Hi,

Personally I never understand why people get such low figures unless it's down to town/suburban driving as I've found with my Mk2 and Mk3 is that's when it drinks the juice, far more so than a 2.0 tfsi.

I've had my TTS for a year now, done 6000 miles and the long term average is 34. Like you, I ran the car in as per book but since then have enjoyed its performance. Most of the trips I do are 30-60 miles duration with little hold ups and little suburban work so maybe that's it? I don't think it's ever dropped below 31mpg but then never gone above 35mpg however careful you are.

Rapid acceleration kills the figures. You can drive at motorway speeds but attain them gradually if you want to save fuel. Blasting up to 70 (or more) soon drops them. Ok you didn't by a TTS to pussy foot around but there's no point in taking off like a bullet to slam the brakes on a few yards later

I've also tried all the modes which don't differ much other than you'd expect. You can creep them up using the Eco mode but I find it harder to maintain a constant speed and the steering seems a little vague. I tend to use Auto mainly then flick into S when the need arises or Individual.

 

After 2000 miles it has steadily improved from 28ish to a long term of 31, after using Shell nitro it has improved again. My regular trip to work averages 34.

 

Very much depends on the kind of driving you do.

My commute to work is very stop start, 20/30/50mph sections and I'm lucky if I crack 25mpg in a week. On the motorway at a steady cruise it seems to do mid 30s just fine.

 

I get 32 mpg out of mine (average mpg since purchase) and I have 20inch wheels and a sports exhaust. Very happy with that figure and I have never driven around in comfort mode.

 

700 miles on mine, stronic box and mostly town driving,in individual with everything set to auto except exhaust which is dynamic, I'm not seeing more than 26mpg so far, mixed driving but mainly 40mph with some quick sprints off junctions and traffic lights,not to fussed but hope it improves a little.

 

After 9,000 miles long term average is 27.2 MPG. Very mixed driving, from short city journeys which return high teens, to longer motorway journeys which return low to mid 30s. I only noticed modest improvements as I put more miles on.

It's very difficult to compare MPG, even for the same car, as driving styles, conditions and journey types vary so much. As a general rule I expect to get somewhere near the quoted urban figure as a long term average, so I'm doing a little worse than expected, but not really too bothered.

 

I personally didn't buy the TTS to worry about MPG and just smash my foot down whenever I drive it



Migzy

 

You hooligan

 

Approaching 2 years old in June having covered nearly 5500 miles and the computer is reporting 28mpg

 

Approaching 2 years old in June having covered nearly 5500 miles and the computer is reporting 28mpg

As per Toshiba`s quote had mine since late June 2015 covered 8350 miles and getting an average of 28/29mpg this is with 20" wheels.

 

750 miles covered since delivery and average is 29.5 overall. On a steady motorway cruise it seems to be happy in low to mid 30s so pretty much as expected. Certainly seems to be improving as the engine loosens up a bit.

 

9250 miles; averaging about 31.

Very few long runs & when they are, they are m'way & a tiny bit above 70 (cough, cough).

Similar usage on a chipped Mk2 2.0 TFSI 211 only got to 35/37, so about what I expected.

Very,very occasionally worry about mpg, but 98% of the time, I'm very much enjoying throwing my retirement fund down the road behind me!!

 

Hi,

Not even looked at MPG. No point worrying about it with a TTS

Cheers

N

 

My TTS has averaged just over 31mpg in 17,000 miles since I took delivery in April last year.

My daily commute is 28 ish miles there, same back. Mixture of B roads, dual carriage way and a couple of 30 limits. Not much stop start, the occasional over take and a bit of a thrash on the dual carriageway... my MPG varies from 31 to 37 doing that run each day.

Best MPG has seen me get 41, on a 60 mile run out to the coast one afternoon. I can regularly get 35 to 38 if I don't lean on the throttle or brakes too much. Even a long run on the motorways, where I tend to be passing everyone - I still pull an easy 34 to 35.

The only time it drops below 30 is when I'm driving it hard. Even then, mid 20's is usually as bad as it gets.

People saying you shouldn't buy a TTS if fuel consumption matters? Codswallop. I do nigh on 20k a year and it matters to me, as my TTS is my daily driver. I want performance and reasonable economy, the mk3 TTS delivers both. Unlike my mk2, which was a ball ache to get anything much better than 29 or around 33 on a good day. I don't think I ever got above 35 with that car.

Oh, using Efficiency setting? Nope - I find it uses MORE fuel in that setting. Mine's set to Individual: Engine - auto Susp. Control comfort Steering - dynamic Quattro - auto and Engine sound - dynamic.

 

Worrying and looking are not the same.
I always look at the R8s MPG - if its over 15, i go back out in it again and try harder until it's below 15.

 

Very much depends on the kind of driving you do.

My commute to work is very stop start, 20/30/50mph sections and I'm lucky if I crack 25mpg in a week. On the motorway at a steady cruise it seems to do mid 30s just fine.

Ditto, I can't crack 25 in my urban environment unless I drive around the Island at a steady 35mph in light traffic when I can get mid 30s!

 

6000 miles now and long term average is 31.7mpg. I've never reached 40mpg, on a 100 mile trip M40/A34/M4 I generally get about 33ish if I keep to legal limits, over 80mph and it will drop below 30. I do find that warmer/dryer weather gives better mpg. This is on shell nitro 98 since new.

