FordGuy100
Veteran Member
I usually drive at 75mph on the highway, sometimes 80 if the flow of traffic is going that fast. My best tank thus far was running premium, driving from Lincoln, NE to Oklahoma City, OK (think flat with rolling hills). 75-80mph cruise, slight tail wind, netted me 46.4 MPG hand calculated. On my highway commute, I see right around 45MPG at 75MPH (my city then drags that number down for the overall tank)What I really liked about this car was the typical VW stuff, steering, clutch, and shifter feel were great. The 1.4 had enough power to be fun, pulled good. The salesman had to point out the back up camera to me, I probably wouldn't of noticed. I spend 98% of my driving on the freeway running with the flow of traffic. 75 -85 mph. During my test drive, I didn't see good numbers on the display, was running it hard. FordGuy - any guess on what I might see mpg wise with my commute?
As long as its flat, I've noticed that my readout will be around 40-42MPG at 80 MPH. I would expect around 38MPG if you were to cruise at 85MPH all tank. The readout is actually fairly accurate, within a few percent of actual, so I use it as a guideline (but not necessarily taking it for the Gospel).