, very very very frequently talked about. When mathematically worked out or when switching my MFA into the test mode it does actually work out at around 30 - 33MPG on motorway driving, which still isn't great...

 

These threads always come back to the same point...don't take the normal MFA readout as the truth, take a note of how many gallons you put in, reset your trip metre and do the maths the next time you fill up...

[Jim Bowen 1]

do you reckon valvers use the same fuel because the engine has to work harder than a vr6 to move the car?

[nocrap 0]

Yeah, the engine has to work a lot harder

[DanVW 0]

Not sure about this.... As my old KR 16v Golf GTi used to have very good MPG much better than my G60, I used to get 550+ miles out of a tank of Optimax, I struggle to get 400 out of my G60 :-(

 

But I still love her! :-)

[nocrap 0]

I struggle to get 350 out of mine.......

[Jim Bowen 1]

G60 i can understand using more fuel as its a small engine burning more fuel to get the performance, whereas a VR just using lots because its so big

 

i would of thought the 16v should get alot better mpg than the others, 22mpg seems rubbish, just get a VR :lol:

[StuartFZR400 0]

lol @ drinking problems. Yep, I get a readout of about 5 to 10mpg while leaving Brum, then hit the motorway and see it rise to a more healthy 28. Then the country roads make it fall again to about 26 ;)

[nocrap 0]

Yeah thats pretty much what mine reads...but then i do have an enormous hole in the exhaust.

[Critical_Mass 10]

Some of you are lucky. My VR does between 21-23 around town and 27-29 on motorway.

 

I struggle to get 250miles out of a full tank of optimax, though i live closer to work then 9 miles and i do do alot of stop/start driving. I do suspect overfuelling though.

[mic_VR 3]

My VR usually works out as about 28-29mpg over a whole tank, although that goes down rapidly if you start being a bit over eager on the old go pedal.

 

But my general experience with all Corrados is don't buy one if you want to save the planet!

[G60SC_Stoney 0]

i used to get around 23 MPG (average) in my G60, but get 28-32 MPG out of my Supercharged VR6 Golf (2.8). even if i hammer the VR when its warm its hard to get it below 25mpg. and thats really hammering it, which i very rarely do....

[ace666 0]

having read this i wish i hadn't as all i seem to do now is look at the mpg and think 26mpg wish it was more .

But with me being in love with my C i guess i will just have to live with it lol

:)

[Jim 1]

Wish I could find out what causes the dire economy on 2.0 16v's... other types of valvers don't seem to suffer as badly! :(

[ace666 0]

could the poor mpg on the 16v 2ltr be down to either the wrong lambard sensor or a worn out one?

[Critical_Mass 10]

"having read this i wish i hadn't as all i seem to do now is look at the mpg and think 26mpg wish it was more ."

 

I dont sit there wishing it would was more. But, i keep looking to see if its going up and try to keep it increasing. (oh err...). Gets really annoying at time, i do it as a habit now.