ibiza 1.6 tdi cr- mpg!!1

[stu_m]

I have a 1.2tsi and the fuel economy at above 60 drops a fair amount!

If I drive at motorway speeds I can be lucky if I see 48mpg

if I drop my speed a little then it gets closer to 55 - 58 mpg!!

maybe its the lack of 6th gear!

maybe the TDI is the same

 

[gaffer1986]

5th gear on the Ibiza is plenty high enough. Only 2000 rpm at 70mph, a lot of 6th gears don't drop the revs that much. I've had one at 1900 rpm but that's been the lowest.

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[stu_m]

5th gear on the Ibiza is plenty high enough. Only 2000 rpm at 70mph, a lot of 6th gears don't drop the revs that much. I've had one at 1900 rpm but that's been the lowest.

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Depends on the engine!

Mine revs at 2700 in 5th at 70

My audi a4 diesel was at 1400 rpm at 70 in 5th

 

[hilly81]

They're not very good, I owned one for 4 years and did 70k averaging 42mpg, I was glad when I traded it in for my much faster Leon FR 1.4 tsi which averages 35mpg doing the same driving, done 44,000 miles in this so far over 18 months. It doesn't matter what sort of driving you do, the dpf will still fill up and won't clear itself till 45% full. It managed to clear itself in all but the worst of traffic i.e. if it started a regen and you were stuck in stop start traffic for 90 mins you'd get the light. But even doing slow 20 - 30 mph speeds it would regen itself but would take over an hour. If regen started on the motorway it wouldn't take no more than 15-20 mins.

You may want to Google active and passive regeneration if you don't already know, but whatever you do don't take it down the motorway thinking you're clearing the dpf because that's not how it works. The dpf fills up and when it reaches 45% it will then clear itself, it will clear itself by either regenerating passively at speeds above 40 mph ~ or regen actively below 40 mph ~.

If you take it down the motorway and the dpf is below 45% full you will be filling it up and not helping yourself.

They're not very good is a bit of a sweeping statement! I have a 1.6Tdi Toledo and average a smudge under 60MPG in a bigger car. I don't crawl around at a snails pace but don't hoon around like a bell end either. Cracking little engine.

 

[gaffer1986]

Funny you say that because I had a Toledo for a day and found it very economical. But it felt very different to the Ibiza, throttle response was far better and it gave far less engine braking. My Ibiza was a 10 plate and the Toledo was a 64 plate. I'd say they revised the engine somewhat.

What age is your Ibiza? When I first got mine it used to shake itself silly during active regen until they bought a software update out 13 months into ownership!

 

[hilly81]

Funny you say that because I had a Toledo for a day and found it very economical. But it felt very different to the Ibiza, throttle response was far better and it gave far less engine braking. My Ibiza was a 10 plate and the Toledo was a 64 plate. I'd say they revised the engine somewhat.

What age is your Ibiza? When I first got mine it used to shake itself silly during active regen until they bought a software update out 13 months into ownership!

My Toledo is a 62 plate and to be honest I love it! I have also never noticed a regen in 18 months.

 

[gaffer1986]

Do you do mainly motorway miles?

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[hilly81]

Do you do mainly motorway miles?

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I would say around 50% motorway, 25% A and B roads (50-national speed limit) and 25% in town.

 

[Beachbuggy]

My Cupra R gets 38MPG on my journey to work if I drive nicely. Its only about 9 miles That's running a few mods and a remap. I'm more than happy with that . Almost makes the Ibiza a bad choice for my wife