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Hi Glenn,

My driving style is very similar to yours, motorway driving and 80mph. I picked up my A5 very recently and have just filled the tank with a view to checking the mpg. I'll update you later in the week but from the on-board computer it's looking like 35mpg's while driving conservatively. It may not end up like this so I'll let you know after I fill up.

 

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Are you ordering for '09?

 

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45MPG's!! That's increbibly good. How did you manage that? I've been driving very conservatively up and down through the gears (speeds on motorway of about 132kph) and don't look like getting anywhere near the 40 mark never mind 45. Must be just the extra 15/20kph making the distance.

I have had a bit of stop/start/crawl through some road works, this must be having a bigger impact than anticipated too.

 

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I've averaged 31mpg's on the last tank. I've been motorway driving at around 80mph for 85% of my journey. I was gentle up through the gears also. I did get caught in a couple of jams which would have had a detremental affect on my figure. I reckon driving at 70mph without jams would mean a greatly improved figure. It was also only the cars 3rd fill so it may improve when it's driven a bit more.

I´m not a math genius, but I´ve seen a few in this forum.

Just came home from a 400 km trip, and I averaged my 1.8 TFSI at 6,1 l / 100 km.

Can someone translate that into mpg?

Your better off filling the car and resetting the trip to calculate your averages imho. Based on a gallon=4.54L, that translates to 45.4Mpgs.

 

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Yeah, can't see myself worrying about mpg's once I get the engine remapped.

 

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Anyone got any experience of what a remap would do to performance?

Cheers all
G

From what I've read I would expect an increase from 170bhp to over 200bhp comfortably.

I've been told that Audi have locked the ECU but that hackers are currently trying to bypass it. I don't know if that's true at all.

I'll be getting mine checked out in about 4 weeks time, so I'll report back on it then.




Edit/ some info on why cars are set up the way they are from the factory:


There are a few reasons for this - one is that the manufacturers have to sell there car all over the world and must de-tune there engines for different fuel grades and atmospheric conditions to prevent engine damage caused by these conditions. They also have to take in to account the average car buyer not every car buyer is like you they don’t all want blistering horsepower from there engine, a new mother for example isn’t going to be too impressed by a VW Golf TDI wheel spinning in third gear when she takes it for a test drive. So they must compromise between out & out performance and general sale ability.

 

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Had my first outing on contry roads yesterday. I was really impressed by the performance. Loads of take-off in third.