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The R32 fuel mileage thread!

RobbDizzle

Ambalamps Dispatcher
Location
Crystal Lake/Elgin, IL
Car(s)
07 VW GTI 5-door
After looking through the entire R32 forum (all whopping 6 pages of it :biggrin: ) and not finding any difinitive answer about fuel economy, I decided to start a thread.

EPA rates the R32 at 18/23, with range estimates from 261-333 miles pe tank. Now the question is, what kind of numbers are you guys getting? In the interest of consistency, it would be best to post either MFD average mileage readout, or your miles per tank experience.

Let the info begin! :biggrin:
 

JimmyT

Redneck Engineer
Location
Left Side
Car(s)
2011 135i
600 miles on car, 21.8 mpg on third tank of gas. Working on 4th tank right now, MFD shows 25+ MPG, will wait until next fillup for definitive answer. Will be happy if 20-22 in city, 24-25 combined driving... this is about on par with my last VR6 powered GTI (2001).
 

WakeHead

WakeHead
Location
Alexandria, VA
Car(s)
2008 R32 #0146
Here's my info. 21mpg over 3284 miles. Almost all city driving. Still haven't gotten the first oil change done.

Totals
Gallons Miles MPG
156.03 3,284 21.05
 

SR32

Ready to race!
Location
St Kilda, Melbourne
Car(s)
MY08 R32 5Dr 6Spd
From an Aussie perspective (L/100k's) I am averaging 14.6L/100.

I guess you have to take into account the fact I only have 100 k's on board though :wink:
 

Da Argentinean

Ready to race!
Location
Houston/College Station
Car(s)
135i
18-20 mpg with almost 6000 miles... mostly city....drive for less than 5 miles on highways per driving day... when having fun driving with the transmission on manual 16-18 mpg ....14-15 mpg sometimes even lower when having too much fun :thumbup:
 

JohnHS

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Arkansas
I had to drive on a two lane road for about 140 miles today with traffic and never got above 60 except for when I got the chance to pass a couple cars. First time I've seen my R32 get over 27 MPG. I think 27.8 actually.

I'm getting about 20 in town and 25 on the highway typically. 23 on the highway if I go 80.
 

isdereks

Ready to race!
Location
Seattle
Getting roughly 15.9 mpg with mixed automatic cruising and hard manual driving. At this point my mileage is worse than my previous SUV so I try and forget about it.
 
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