RE: mileage

dee · Post by **dee** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:21 pm

I wanted to ask what the average mileage you get with a 1.2s (55bhp) 2002 polo. Could any one give stats for motorway, urban and local road MPG. Could you also tell me how big a VW polo fuel tank is as I am trying to do the calculations of MPG manually.

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:46 pm

The tanks are 45 Litres I think. Although even running to almost empty I've never been able to fill more than 39/40 litres.

These taken from the VW Website for the 55bhp

Fuel Consumption
Urban 35.8mpg - 7.9l/100km
Extra-urban 58.9mpg - 4.8l/100km
Combined 47.1mpg - 6.0l/100km

On my car (FSI) the stats on the website are spot on.

James.

tim · Post by **tim** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:56 am

hi, i get 314 miles out of a full tank in my 55brake 9n, is this any good? We used to have a polo GTi and it used way less fuel, i presume this is because u hav to red line the 1.2 in every gear to get it to move!!

Ratty2 · Post by **Ratty2** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 1:17 pm

Yeah, that's about right tim.

I do mostly town driving, which resulted in about 300 miles to the tank in my old 55bhp, and about the same in my current 65bhp.

n3oNx · Post by **n3oNx** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 4:39 pm

With my 65bhp I do an average of 8.5L/100km in urban roads

Babe RuthLess · Post by **Babe RuthLess** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:08 pm

I only manage 28.4 MPG (urban) with my 1.6 Polo and a light left foot.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:28 am

dont u mean right foot?

Babe RuthLess · Post by **Babe RuthLess** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:31 pm

Ooops... RIGHT foot.

Hehe

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:45 pm

I still use left or right foot on the brake, depending on which one is less busy. It's a habit my driving instructor tried to get me out of but that was 7 years ago!

James.

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:32 pm

Left foot braking = rally stylee