Good question mate. These cars are quite well built and heavy so the 2.0 engines do struggle to pull all that weight. I would suggest a fulll service so you have a good starting point???
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Hi mate I think you should be getting more mpg than that. I had a A4 2.0 DTM 7 years ago that was getting those sort of figures and that was a 2.0 petrol with 270 bhp.
I have a A6 2.0 tdi 170 bhp at the moment and after a remap it is at 205 bhp currently and last weekend was showing 46.2 mpg at a constant 80 mph run from Warwick to Oxford.
My neighbour opposite me has a 2012 177 bhp 7 speed stronic A5 and he constantly sees over 45 mpg on a decent run.
My A6 is heavier than your sportback so you should be getting similar if not better mpg.
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I have a A6 2.0 tdi 170 bhp at the moment and after a remap it is at 205 bhp currently and last weekend was showing 46.2 mpg at a constant 80 mph run from Warwick to Oxford.
My neighbour opposite me has a 2012 177 bhp 7 speed stronic A5 and he constantly sees over 45 mpg on a decent run.
My A6 is heavier than your sportback so you should be getting similar if not better mpg.
I have A5 3.0 TDI (218bhp) Quattro B9 model. I know it's a newer model, nevertheless...
My last run to Port of Dover gave me 57.6 mpg. M25 was a bit congested on the way back, the consumption dropped to 49mpg.
You can try changing your driving style to see if it helps. In theory it should. This is how I drive it:
- Use Auto-D, Don't exceed the legal limits (measured by the GPS, not by the car)
- Accelerate and cruise with ACC, even in the city. Keeps my speed within the legal limits, useful for not loosing the license with this monster 6sec to 60mph numbers
- Try to break/slowdown early whenever possible (good idea anyway), ACC breaking is great for emergencies, but I can do a better job by disengaging the ACC and letting the car to slow down with the engine before I hit the breaks
- I floor it in S mode when I can reasonably justify it, to overtake, join motorways, run away from crazy drivers that want to push me out of my lane. Usually not more than 2-3 times on a long run. But I don't speed
Thanks for the Info.You can try changing your driving style to see if it helps. In theory it should. This is how I drive it:
I think I'm saving around 5-10 mpg that way, hard to tell.
- Use Auto-D, Don't exceed the legal limits (measured by the GPS, not by the car)
- Accelerate and cruise with ACC, even in the city. Keeps my speed within the legal limits, useful for not loosing the license with this monster 6sec to 60mph numbers
- Try to break/slowdown early whenever possible (good idea anyway), ACC breaking is great for emergencies, but I can do a better job by disengaging the ACC and letting the car to slow down with the engine before I hit the breaks
- I floor it in S mode when I can reasonably justify it, to overtake, join motorways, run away from crazy drivers that want to push me out of my lane. Usually not more than 2-3 times on a long run. But I don't speed
To be honest I've been nursing it since I've got it, just too see if I can get the mpg up, don't think I've ever driven so casual 😂🤣 so in a sense the poor mpg is helping lol..
Been using the efficiency setting mostly, only had it in S a couple of times.
Must admit though, when using the cruise control, don't think I have adaptive, the mpg does go up into the 40"s on a run out if town but I realy can't understand how it drops so much when using the foot and I'm not been heavy with it, realy am nursing it, not for much longer though, getting to point if it is what if is, thing is I had a type r before this and it loved to be reved, as hondas do and the audi isn't far off the mpg I was getting with it. I just expected/ hoped for more.
Thanks for the info though, it's appreciated.
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