Car no good on fuel

jamels2

I recently bought a cheap car a '97 Golf Gti for 600 quid.

I've had to spend £200 since I bought it on repairs but it's running ok now. It drives well and feels a lot newer than it is.

However, it only does 26 mpg!!

I'm now thinking I should have bought something a bit newer with a smaller engine and maybe paid a bit more upfront. With petrol costs so high. £60 only got me 250 miles.

So what should I look for in a few months when I go for something else?

skivenov

Have you had a diagnostic code read on it?

flang

GTI = Gas guzzler
All depends how many miles you do, type of roads etc.
My convertible does 20-25 MPG but considering it only does 3000 miles a year its affordable

Foxy-Stoat_3

Depends on how your driving it and your style really. I can remember my old 2.0ltr 8v gti Golf...used to get closer to 35mpg but that was driving it carefully and longer journeys.

Whats the service history like on yours, what type of driving do you do, do you drive it slowly, light use of the throttle, lead foot technique, maybe needs spark plugs, service, timing adjusted, lambda sensor, blocked cat, AFMM may need changing/cleaning, fuel filter blocked, air filter needs changing, give it a compression check...the list probably goes on!

photome

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

Depends on how your driving it and your style really. I can remember my old 2.0ltr 8v gti Golf...used to get closer to 35mpg but that was driving it carefully and longer journeys.

Whats the service history like on yours, what type of driving do you do, do you drive it slowly, light use of the throttle, lead foot technique, maybe needs spark plugs, service, timing adjusted, lambda sensor, blocked cat, AFMM may need changing/cleaning, fuel filter blocked, air filter needs changing, give it a compression check...the list probably goes on!

Why do people drive Gti,s carefully/slowly...just asking

Foxy-Stoat_3

I was told my a police officer a good few years ago that the speed limit is a limit NOT a target. They told me off for doing 40mph but I was accelerating too hard off a wet roundabout....I was in an ex-police Cavalier 4x4 turbo that gripped very well thank you in the wet...not doing more than 40mph I might add!

You can drive any car, GTI, LX or a F355 carefully/slowly by smooth acceleration to the desired speed...rather than planting the throttle every time you want to move. forwards.

photome

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

I was told my a police officer a good few years ago that the speed limit is a limit NOT a target. They told me off for doing 40mph but I was accelerating too hard off a wet roundabout....I was in an ex-police Cavalier 4x4 turbo that gripped very well thank you in the wet...not doing more than 40mph I might add!

You can drive any car, GTI, LX or a F355 carefully/slowly by smooth acceleration to the desired speed...rather than planting the throttle every time you want to move. forwards.

Not as much fun though

muckybutt

So you thought a GTI would be economical to run :rotfl::T

I have a 2.0L Turbo Subaru and that does around the 26 - 28 mark. Am I bothered about the low MPG ? not really I wasnt expecting much with it being a turbo, long runs I can normally get 32 ish but average day to day is 28

Foxy-Stoat_3

photome wrote: »

Not as much fun though

I also concur.

OP's thread isn't about how much fun can be had out of driving a GTI Golf at 26mpg tho!

motorguy

I would have thought that was pretty much within expectation for a very old GTI car no doubt with a lot of wear on the engine, particularly if it is only doing short runs.

photome

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

I also concur.

OP's thread isn't about how much fun can be had out of driving a GTI Golf at 26mpg tho!

Maybe, maybe not, the OPs MPG may be down to him having to much fun