what REAL mpg are people getting on the 110 TSI cars?

mdaw1985

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Aug 3, 2008
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St.Leonards, East Sussex
Handling when it comes to my wife wont matter a lot but is nice to have when i come to use it. The different tyres i didnt realise would make such a difference on those cars. On my exeo i dont notice much at all on my 18 inch wheels. I dont really get why they fit such large alloys on a vehicle thats meant to be cheap to run as they would make tyres quite expensive up at 17"?
 

camelspyyder

2 SEAT-er
Jun 26, 2014
1,305
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The arches are huge. It looks silly on 15s for sure. All the PR photos online and in brochures are photo-shopped to make the arches look packed with fat wheels but the reality isn't so.

The arch gaps belong on a 4x4 - getting rid of that alone would make the 30mm drop worth having.
 

Smileyman

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Aug 9, 2017
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5
Brim to brim I'm now showing 47.7 mpg on my mileage log (38,000 miles). My daily commute is 37 miles each way, mixture of fast motorway, A road cross country driving and urban driving. Many of fill ups show over 50mpg, it changes with (probably) weather and traffic on different days. Also includes 4 months over winter with 15" CrossClimate tyres, these do show a better MPG than the 17" factory fit, however I have not adjusted any figures for the different wheel circumference (less than 1% difference). Also not sure how having the sunroof open impacts the MPG. (Yes, an opening sunroof - it's wonderful!!!)
 

Toledo TSI

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Sep 20, 2017
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Brim to brim I'm now showing 47.7 mpg on my mileage log (38,000 miles). My daily commute is 37 miles each way, mixture of fast motorway, A road cross country driving and urban driving. Many of fill ups show over 50mpg, it changes with (probably) weather and traffic on different days. Also includes 4 months over winter with 15" CrossClimate tyres, these do show a better MPG than the 17" factory fit, however I have not adjusted any figures for the different wheel circumference (less than 1% difference). Also not sure how having the sunroof open impacts the MPG. (Yes, an opening sunroof - it's wonderful!!!)
Was the sunroof a factory fit or done later?
 

camelspyyder

2 SEAT-er
Jun 26, 2014
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Are these mpg figures ^^^^^ for the 1.2 or the 1.0?

In the 1.0 I'm long term averaging about 51.5 ( in winter weather a bit less, say 49.5). So I'm a bit happier than the first 6 months with it when it wouldn't beat 46.

The thread starter was asking about the 1.2/110, but then he bought a 1.0 because they were so cheap.
 
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