Honest TDI FR Fuel Consumption

[fivetones]

I know this has been discussed before but that was then were less of these things about.

So the FR TDI has been around for a while now so a lot of these things will be run in. I had a disucssion with my girlfriend last night about fuel consumption. I get around 40 MPG average (on the computer) and maybe 43 if I try hard but still keep with the traffic flow. This is in mixed driving including motorway miles, some traffic and A roads.

My girlfriend gets around 34MPG. Which is think is very low and as I haven't driven the car any distance recently leads me to believe something is wrong (Edit: DPF blocked?)

I'd be really interested in hearing what other FR TDI owners are getting (particularly right now in the same weather conditions). It might be nice to hear some figures of the 140 sport cars too.

No showing off now, just honest figures please

 

[loadswine]

I've got a 140 TDi sport Altea with DSG and a remap ( hasn't made any difference to consumption). Okay the Altea is a bit heavier than the Leon, but I struggle to get much more than 30mpg round town. On a run 42-44 is possible, unless I cane it. Fuel computer is miles out, about 6mpg optimistic.
Okay consumption isn't great, but enjoyment is, can't imagine what fuel consumption would be if I had a petrol engine giving the same performance in town with an auto box, driven hard, stop start stylee.
Bottom line is that it does an excellent job.
Btw, what do you mean by " DSG blocked "?

 

[fivetones]

Pre coffee....I meant DPF.

Interesting. I searched the forum and a lot of people claim 45 and some 50. I'm not sure I could get 50 even if I tried very hard.

You're right though I'm just curious about the fuel economy but not obsessed by it. I mean it's a hot hatch. If I'd wanted a _really_ economical car we'd have bought a Prius or somat.

 

[loadswine]

DPF, yep, that makes more sense. I'm not sure how some folks achieve their figures, I guess some cars just give good figures straight out of the box. Mine never has.

 

[BanziBarn]

I avergage 35mpg, mainly in slow traffic, short journeys. Best on a long motorway run is 42mpg. But is the readout really not very accurate? Am I actually doing even worse mpg than is indicated?

 

[MartH]

Can get any where between 35 and 48 but seem to average 43. Makes a lot of difference on how and where you drive it, journeys of less than 10 miles always get sub 40. But on a 40 mile run at steady 70 i get high 40's.

 

[Stuart83]

I got 37.5mpg this morning on my 17 mile trip to work down B-Roads - taking it carefully though. The car's only done 208 miles, so I'm guessing this will get better over time.

 

[Greytop]

Low thirties around town, low forties on a run, A road etc. Motorway run 'legalish' 70 - 80 = 40+ mpg, 'illegalish' 90+ = 30+ mpg

 

[JonTelfer]

I've got an Altea FR TDi and I get around 500 miles from a tank. Usual commute is dual carriageways, bit of M4 and the odd roundabout queue. Tanks looks to be 50 L, quick calc on the phone says ~11 gallons/500 miles = 45 mpg av for a tank.

Car has 11k miles on the clock.

Jon

 

[AshCupra300]

Varies,
to give an ide of a MK1 FR TDI with 10600 miles on the clock, I get around 33mpg out of tank normaly but I do only short journeys without hanging around, did get this upto 43mpg on my last last tank but that included a round trip to Birmingham airport form South Wales, 70mph there and 80mph back so that bumped up the average.

Should get between 45-55mpg at 70mph on all motorway but I hardly use the M Way.

 

[dchbrown]

I've got a Sport 140 with about 16k on it now.

My commute is 16 miles, which is about 3 miles of A roads, 10 miles of Motorway and then 3 miles of stop-start crawling. I get between 40-42mpg.

I do regular motorway runs of about 60 miles and at 70ish get 45mpg but if you cruise at **ahem** 85ish its drops to 40mpg.

Highest ive ever managed is 48mpg on a run up to the Lakes.

 

[dchbrown]

From what ive seen when ive been driving the car about - it does nearly 50mpg if not more at 50-60mph but when the speed picks up to 70 and above it drops off sharply. Like when you slow down for roadworks etc.

Has anyone else noticed this??

