Hi

Has anyone with a VRS been recording their fuel economy (mentally or otherwise)...?

How are you finding it (on which sort of runs) please?

Thanks

J

Hi

Has anyone with a VRS been recording their fuel economy (mentally or otherwise)...?

How are you finding it (on which sort of runs) please?

Thanks

J

Not sure about the 180 hp TSI in the Fabia VRS but in the Octy the TSI are brillant. We had a Fabia1 VRS which was brilliant perfornance and economy. I have the 7 speed DSG in the 1,8 TSI. The 1,8 TSI DSG will do mid 40s mpg on a run, I have had 46 mpg on a run from Worcs to Tilbury which is most legal limit driving and some 55 mph roadworks which does help the fuel consumption. Round town is a different story. If you drive round town for a tankful and then fill us the range to empty on our TSI VRS can be less than 300 miles and around 340 miles on the 1.8 TSI DSG. I went for a L&K DSG 1.8 TSI and we have a TSI VRS. Be interested to hear what range people are seeing on the Fabia 2 VRS with its 45 litre tank.

Edited 19 December, 201015 yr by lol

Being a bit of a geek, I have actually recorded all the MPG's for my Fabia since I got it in September - each week done an MPG check etc. The lowest I have seen was 24 and the highest 36, this is over 1750 miles. Mix of motorway, A and B road driving, and the occasional blast of speed (within the law of course).

Hope this helps...

Being a bit of a geek, I have actually recorded all the MPG's for my Fabia since I got it in September - each week done an MPG check etc. The lowest I have seen was 24 and the highest 36, this is over 1750 miles. Mix of motorway, A and B road driving, and the occasional blast of speed (within the law of course).

That is really helpful, thanks. I'll share my graphs once I start doing the same! ;-)

Is this calculated from fuel receipts/mileage or the computer (my worry being the fuel computer might give better results than the real-world results!) - of course both rely on the mileage readout from the car, but you know....

It's quite a way of their claimed figures, but I guess that's to be expected.

Thanks again.

Thank you.

Yup. Over 19k miles its around 35mpg. This is because I do go for spirited drives. On the commute to work doing 60/65mph on the motorway I will usually see at least 43mpg but can get high 40's sometimes early 50's.

On a weekend or driving to the shops in normal traffic without watching economy I get around 37mpg.

Tank brim full to tank brim full is the ONLY way, only error involved then is the trip computer. VAG maque's appear to be very unreliable in that respect. .....................!!

Any more results for VRS consumption? The figures here are not as good as I would have expected. Skoda's quoted mixed mileage is 45.6mpg (36.7 urban, 54.3 extra urban). Skoda's quote is way off 'real world', it would appear.

Better economy would be one of the reasons to change from my old Mk.1 2.0i ('only' 115bhp). This has averaged 35.2mpg over 60,000 miles of mixed driving (29.1 min, 43.2 max). Skoda's quote for this car was 36.7mpg (25.9 urban, 47.9 extra urban), so their quote for consumption was quite realistic, 6 years ago.

Have Skoda's quotes for consumption become a bit too optimistic over the years?

i just test drove a fabia vRS this morning. i did 64 miles in it, and was being particularly aggressive on the throttle at time. mixed with a couple duel carriageway cruises and some town driving and a fair amount of full throttle mixed in there. i averaged 33.8 miles over the entire journey. driven the same my octavia vRS would have been in the low 20s maybe less.

this was done with 3 people in the car as well

Edited 30 December, 201015 yr by janner_Sy

i just test drove a fabia vRS this morning. i did 64 miles in it, and was being particularly aggressive on the throttle at time. mixed with a couple duel carriageway cruises and some town driving and a fair amount of full throttle mixed in there. i averaged 33.8 miles over the entire journey.

I guess you used the trip computer? I have not brimmed the tank and checked against the trip computer for a complete tankful, so I don't know how reliable it is.

Using the filled tank method and iPhone software, my first tank recorded an average of 34.54mpg over 297 miles.

I am due a fill up sometime soon so I will let you know my second result.

Going by the trip computer, I do 39.6mpg. That is on A and B roads doing 60-70 miles a day. That includes a bit of spirited driving and no stoppages in traffic (yay for early morning starts? :S).

Was averaging 42-43mpg when I got it in the summer but cold weather and multiple cold starts quickly killed it off.

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Tank brim full to tank brim full is the ONLY way, only error involved then is the trip computer. VAG maque's appear to be very unreliable in that respect. .....

I fully and totally agree with this member.

On board computer as reliable as a chocolate fire guard. LOL

I am talking about the MK1 Fabia VRS diesel and not the recently MK2 Fabia 1.4 VRS petrol version.

Used mileage gauge as opposed to trip counter, but when compared were identical read-outs.

To add, 45mpg, all types of non-economy driving over a 5 year period.

Welcome to the real world and not what manufacturer controlled enviroments can achieve.LOL

Edited 2 January, 201115 yr by giandougl

On board computer as reliable as a chocolate fire guard.

That may be right, but I have not done side-by-side tests to determine the difference - and whether that difference is consistent. That is why I would like to hear about actual VRS consumption rather than trip computer readings. From what I have seen here, it is way off the manufacturer's figures.

