TheCityGame
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Howdy. Newby to the GTI here.
Within the last couple weeks, I traded in my 2011 TDI for a used 2013 GTI (Autobahn <- very nice, IMO. Don't know if it's worth it new, but I love it).
With the manual, the car is rated at 21/31, but on my normal commute, to & fro, the on-board computer is showing between 33-36 depending on traffic.
My commute is mostly I-95 in the early morning, so it's not light traffic, but it's not stop & go either.
For comparison, the TDI used to get about 43-47 on the on-board which was close to my calculated mileage.
I was very concerned I was only going to be getting 26/27 like my old Subaru, but I guess that little 2.0 liter is pretty efficient when you're not winding on it and just driving like a schmuck. I guess the turbo isn't working under those conditions, but I might be wrong.
Also, I thought the gear ratio for 6th was a bit high coming from the TDI (it's like .92 vs. 72 in the TDI or so) but that doesn't seem to be an issue.
One more note, I'm surprised at how low I can shift and still get some pull out of this thing. I didn't think it would feel as good as the TDI in the 2000 range. It still doesn't but it's not as far off as I expected, and it makes up for it everywhere else.
I couldn't be more impressed with this car so far. I'll tell ya -- and this was the same with the TDI -- when they get over 90 mph, they just feel like they're at home, like it's finally telling you, "Yup. This is where we want to be." I've had to be real careful cop-wise a couple times. The speed was sneaking up on me.
Within the last couple weeks, I traded in my 2011 TDI for a used 2013 GTI (Autobahn <- very nice, IMO. Don't know if it's worth it new, but I love it).
With the manual, the car is rated at 21/31, but on my normal commute, to & fro, the on-board computer is showing between 33-36 depending on traffic.
My commute is mostly I-95 in the early morning, so it's not light traffic, but it's not stop & go either.
For comparison, the TDI used to get about 43-47 on the on-board which was close to my calculated mileage.
I was very concerned I was only going to be getting 26/27 like my old Subaru, but I guess that little 2.0 liter is pretty efficient when you're not winding on it and just driving like a schmuck. I guess the turbo isn't working under those conditions, but I might be wrong.
Also, I thought the gear ratio for 6th was a bit high coming from the TDI (it's like .92 vs. 72 in the TDI or so) but that doesn't seem to be an issue.
One more note, I'm surprised at how low I can shift and still get some pull out of this thing. I didn't think it would feel as good as the TDI in the 2000 range. It still doesn't but it's not as far off as I expected, and it makes up for it everywhere else.
I couldn't be more impressed with this car so far. I'll tell ya -- and this was the same with the TDI -- when they get over 90 mph, they just feel like they're at home, like it's finally telling you, "Yup. This is where we want to be." I've had to be real careful cop-wise a couple times. The speed was sneaking up on me.
