Mileage

[kingkalukan]

So my buddy bought a gti the other day and I went for a ride in his car. Noticed he put his cruise control on around 75-80mph and his mfd was saying around 32-37 mpg and was staying completely steady. I was totally amazed. My vehicle at those speeds only gets 24-27 mpg. I even reset my average today and drove down the freeway with cruise on around 75 and my vehicle only averaged 23 mpg. This is very unacceptable at this point I think and was wondering if there are any common fail points in our car that would cause my mileage to be reduced so drastically. This is a 2.0t fsi dsg gti with apr stage 1.

 

[Midwest Hick]

thats kewl

 

[This is Ryans face]

does he have a MKV or MKVI?

How old is your car? How many miles? Have any supporting mods? Had any trouble with the DV/PCV?

 

[ducsNdubs]

There could be a difference in rolling diameter of the wheels between you and your friends car. Depending on what wheels and tires you are running. So the display value might be off.

 

[kingkalukan]

His is a 2006 mine is a 2008. No supporting mods, how do I tell if the dv is screwed? 24k on his 31k on mine.

 

[Seriouschris]

Were you looking at the same mileage display on both cars? There's two and you can toggle between them with a button on the steering wheel. Also, unless you traveled roughly the same distance at roughly the same speed for the entire comparison it's apples vs/ oranges. Either way, awesome thread.

 

[kingkalukan]

Well to be honest it's the same stretch of land I travel everyday to work. And I would have chalked it up to circumstantial except for the fact that the mileage difference was insanely big.