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Thought i'd share this for any prospective buyers of the 1.2 TSi Polo. I went on a trip with work and before I set off on my way back, I filled up with 42 litres of Shell V-Power. As I was getting paid for the journey and it was my fuel I was burning, I thought i'd take my time and see what economy I can get out of my Polo. The journey was 105 miles of all motorway, to which I maintained a steady 55-58 mph in the slipstream of a HGV. I very rarely took it to more than 1,800 RPM.

I presumed it would hit somewhere around 62 mpg as advertised in the brochure. Just as I left the motorway, I took a photo of my average MPG over my 105 mile journey. Who needs a BlueMotion?

Thats good that
I filled mine up when i bought it and it is showing 299.5 on the trip with 50 miles to re-fill now I do around 14 miles a day round trip doing 30mph then 1 junction of the motorway at 70mph then 50mph on the dual carriageway. Mine is a 1.4 16valve Thought i would have got more distance than that.

CANDYMAN wrote:Thats good that
I filled mine up when i bought it and it is showing 299.5 on the trip with 50 miles to re-fill now I do around 14 miles a day round trip doing 30mph then 1 junction of the motorway at 70mph then 50mph on the dual carriageway. Mine is a 1.4 16valve Thought i would have got more distance than that.

Christ, that's averaging 35 MPG! I was pleasantly surprised though, normal motorway cruising I see it mid 50's. It was a toss up between the 1.6 TDi and the 1.2 TSi when I was buying mine and i'm glad I went for the petrol!

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php try this i expect your be in for a shock you can massage good figures out of a trip computer what range did it predict

as for 35mpg out of a 1.4 sounds about right if your doing short runs i wouldnt expect anything much near 40 on long trips

the best advice i can suggest is the lowest quoted mpg figure will be the closet to real life situations

cool

So much for not using your phone while driving

AJ_7 wrote:Thought i'd share this for any prospective buyers of the 1.2 TSi Polo. I went on a trip with work and before I set off on my way back, I filled up with 42 litres of Shell V-Power. As I was getting paid for the journey and it was my fuel I was burning, I thought i'd take my time and see what economy I can get out of my Polo. The journey was 105 miles of all motorway, to which I maintained a steady 55-58 mph in the slipstream of a HGV. I very rarely took it to more than 1,800 RPM.

I presumed it would hit somewhere around 62 mpg as advertised in the brochure. Just as I left the motorway, I took a photo of my average MPG over my 105 mile journey. Who needs a BlueMotion?

wow wish i got that out of my 1.4 !

That's good news for me then. Got my 1.2 TSI on order for July. I'd be lucky seeing half that from my MK3 8v.

Shady Pioneer wrote:That's good news for me then. Got my 1.2 TSI on order for July. I'd be lucky seeing half that from my MK3 8v.

It's a truly awesome engine. I normally average about 500 miles to a tank and that's tonking down the motorway at 75-80

AJ_7 wrote:

Shady Pioneer wrote:That's good news for me then. Got my 1.2 TSI on order for July. I'd be lucky seeing half that from my MK3 8v.

It's a truly awesome engine. I normally average about 500 miles to a tank and that's tonking down the motorway at 75-80

How many miles has your car done? We are at 3700 now and I am finding on the motorway at a steady 70-75ish it averages 50mpg, around town and b road general driving I get the same.

Your post confirmed what I thought the engine is capable of if driven under those conditions, in the real world it's not quite as high but still impressive for such a small engine.

Hi mate,

Car has done just shy of 17,000 miles now Still drives like new though!