One advantage of computing consumption by measuring mileage at each complete tankful is that one can see peaks and troughs and smear them out if one wants. For example, I keep my figures in a spreadsheet where I work out the mpg on each tankful, the average mpg over the previous 5 tankfuls and the averaged overall mpg. My ave/min/max overall per tankful is 35.2/29.7/43.2. My ave/min/max overall per 5 tankfuls is 35.2/33.0/39.8.

The trip computer is useful to monitor consumption while driving. For example, drive at a constant speed on a flat, empty road and see the difference when AC is switched on!

That may be right, but I have not done side-by-side tests to determine the difference - and whether that difference is consistent. That is why I would like to hear about actual VRS consumption rather than trip computer readings. From what I have seen here, it is way off the manufacturer's figures.

One advantage of computing consumption by measuring mileage at each complete tankful is that one can see peaks and troughs and smear them out if one wants. For example, I keep my figures in a spreadsheet where I work out the mpg on each tankful, the average mpg over the previous 5 tankfuls and the averaged overall mpg. My ave/min/max overall per tankful is 35.2/29.7/43.2. My ave/min/max overall per 5 tankfuls is 35.2/33.0/39.8.

The trip computer is useful to monitor consumption while driving. For example, drive at a constant speed on a flat, empty road and see the difference when AC is switched on!

Have read this thread with interest ,the fuel economy figures discussed do not compare favourably with the diesel Fabia VRS, my average consumption is over 45mpg

Have read this thread with interest ,the fuel economy figures discussed do not compare favourably with the diesel Fabia VRS, my average consumption is over 45mpg

That was always going to be the case - but it prompted me to look at the brochure for the old VRS. The official manufacturer's figure was ave/min/max = 53.3/40.9/64.2. So, if yours is a comparable mixed average, you are 16% less.

From the measured figures for the new VRS here, there is a mixed consumption of about 36mpg versus the manufacturer's 45.6mpg - thus 21% short.

One would need more figures, but on the sparse information so far, Skoda are being relatively more optimistic with the consumption of the new VRS.

A petrol vRS will never match the diesel vRS on fuel economy. They way fuel prices are going now you'd have to do over 20000 miles a year to warrant having a diesel. Round here theres about 6p a litre price difference with diesel bieng about 130p a litre. I'm very tempted to get the new vRS once funds allow.

Have read this thread with interest ,the fuel economy figures discussed do not compare favourably with the diesel Fabia VRS, my average consumption is over 45mpg

I like the fabia diesel so am considering buying the 105bhp diesel fabia and having it mapped to give me the extra performance,rather than buy the new petrol VRS

Edited 31 December, 201015 yr by jwilson49

That may be right, but I have not done side-by-side tests to determine the difference - and whether that difference is consistent. That is why I would like to hear about actual VRS consumption rather than trip computer readings. From what I have seen here, it is way off the manufacturer's figures.

One advantage of computing consumption by measuring mileage at each complete tankful is that one can see peaks and troughs and smear them out if one wants. For example, I keep my figures in a spreadsheet where I work out the mpg on each tankful, the average mpg over the previous 5 tankfuls and the averaged overall mpg. My ave/min/max overall per tankful is 35.2/29.7/43.2. My ave/min/max overall per 5 tankfuls is 35.2/33.0/39.8.

The trip computer is useful to monitor consumption while driving. For example, drive at a constant speed on a flat, empty road and see the difference when AC is switched on!

Hooray, I thought it was only me that was a spreadsheet nut putting in mpg data. The following formula works for me. (urban mpg * 0.9)+(extra urban mpg * 0.1) = my actual mpg.

The manufacturers mixed mileage figures for new cars are calculated at a 50/50 mix of driving. As an urban dweller and commuter my mix of driving is 90/10 biased to urban driving, so I cant realistically expect to achieve 45mpg average. If you recalculate the VRS mix figure at 90/10 with the above formula you get 38 and I am not far off this. My average mpg is climbing now I have 4k miles on and is about 36 measured.

This calculation method has worked for me for all the cars I have owned since these figures were first published.

My Mk1 Furby averaged a measured 45mpg over 30k miles from new in my hands. I could achieve an indicated 70mpg cruising at 55mph with the AC off and slightly over 50mpg at proper motorway speeds but these were very small components of my overall mileage.

Having said all of the above, mpg went in the “points in favour” column on the old VRS and goes in the “points against” column for the new one. But there are lots more new additions to the “points in favour” column for the new VRS that swing it if you buy with your heart as a petrol-head (apologies diesel people, perhaps that should be fuel-head).

The new vRS is good on fuel for what it is. 180bhp, 140mph+, DSG box for perfect changes. It's an appealing package. The comparison between old and new vRS is pointless. Too many differences main one being the engine.

That is really helpful, thanks. I'll share my graphs once I start doing the same! ;-)

Is this calculated from fuel receipts/mileage or the computer (my worry being the fuel computer might give better results than the real-world results!) - of course both rely on the mileage readout from the car, but you know....

It's quite a way of their claimed figures, but I guess that's to be expected. Thanks again.

Tank brim to tank brim is the ONLY way and over several fill ups not just the one. also be aware of milage [odometer] errors about 3-5 %. And no the manufactures figures can rarely be achived. ......................................@?!

I like the fabia diesel so am considering buying the 105bhp diesel fabia and having it mapped to give me the extra performance,rather than buy the new petrol VRS

Personally this would be my choice.

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/247996/seat_ibiza_fr_tdi_road_test.html

Or you could get the Ibiza 2.0TDI. Is that out yet?