Surely 29mpg isn't good in a 1.8T?
For those of you who don't know I have just bought a car and am literally struggling to get 29mpg out of it. If i actually use the turbo as it should be used, I'm looking at 23 - 25mpg.
So, I did a test tonight on a stretch of dual carriageway. Stayed at 50mph in 5th on a flat straight road for about 5 miles. I reset the computer to start with to give a true reading. It started at 51mpg, dropped very quickly to 34 and then dropped every couple of secs down to 29.9 then up to 30.0, back to 29.9 and stayed around there.
Is this right?! Surely it can't be, any ideas what could be wrong? Only bought it on Sat so back to the dealer on sat again to have a complain about it if it don't get better.
The car:
2001 (Y) 1.8T
91,000 miles
Full history
For those of you who don't know I have just bought a car and am literally struggling to get 29mpg out of it. If i actually use the turbo as it should be used, I'm looking at 23 - 25mpg.
So, I did a test tonight on a stretch of dual carriageway. Stayed at 50mph in 5th on a flat straight road for about 5 miles. I reset the computer to start with to give a true reading. It started at 51mpg, dropped very quickly to 34 and then dropped every couple of secs down to 29.9 then up to 30.0, back to 29.9 and stayed around there.
Is this right?! Surely it can't be, any ideas what could be wrong? Only bought it on Sat so back to the dealer on sat again to have a complain about it if it don't get better.
The car:
2001 (Y) 1.8T
91,000 miles
Full history