Audi A3 Fuel Economy

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Sun 28 Mar 2004 13:20
Audi A3 Fuel Economy - cjehuk
I've done about 1400 miles in the A3 now, and all round its a very nice car, but the economy seems a little on the low side still, the only way to break 50mpg is to do less than 70mph at all times, whereas the Passat has no problem breaking 50mpg on a journey. Except the passat has the old 110 TDI and 5 Speed box, while the Audi is the new 2.0TDI. My brim-to-brim average is about 43mpg currently, wondering what any other figures are out there. That's a mix of town and distance driving, about 50/50.

Chris
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Sun 28 Mar 2004 13:44
Audi A3 Fuel Economy - mfarrow
This does sound very low compared to official www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/ figures, but a quick search of the net reveals other people have had similar fuel economies. Try www.tyresmoke.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Num...= .
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Sun 28 Mar 2004 18:43
Audi A3 Fuel Economy - Dude - {P}
A diesel engine takes 10k miles to run in fully and free up, so you are not going to record the maximum potential mpg figures for some time.
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Sun 28 Mar 2004 21:43
Audi A3 Fuel Economy - cjehuk
I was hoping it might be just the running in needed to increase the economy. All the other diesel's I've driven have been over 30,000 when I've started driving them!

Chris
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Mon 29 Mar 2004 11:47
Audi A3 Fuel Economy - daveyjp
My A2 was the same. Bought with 3,000 miles on the clock I was doing 40ish MPG - now on 19,000 and this is now up to nearer 50.
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Mon 29 Mar 2004 12:26
Audi A3 Fuel Economy - colinh
Have a 320td which should be comparable to the A3 - long term average 49.5 - 50.5 in winter drops to 48.5 using a/c in summer (I'm in Spain). Not much town driving but plenty of low gear mountain climbing.
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