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Since we had the car, December 2018 we've done 4,245 miles, it goes on a long trip once in a blue moon. I keep a record of the mileage and how much fuel I use, by necking the fuel and working the MPG to the nearest 0.00 of a gallon. Its a SEL 115 DSG, I'm not a speed merchant, and neither is the Mrs.
The best I've got is 48.06 MPG, and just lately it's been down to 38.3. Just after that I had to go on a 70 mile round trip, without really stopping. Since then I filled up and since then the fuel gauge has hardly moved though I've done near on 100 miles.
It seems that whether you have a diesel with a DPF or a petrol with what ever, petrol engine cars require a long journey to clear out the filter. People think it's only diesel engines that have filter problems, how wrong they are.
It's all nice to have modern technology, but it does have it's draw backs

And as for all electric cars by 2023 , now the government tell us, just don't cut it. It been estimated that we will require 25 million charging points, that's 4,000 a day starting yesterday!

fletch555 wrote:

Vonbek2004 wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:04 pm
I used to get 40-45 but it's literally just plummeted since Saturday.. i read further in group that some people said about the DBF thing.

I noticed that the exhaust is a lot louder than it used to be, gears are held longer, I.e. car taking the gear change from 3rd to 4th upto nearly 40mph on a flat..

Just sounds like GPF regen, nothing to worry about. Does stop/start also not work...that's another indicator

Hey fletch.
Yeah I worked out it was the regen...after studying the group [emoji3]

Start stopped also stopped working even though it said it was available..

A quick spurt down the dual carriageway in sports mode soon got her back to normal again.. [emoji3][emoji23]

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silverhairs wrote:Since we had the car, December 2018 we've done 4,245 miles, it goes on a long trip once in a blue moon. I keep a record of the mileage and how much fuel I use, by necking the fuel and working the MPG to the nearest 0.00 of a gallon. Its a SEL 115 DSG, I'm not a speed merchant, and neither is the Mrs.
The best I've got is 48.06 MPG, and just lately it's been down to 38.3. Just after that I had to go on a 70 mile round trip, without really stopping. Since then I filled up and since then the fuel gauge has hardly moved though I've done near on 100 miles.
It seems that whether you have a diesel with a DPF or a petrol with what ever, petrol engine cars require a long journey to clear out the filter. People think it's only diesel engines that have filter problems, how wrong they are.
It's all nice to have modern technology, but it does have it's draw backs

And as for all electric cars by 2023 , now the government tell us, just don't cut it. It been estimated that we will require 25 million charging points, that's 4,000 a day starting yesterday!

From what I was reading VW petrols never used to have a GBF thing it's all to do with lower emissions etc, I get we need to be greener but all this modern technology and filters and regen modes blah blah is taking the real fun out of owning a car...

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