New Leon owner :)

[SeanyK]

Hey folks, picked up my Leon last night! It's a 2006 Stylance 2.0 FSI

Low miles, good condition! Enjoying it, I would have liked the FR or even Cupra but I couldn't justify the expense at the moment due to flat move etc!

Although slightly worried already...

As the Average mpg is showing 32.4mpg - this was after driving for 40 minutes at a constant speed of 70!

It was taking ages to go from 24mpg, 26mpg etc!

This morning on the way to work, which is a mix of A and B roads, I saw 27mpg by the end of my 25 minute journey :/

This is from granny style driving as well...

My only thought is it must be due to the cold weather at the moment? (-2 , -3 was showing on the outside temp sensor).

Orrrrrrrrrrr have I made a big mistake buying the 2L FSi and thinking I can get 30-35mpg

 

[mk4 cupra]

I don't own one but from what I have heard from other people on this site they ain't very good on fuel but I drive a tdi so I wouldn't know the true figures they achieve.

 

[shnazzle]

As spoken about many a times...
I've got the a late 2007 2.0 TFSI.
I CAN get 30+ mpg over longer motorway journeys. Realistically I'm looking at a max of about 27 (see my Fuelly average below ). But that's because I like to have a bit fun too (responsibly).
Irresponsible fun leads to 20-24mpg.
Totally ragging it has gotten me as low as 17mpg.

 

[SeanyK]

Strange - I had a MK5 Golf GTi which was a 2.0 T FSI and it was DSG so even worse fuel than a manual as autos suck with mpg, yet I generally got 32-35mpg.

Admittedly that was in the summer though.

I'd have thought the 2L FSI (it's not the turbo version) should match at least OR better that).

I won't really know until I see how many miles I get to a full tank, so far it is on 3/4 and I have done 120 miles.

 

[betty_swollox]

Strange - I had a MK5 Golf GTi which was a 2.0 T FSI and it was DSG so even worse fuel than a manual as autos suck with mpg, yet I generally got 32-35mpg.
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Pretty sure automatics are ten times better on fuel as they will always select the best gear?

 

[mk4 cupra]

Pretty sure automatics are ten times better on fuel as they will always select the best gear?

Autos are generally better on fuel due to the don't out rev there fuel ranage

 

[betty_swollox]

Autos are generally better on fuel due to the don't out rev there fuel ranage

Cheers

 

[MrFwibble]

Getting 32-33mpg on my 56' TFSI with good behaviour

 

[cheungy]

so you have the 2 N/A FSI Engine and not TFSI right...

 

[SeanyK]

Auto's are not better on fuel... Trust me!

Yeah it's the 2 N/A FSI (Manual) and so far I have got better mpg from a 2l TFSI (Golf MK5) and a MK4 1.8T (and several Ibiza Cupra's i've owned in the past have all been higher mpg!)

 

[G.P]

Auto's are not better on fuel... Trust me!

True, but they will be as they add more gears to them, Land Rover now have an 8 speed. . .

 

[FSiLeonMike]

..........Although slightly worried already...

As the Average mpg is showing 32.4mpg - this was after driving for 40 minutes at a constant speed of 70!

It was taking ages to go from 24mpg, 26mpg etc!

This morning on the way to work, which is a mix of A and B roads, I saw 27mpg by the end of my 25 minute journey :/

This is from granny style driving as well...

My only thought is it must be due to the cold weather at the moment? (-2 , -3 was showing on the outside temp sensor).

Orrrrrrrrrrr have I made a big mistake buying the 2L FSi and thinking I can get 30-35mpg

I have a 2.0FSi Reference Sport

I can say that on an A/B road drive, I have at times acheived 38-40mpg (usually on my way to work)

I regularly return 34-35mpg

However, I also have 22-25mpg days, when I stick my foot down a bit, (contrary to popular belief, keep this engine revving, say between 3,500 amd 5,000rpm, and it can pull pretty well)

 

[jimbo_h]

SeanyK, might be a silly qstn but why didn't u get a diesel?

 

[SeanyK]

I couldn't stretch to the price of a FR TDi - I also had a MK4 Ibiza Cupra TDI and it was the worst car I have ever owned - it was a noisy, rattly engine and drove like a tank. So that 1.9 engine was out of the question for me.
I also only got about 20-40 miles more than I did from the Petrol Cupra MK4 which was years apart in comfort!

So if I had to get the diesel it would have been the CR 2.0 version but that was out of my price range.

I don't mind if it's 32-35mpg, but I was just saying that when I see 26-28mpg on the MFD it didn't seem right... I guess I won't really know until I see how many miles I get to the tank, as the display could be wrong or slow to update.

I know if I went out now, and turned the car on and went for a drive, it would start at average 18mpg, then slowly creep up, and it wouldn't be for at least 15 minutes before I saw 30mpg and that's driving at a gentle constant speed.

I got it for a good price though and it's still low on miles (19k for a 2006) so probably still loosening up!

 

[jimbo_h]

Fair enough, maybe when it warms up a bit you'll get an economy improvement

 

[alwaysinfront]

im pretty sure if you ask buzz he will tell ya he getting 70 mpg

 

[/dev/null]

Either that or 70 miles per second.

 

[vincent5525]

Cant we go one thread without mentioning buzz's warp speed diesel, or a non FR with mud flaps?

 

[alwaysinfront]

we can mate but but i still piss myself laughin wen i read it

 

[SeanyK]

Ok well it wasn't as bad as I thought, I think the trip meter is a bit slow to update!

Basically I got 350 miles, before I decided to fill up, and that was 50 litres so Im guesing about 31mpg overall.