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on BP Ulitmate my tank took £51.51 the other day.
that was running very low to the point of the tank not being about to take anymore.

i drive economical (most of the time. its to much of a car to drive like it 100%of the time ) and can get quite a bit out of my fuel
..tho i do live on hills. so i tend to be able to make most of my journeys to work by barely even accelerating lol
im not really overly bothered by fuel and stuff. i agree with whats said above lol. i love my GTI so its worth it
tho i go thru the exact same amount of money on fuel doing the same journeys as with my 1.4 16v SE

So anybody else managed this on a tank (95 RON)?



And still no reserve light on! Couldnt believe it myself either hence the pic.... Wanted to push it further but I was in Holland at the time, so I didnt think running dry would be a good call lol.

No way thats an achievement dude! driving economically?

Haha, thanks. Yea taking it pretty easy. Got me from Devon to Holland and around a bit. A mix of not knowing the speed limit and not wanting a ticket resulted in that. I recon it had another 30 miles in it or so, if I had risked it!

Also, I would like to point out petrol was nearly £1.60 a litre, so I had to make it last!

Very Impressive mate

Not seen anybody get that before but I have heard its achievable and you have proved it.

I've been keeping track of my fuel usage (on my iphone) since I got my GTI last year.

My most economical drive ever was 43.52 MPG! Basically drove for 6 hours across England on motorways, mostly downhill. My least economical was 35MPG going the other way mostly uphill. My fuel light normally comes on around 330-350 miles.

The commute to work gets me about 40MPG if I'm sensible, especially after I got a new gearbox and serviced the car.

How many rev's does everyone's GTI run at when cruising at 70 and 80? Mine's about 2700@70 and 3100@80. Could swear it was a lot higher and more responsive on the previous gearbox but could just be my imagination as the car was out of action for a lot of the summer.

At 80 mine is just a shade under 4000. Still on the original box.

at 65mph mine is dead on 3k

I just got 402 miles from a full tank of juice in mine using sainsburys super unleaded 97 RON