What MPG should i expect of a 2.5TDI

[chesters]

Hi am a Newbie from the UK

Bought a 2005 2.5TDI what MPG should i realistically expect??

[Hoodie]

Hello Chesters

Welcome! I have an R5 as well, 2008 model. My life to date economy 14,000km since April is 12.2 l per km. My best is 9.3 l per km and worst is 15.5 l per km. The engine is still running in, I expect a slight improvement over time. We do a lot of short distance 3-4km cold engine trips mixed in with highway travel overall 50/50. However my wife drives it like she stole it! I use normal diesel however I am thinking of using premium.

Best of luck with your new vehicle.

Carson

[chesters]

Thanks for reply, am just trying to convert your litres/KM to Miles per gallon

[Hoodie]

Originally Posted by chesters

Thanks for reply, am just trying to convert your litres/KM to Miles per gallon

Here is the conversion site I use.

>:: World Wide Metric ::<

Carson

[chesters]

you surely cant be using 12.2Litres of fuel to every Km ??

am i reading your post wrong?

[Hoodie]

Originally Posted by chesters

you surely cant be using 12.2Litres of fuel to every Km ??

am i reading your post wrong?

oops per 100km

[enchanted egg]

V8 gas guy here, but just for grins, here's the breakdown...I do the math correctly (or approximately) you're getting 12.2 liters per 100 km, or 3.2 gallons per 62 miles. Which yields about 19.5 miles per gallon. Is that really that efficient for a diesel in this truck?

[willis5456]

Chesters Old Boy
I have a 2006 R5 2.5 which has just hot 55,000 km's. I drive a lot in the country and some in the city and my economy ranges between 9.5 l/100 km and 10.4 l/100 km...so on average 9.95 l/100 km equals 28.38 mpg.

The quickest way to covert is to divide 282.48 by l/100km.

willis 5456

[willis5456]

Let also not forget we are talking imperial measures here NOT USA measurements..therefore 12.2 l/100 km is in fact 23.15 mpg NOT 19.5 mpg
willis 5456

[Hoodie]

Originally Posted by enchanted egg

V8 gas guy here, but just for grins, here's the breakdown...I do the math correctly (or approximately) you're getting 12.2 liters per 100 km, or 3.2 gallons per 62 miles. Which yields about 19.5 miles per gallon. Is that really that efficient for a diesel in this truck?

There is a number of factors for 12.2 litres per 100km:

• New engine still
• Short distances between 1km and 3km - cold engine each time
• Wife drives it like she stole it

On the open road, loaded, doing 120km on cruise control (flooring it to overtake) I am starting to see 9.5 litres per 100km 24.75 miles per gallon. I am sure if I really concentrated and drove economically this economy would improve.

All of the above are using actual real consumption calculations not the MFD.

Carson