 

I'm not worrying, I'm more wondering how they get away with publishing a figure of 40.2 combined. My commute is 22 mile each way A road and motorway.

I had a mk2 TTS before this too and got around 28-30mpg whatever I did. I just expected this new one to be mid 30s. Maybe I just don't know how to drive it yet.

Anyway I've had time to fiddle and I'm on individual with most on dynamic now. Wel see what the next tank brings! Also having a problem with a tire pressure warning which I keep wiping but keeps coming back and sounds like there is a bee stuck in my dashboard at the mo too. I'll have more time this weekend to play around more.

One question I have, if I put it in dynamic and get the 'S' instead of the 'D' before the gear it's in on the readout, the revs go up etc, then stop the car, turn it off turn it back on, even though it still says it's in dynamic the S is replaced by the normal D and the revs don't stay high. Does it knock it out of dynamic turning the engine off and on?

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I'm not worrying, I'm more wondering how they get away with publishing a figure of 40.2 combined. My commute is 22 mile each way A road and motorway.

I had a mk2 TTS before this too and got around 28-30mpg whatever I did. I just expected this new one to be mid 30s. Maybe I just don't know how to drive it yet.

Anyway I've had time to fiddle and I'm on individual with most on dynamic now. Wel see what the next tank brings! Also having a problem with a tire pressure warning which I keep wiping but keeps coming back and sounds like there is a bee stuck in my dashboard at the mo too. I'll have more time this weekend to play around more.

One question I have, if I put it in dynamic and get the 'S' instead of the 'D' before the gear it's in on the readout, the revs go up etc, then stop the car, turn it off turn it back on, even though it still says it's in dynamic the S is replaced by the normal D and the revs don't stay high. Does it knock it out of dynamic turning the engine off and on?

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The "bee" is the sound actuator. Fake engine noise is one thing, but it actually rattles, or causes sometyhing nearby to rattle.
Try driving in individual mode (if you have the option), and setting all to sport except engine noise, the rattle will be gone. At least it is for me...
Dealer can have a look at it when I have to bring the car in!

I believe it is normal for the car to revert to D when you start it up. Perhaps the engineers thought it a bad idea to rev it cold?

 

Its a purposeful bee noise? Its driving me insane. Shouldn't really have to fake noises in something like a TTS should ya!

It goes away in other driving modes, except for around 3-3,500rpm when it comes back for a second.

So does it then revert back to S again when its warmed up?

 

Its a purposeful bee noise? Its driving me insane. Shouldn't really have to fake noises in something like a TTS should ya!

It goes away in other driving modes, except for around 3-3,500rpm when it comes back for a second.

So does it then revert back to S again when its warmed up?

As far as I know it doesn't revert back, no. Have to do it manually.

 

I'm not worrying, I'm more wondering how they get away with publishing a figure of 40.2 combined. My commute is 22 mile each way A road and motorway.

I had a mk2 TTS before this too and got around 28-30mpg whatever I did. I just expected this new one to be mid 30s. Maybe I just don't know how to drive it yet.

The mk3 TTS is much better than the mk2 on fuel. I found the same as you with the mk2, i.e. around 30mpg on a good day and it was very hard to get past 34. In fact, my mk2 RS had better mpg than my TTS. Mk3 TTS? Way better, with 31-33 about the average and 37/38 easily doable on the right sort of journeys. Of course, drive it hard with everything turned up and it will drop to mid 20's or of course, dither through stop-start low speed traffic and it falls away. Also, with the mk3, my mpg got better after a few months ownership, at around the 7k mark I suppose. As to the 40.2 combined, drive it like a Nun and that's what you'll get... here's the proof from my dash last year when I was basically caught with a lot of slow moving traffic all heading the same way to the coast on a bank holiday and I couldn't be bothered to overtake anyone just to get a couple of cars in front...

 

I'm not worrying, I'm more wondering how they get away with publishing a figure of 40.2 combined. My commute is 22 mile each way A road and motorway.

I had a mk2 TTS before this too and got around 28-30mpg whatever I did. I just expected this new one to be mid 30s. Maybe I just don't know how to drive it yet.

The mk3 TTS is much better than the mk2 on fuel. I found the same as you with the mk2, i.e. around 30mpg on a good day and it was very hard to get past 34. In fact, my mk2 RS had better mpg than my TTS. Mk3 TTS? Way better, with 31-33 about the average and 37/38 easily doable on the right sort of journeys. Of course, drive it hard with everything turned up and it will drop to mid 20's or of course, dither through stop-start low speed traffic and it falls away. Also, with the mk3, my mpg got better after a few months ownership, at around the 7k mark I suppose. As to the 40.2 combined, drive it like a Nun and that's what you'll get... here's the proof from my dash last year when I was basically caught with a lot of slow moving traffic all heading the same way to the coast on a bank holiday and I couldn't be bothered to overtake anyone just to get a couple of cars in front...

I have had a similar reading once but have never been able to replicate it :x

 

Fist 1000 miles (s-tronic) and averaged 32 mpg on the computer (using shell v-power nitro). I did see 40 the other day until I hit the motorway - wish it had a 7th gear...

 

About 33mpg after 14k miles. About 10% more than the mk2

Mixture of busy motorways and back roads. Gets high 30s if you stick to motorway limits.