 

[Nathanio]

Miles has alot to do with the consumption. Those with cars less than 20000miles seem to get better mileage than those with less than that. I got my car (granted only a 110 TDI non PD) at 52k and averaged 48-50mpg on motorway runs. That has improved to 56-58mpg on the same roads, mileage is now 76k....

It takes at least 40k for a diesel to properly loosen and give better mileage. Just think what the petrol guys must get

One thing you can do to help economy is get a green cotton panel filter and use Millers Diesel Power Plus. Helped no end in getting my economy up. Best i have had is 64.1mpg over 120mile trip from Portsmouth to Essex via A24 and M23 (A24 has a ton of roundabouts)

 

[fivetones]

All this is good info, thanks and keep it coming.

We had an ibiza 130 sport before the leon fr and that was more economical (45-50 all the time from what i remember). In fairness to the leon it is a bigger car with a bigger/different engine and more power.

 

[Moley RUFC]

Mine is always around 42/45, even when going or it. I did notice my wife had the car and it came back on about 30 ish. This was down i'm sure to her gear choice and driving style. i.e. putting it in 1st at round a bouts even if nothing coming or leaving it in 3rd when 4th will do, etc. You can tell i'm not bitter

 

[ALT54]

Having gone from a 140 Altea achieving mid 40's the FR seems to be averaging 39mpg (actual on last tank) used to get 460 ish miles on altea and seem to get 440 on Leon so not bad compromise for the extra performance
Worst average on a journey in FR was 27mpg (Good fun though)

Paul

 

[wurzel]

Not really relevant but I get at least 30mpg on various journeys from my TFSI FR doesn't quite compare to my mk fr 150 but at least after reading this thread I don't feel I made the wrong decision by getting petrol instead of diesel.

 

[CT Aviation]

My FR TDI has just over 2500 miles on the clock and average consumption (measured mileage/fuel used) has been 43 mpg whilst the computer has said 41 mpg. Tonight driving home i was getting a steady 47.5 mpg on the computer, but then there was no traffic on a nice b road and my foot slipped and it dropped to 43. At least it gave the ESP something to do over a small bridge (thank god I have the Koni's fitted now.

Chris

 

[OLDOILER]

I know this has been discussed before but that was then were less of these things about.

So the FR TDI has been around for a while now so a lot of these things will be run in. I had a disucssion with my girlfriend last night about fuel consumption. I get around 40 MPG average (on the computer) and maybe 43 if I try hard but still keep with the traffic flow. This is in mixed driving including motorway miles, some traffic and A roads.

My girlfriend gets around 34MPG. Which is think is very low and as I haven't driven the car any distance recently leads me to believe something is wrong (Edit: DPF blocked?)

I'd be really interested in hearing what other FR TDI owners are getting (particularly right now in the same weather conditions). It might be nice to hear some figures of the 140 sport cars too.

No showing off now, just honest figures please

4.5k on the clock av 40mpg at 70/100 on a 22ml ea way trip not too bad but much heavier than my old chipped 130 sport at similar speeds and distances.

Since I last posted, the fuel comsumption as been up and down best 41 worst 34 - wonder if its to do with burn off within the DPF or do we have a diesel supply problem?? my supplier is Shell so it should be OK. ...............

 

[Nomag]

56 FR TDI, 8k up, I have averaged 39.5mpg according to the computer over that distance - mixed urban/dual carriageway/motorway (daily commute 35 miles).

I started off keeping accurate paper records but found the fuel computer was only 0.5mpg out for the first 3k miles so gave up on that.

I was disappointed initally with the consumption, coming from a 110 TDi Toledo which always gave 45mpg+ and 50mpg in daily driving. However, it is easy to forget just how much more performance the Leon gives, how usable that performance is, and how difficult it is to drive the Leon slowly! I find my cruising speed on dual carriageway has crept from 80 in the Toledo to 90 in the Leon...

I've tried things like turning the Air con off, but it makes little difference, so I just accept the fuel consumption, and that i'll never get the 47 combined Seat say I will (best I've had is 44 on a gentle run). After all, 39mpg for the performance is a pretty good trade off - I'd get less than 30 for sure from a TFSI!