MPG - My Personal Best!

[sulli]

I averaged 33.6mpg on a 120 mile round trip from Cov to Bedford this week. M1 was busy so cruise at 60, A roads cruise at 50-60. This included a brief play with a GTR
Fuel consumption is better at 60m than 70, and better at 50 than 60.
Average for past 1000 miles is 25 mpg.
AMD custom remap + Milltech, 352 BHP.

[Ian_C]

I averaged 33.6mpg on a 120 mile round trip from Cov to Bedford this week.

This a tip?! Remarkable! Know this route well having lived in Bedford all my life and gone to Uni in Coventry.

[sulli]

I averaged 33.6mpg on a 120 mile round trip from Cov to Bedford this week.

This a tip?! Remarkable! Know this route well having lived in Bedford all my life and gone to Uni in Coventry.

No, manual.

[richmcveigh]

I averaged 33.6mpg on a 120 mile round trip from Cov to Bedford this week. M1 was busy so cruise at 60, A roads cruise at 50-60. This included a brief play with a GTR
Fuel consumption is better at 60m than 70, and better at 50 than 60.
Average for past 1000 miles is 25 mpg.
AMD custom remap + Milltech, 352 BHP.

Yes, mine has the AMD remap and the millteks as well. Will have to beat 33.6 now!! Haha - S4 drivers seeing how slow they can go...

[sulli]

now it's either me, the economy or driving an S4 that is turning me into an economy freak

[gottanS]

Can't believe you got 33mpg out of a non-FSI engine, sounds like your DIS is not right. Have you tried filling the tank and and recording the miles to confirm the DIS reading is reasonably accurate, best I get is around 275miles from a tank which is around 22mpg in mixed motoring based on fill ups and mileage.

[Ian_C]

Can't believe you got 33mpg out of a non-FSI engine, sounds like your DIS is not right. Have you tried filling the tank and and recording the miles to confirm the DIS reading is reasonably accurate, best I get is around 275miles from a tank which is around 22mpg in mixed motoring based on fill ups and mileage.

I agree that the DIS lies, but 275 miles is 22 mpg? You wish!! Sorry to break the news:

The tank is 66 litres which is 14.537 gallons. 22 mpg would be a range of 320 miles. Working backwards, 275 miles would be an economy of 18.9 mpg. My best ever distance on the trip was 328.3 (photo to prove!!) and I managed to squeeze in 65.5 litres, works out at 22.75 mpg.

[gottanS]

I never run the tank to completely empty i.e. when the car complains it's hungry so I usually get 56-57 litres in for a fill up and for 275 miles that equates to around 22mpg. Getting 33mpg must have been a horribly frustrating experience for the car , if you're after economy buy a prius..

[sulli]

Can't believe you got 33mpg out of a non-FSI engine, sounds like your DIS is not right. Have you tried filling the tank and and recording the miles to confirm the DIS reading is reasonably accurate, best I get is around 275miles from a tank which is around 22mpg in mixed motoring based on fill ups and mileage.

I agree that the DIS lies, but 275 miles is 22 mpg? You wish!! Sorry to break the news:

The tank is 66 litres which is 14.537 gallons. 22 mpg would be a range of 320 miles. Working backwards, 275 miles would be an economy of 18.9 mpg. My best ever distance on the trip was 328.3 (photo to prove!!) and I managed to squeeze in 65.5 litres, works out at 22.75 mpg.

I have managed 30mpg+ on the computer a few times. I also verify this on fill up by seeing how many litres it takes, converting to gallons and seeing how many I did from last fill up - that verifies my computer which I think is accurate. For example I filled up tonight with a range of 60 miles left, put in 50 litres to fill it up and I had done 275 miles - this equates to exactly 25mpg average for that 275 miles - which was varied driving, plenty of traffic. I have an AMD remap and running over 350BHP as per AMD Essex's rolling road. I believe the remap helps consumption as well as power and it's tuned on the rolling road so matches the car perfectly.

So believe

[goose]

Can't believe you got 33mpg out of a non-FSI engine, sounds like your DIS is not right. Have you tried filling the tank and and recording the miles to confirm the DIS reading is reasonably accurate, best I get is around 275miles from a tank which is around 22mpg in mixed motoring based on fill ups and mileage.

I agree that the DIS lies, but 275 miles is 22 mpg? You wish!! Sorry to break the news:

The tank is 66 litres which is 14.537 gallons. 22 mpg would be a range of 320 miles. Working backwards, 275 miles would be an economy of 18.9 mpg. My best ever distance on the trip was 328.3 (photo to prove!!) and I managed to squeeze in 65.5 litres, works out at 22.75 mpg.

I have managed 30mpg+ on the computer a few times. I also verify this on fill up by seeing how many litres it takes, converting to gallons and seeing how many I did from last fill up - that verifies my computer which I think is accurate. For example I filled up tonight with a range of 60 miles left, put in 50 litres to fill it up and I had done 275 miles - this equates to exactly 25mpg average for that 275 miles - which was varied driving, plenty of traffic. I have an AMD remap and running over 350BHP as per AMD Essex's rolling road. I believe the remap helps consumption as well as power and it's tuned on the rolling road so matches the car perfectly.

So believe

Right that's it.. come pay day i'm telling the fiance that i'm getting the car re-mapped to improve MPG lol!!!

goose

[DJSF1966]

I can only say that I'm impressed (and depressed!) by some of the figures quoted above...

In 4 years of ownership my B6 S4 does 200 miles in the summer on approx 55/56 litres (I fill up shortly after the warning light comes on, which is usually at 30 miles range left), and 180 miles in the winter (Climate Control on) - that's 17mpg and 15mpg. The "long term" DIS reading is 17.8mpg, which I've not reset since I got the car.

While the majority is city driving, an 80 mile weekend round trip can increase the range to 210/220 miles, and the long term MPG is impacted by a few track days (which may be offset by a couple of long motoring holidays...).

Nevertheless, it's probably true that if you have to ask the price.... And every mile is a pleasure with the lovely V8 rumble!

[rich_5259]

Burnley to Coventry on Thursday evening, managed to miss all the usual delays and did take the toll road to avoid Brum at 5.30pm - exactly 2 hours (the warning flashed up as i was in the roundabout above Jnt2 of the M6) to cover 134 miles and i saw 27.2 on the DIS (it had been 27.5 at one point)

[Ian_C]

Thats pretty good. Yours is a tip - do you tend to knock it left into manual mode to 'lock' it in top on the motorway, stop it downshifting etc?

[rich_5259]

Thats pretty good. Yours is a tip - do you tend to knock it left into manual mode to 'lock' it in top on the motorway, stop it downshifting etc?

I hadn't thought of that, I'll give it a try and see what happens

[linkman72]

I dont understand how you all get such dismal fuel economy either, do you have any self control ??

When I bought my S4 the seller told me his missus could get near 40mpg on a good run ( bearing in mind the engine needs to heat up properly and that probably takes 15 - 20 mins of driving anyway ), I laughed a bit and apologised to him but I thought it was just patter, however on my 200 mile trip home I averaged 35mpg and that was with a few quick squirts when the road cleared.

I reckon I could win this one lads, let me get my dog collar, nervous friend and classical chill out CD and I will see what I can do