My Octavia is big but small enough to park/city traffic dispite being an estate. It is manoeuvrable, comfortable, economical to buy service and run.
it's a 1.9 tdi and regularly returns good MPG, the last six weeks (typical motoring for me) i have driven 2121 miles and at fill ups returned 59.43, 60.04, 58.63, 58.31, 59.16, 58.18 MPG but because the fuel flow is computer managed it does sometimes stall when pulling away in second if you don't boot it, I always thought a diesel was all but impossible to stall but computers make that no longer true. Worse though is that the engine is so efficient with fuel that if doesn't get warm in these low temperatures we are experiencing for about 8 miles or a good ten+ minuets. Leaving it ticking over on the drive is no help because the heat doesn't build up on tick over. Makes clearing the windscreen a PIA.
Time to get the moleskins and tweeds out for winter driving.
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Wow, that is some good economy. You must drive like a vicar?
I've just bought my first deisel, brand new Golf, and I'm strugging to get 40 out of it!
Amittedly it is a bit pokey and I have a heavy right foot but I'm really hoping it is going to improve.
Get's warm quickly though
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Oh and don't set off in 2nd, in fact don't "labour" it in general, it's a sure fire way to knacker the DMF and that's a costly repair you don't want.
As for getting warm, use the money you've saved on fuel to by yourself a spanky new bobble hat
@dindude. You'll probably get better mpg when it's got a few thousand miles on it. Mine's got 6k under its belt now and I got 42 mpg on a recent run. That's from a big ol' lump of car with a 3 litre V6.
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
It really doesn't make anywhere near as much difference to the journey time as you think, either.
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Wish it had heated seats tho.
I could get better economy, but my inner Stig won't let me