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I've manage to get 52 MPG on a drive to work earlier in the week.

Around a 30 mile drive, 40 mins, mainly A roads.

Very please with that, i expect it to get better after i've put a few miles on it too!

martinp wrote:I've manage to get 52 MPG on a drive to work earlier in the week.

Around a 30 mile drive, 40 mins, mainly A roads.

Very please with that, i expect it to get better after i've put a few miles on it too!

That's excellent. Best I've got so far is about 43.5 on a mix of town, motorways at around 72 mph plus some average speed camera stretches. Long-term average is 35.9 mpg, with the majority of that on motorways. Around town, if driving sensibly, with the odd bit of rapid acceleration thrown in, I can get between 30 - 36 mpg. Not paying attention it can drop to 28 for short runs in traffic.

Personally I think that is superb economy for such a pleasurable little car to drive.

Some really long waits here for the GTI. I ordered mid May and arrives at the dealer early next week. That's manual box in 3 door.
Can't wait to get my hands on it now, but will still wait till September for new plates

Has any one done any mod's yet to there gti's .. Lowered , exhaust system or anything???

I'd love to get my exhaust done when I get it but it'll void the warranty I really wish VW did what Vauxhall did with the corsa VXR, the exhaust on that thing is 1 decibel off the legal limit

Only voids the warranty on the exhaust [emoji6] VWR does some nice things [emoji106]

i'm going to wait a year for any faults to be sorted under warranty

i have noticed that vw use the same intercooler as the 6r gti so the forge one fits so that would be my first mod

Modifications aren't really a problem, VW aren't bothered when it comes to warranty e.g. if you've fitted lowering springs, aftermarket exhaust etc at the end of the day they are all bolt on bits that can easily be changed, i've had warranty work done previously on cars with modifications e.g. remap, exhaust etc.

Gaz W wrote:Modifications aren't really a problem, VW aren't bothered when it comes to warranty e.g. if you've fitted lowering springs, aftermarket exhaust etc at the end of the day they are all bolt on bits that can easily be changed, i've had warranty work done previously on cars with modifications e.g. remap, exhaust etc.

i had vw tighten up the bolts that held my miltek to the turbo on my 9n3 for free so i know where your coming from

but they might start looking if you turn up with a blown turbo or gearbox.

Hi all, You can see a couple of pics of my GTI in my Flickr.
My Polo:
Silver grey
3dr
Pano roof
manual

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54106344@N07

Pick mine up tomorrow. Can't explain how excited I am! Got a 2 hour drive home with her then first thing I'll be doing is getting some pics on here.

Franklinavfc888 wrote:Pick mine up tomorrow. Can't explain how excited I am! Got a 2 hour drive home with her then first thing I'll be doing is getting some pics on here.

They are amazing cars - I'm still smiling every time I get in mine! It's like having an amazing toy to play with that's really at home in the City. Small, nimble, quick, economical, comfortable, luxurious... What's not to like?

PiliPolo wrote:Hi all, You can see a couple of pics of my GTI in my Flickr.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54106344@N07

Nice pictures (not just the Polo!)

I need to try and stop reading about / watching videos of this car, got ages to wait for mine and I'm trying to forget about it until it gets closer

I did have a dream about it the other day though, and when I woke up I'd got an e-mail saying the VW delivery tracker had updated!

duffman wrote:I need to try and stop reading about / watching videos of this car, got ages to wait for mine and I'm trying to forget about it until it gets closer

Hah, I know your pain, bro. It's exactly the same for me, but somehow I cannot get rid off the Polo desktop wallpapers at home and work Mid October is so far away...

I'm finding that I prefer the LED headlights at night over the previous 6r xenon. Appear to give a more daylight looking spread of light.

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