10l/100km? its a miracle, the best i ever got from my Mk 1 2.0 vcdi was 13.9 and that was driving like a vicar. 8l/1km seems a bit more like itHoldrege said:No worries. I've become used to it and maybe I'm even saving some petrol.
Speaking of that, I'm averaging 10 liters per 100km, although if I reset on the motorway I'm getting 8 liters per km. That seems poor, eh? This is with ECO on. I'm not sure ECO has any effect on the motorway?
bigiainw said:I'm intrigued- is this the opposite of a sport mode then?
Hi Big Al. I assume that you are talking about the auto box. The manual box engine apparently starts with depression of the clutch, so you can give it more time to build up oil pressure before giving it some boot. The manual will be faster out of the trap than the auto anyway, so it would not need so much boot.Big Al said:Ah yes stop start, designed to send your engine to an early grave, what else could it do to your engine, at the point when you want to move smartly away from the junction where you have been waiting to get out of at rush hour, as you plant your foot to the floor the engine has to be started and as it starts and under load the oil pressure is still trying to bring its self back up from zero. About as good for engines and starter motors as is DPF's
HI jegrugby just wrote you a chapter and verse on my feelings to stop start and lost it so not writing all again asI only do one finger typing and still cannot remember where all the keys are. Basically I was talking about a manual, and by the time you have dipped the clutch and on the way back out the engine has only just started now if you were to be pulling out ofa junction as a safety factor do you really want to be debating in your mind I must not let the clutch out too quickly, or do you at every junction or lights you approachhave to make the decision which position shall I have the Eco button in, am I going to set off quicklyand is there a chance of me damaging the engine. Best bet do what most people do and leave it turned off and try to forget you paid extra for some thing that is not to your advantage.jegrugby said:Hi Big Al. I assume that you are talking about the auto box. The manual box engine apparently starts with depression of the clutch, so you can give it more time to build up oil pressure before giving it some boot. The manual will be faster out of the trap than the auto anyway, so it would not need so much boot.Big Al said:Ah yes stop start, designed to send your engine to an early grave, what else could it do to your engine, at the point when you want to move smartly away from the junction where you have been waiting to get out of at rush hour, as you plant your foot to the floor the engine has to be started and as it starts and under load the oil pressure is still trying to bring its self back up from zero. About as good for engines and starter motors as is DPF's
Me? Not like autos? Don't be silly!
jegrugby