[REB_A5]

AH...it must be nice with the TDI's...diesel is so over priced here in the States that no new cars will be diesel...shame too, because the best we can hope for A5's on gasoline is less than half of the TDI's MPG. (even less for the S5...but Ian can vouch for that!).

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I've been doing a 44 mile journey from home to work - about 40% motorway for which I stick the cruise on at 70mph, and the rest is single carriageway with a 1.5 mile traffic jam at the end. Because of the way fuel prices have rocketed (no other word for it really ), I too have been taking it easy on the acceleration and braking. My average for those journeys is 45mpg although on one journey that was particularly docile, I got almost 50mpg - not bad for a 3.0 litre V6

 

[GlennSmith]

Looks like the 1.8t Sport is definately the one for me.........would be happy with TUL's average of 34mpg.......and on long runs the MPG would well meet my expectations at 38.5MPG if this includes some quality fun time .

Tuff, you will be hoping that i'll just find pics of quartz looking crap.....but hey lets face it that aint going to happen......it's a class car in every colour!

Looks like i'll go Phantom Black with Light Grey Milano Leather Interior. Need to check out those threads for example pics!

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

Cheers all
G

 

[Apex]

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.

 

[Atum]

Got my 1.8 on Friday and firstly... wow, loving it!
I took her up to the Lake district yesterday for a good run (from nottingham) and it was quite heavy traffic but we averaged 35.6mpg.

The return journey today in good conditions (little traffic) I averaged 34mpg.

In total I've done 500 miles now and the average consumption is 33.4mpg, but thats still going up. I'll give you an update when I get to 1000.

 

[Apex]

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

 

[shelltell]

Thanks for the feedback, this is the missus by the way. Im quite a boring driver as I rarely go over 40mph. Have kept the car under 3000 revs and go through the gears as normal and I don't labour the engine. I'm going to fill it up tomorrow but i'm concerned now as all your comments have been similar regarding the average mpg.

Any suggestions as to what to do if I'm getting the same mileage as before?

 

[TuffLittleUnit]

I'm not being funny but it might be worth checking the fuel cap is on properly. I really don't trust the one on the A5 as it doesn't have the same "ratchet" system I had on the A3. It's hard to tell whether the cap is securely shut (on the A3 it used to click ... a bit like the childproof cap on a medicine bottle so you were assured it was sealed).

The other thing to do would be to get to a nice clear stretch of motorway, clear the average MPG on trip computer 1 and just cruise for about 30 miles or so. As others have posted, avoid rapid acceleration and you should be getting in the low 40's after about 30 miles.

Note when I say cruise I don't mean use the cruise control ... I'm sure this consumes more fuel but can't explain why. I've noticed this on all the cars I've had over the last 10 years or so. Clarkson also found it on the episode of Top Gear when he took an A6 (or was it A8?) from London to somewhere in the North and back on a single tank.

On the occassions I've averaged about 45mpg one of the key points is that I got into high gears ASAP, used only very gradual acceleration and made a real concious effort to drive with the flow of the traffic i.e. predict what's going to happen much earlier and take my foot off the gas to slow down, keeping off the brakes as much as possible. This sounds really anal but it's perfectly achievable to do this at between 70-80mph on the motorways outside rush hour and get 45mpg. I'm now convinced that if I were to go no higher than 60mph I could get close to 50mpg on a long motorway run with negligible in town driving (but who's going to pootle along at 60?)

One other tip is to make sure you're not carrying a lot of dead weight in the car. When I go on work trip I remove all the family crap from the car, mainly because I like my car tidy inside when it's just me but also because it's daft to be carrying an extra 40KG or so of car seats, books, spare clothes etc which I don't need.