I took a couple trips this weekend with my son and his hockey bag in our freshly tuned Stage 2 2015 q7 TDI... on 255/55r18 winter tires
Friday on my commute home from work, fuel economy was avg 7.5L/100km for a 41.0km commute over 32 minutes.... indicated 85-95kph on the speedometer... no passing anyone, because it wasn't really worth it...
Sunday, managed 8.0L/100km average on the trip odometer on our trip to T.O. for my neice's 7 year old bday party... did 110km in 1:05 minutes door to door. The 401 was light traffic, so indicated cruising speeds were in the 125kph range, with some quick spurts to bring on the grin factor... This was on winter tires 255/55r18, so the diameter may be a couple % below stock.
On the way to my son's hockey game after the bday party, we went from downtown T.O. to New Hamburg... traffic was a bear. There was an accident just after the Mavis Road on ramp, Fuel Economy was I believe 8.4L/100km....
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Full Throttle acceleration from a rolling start to 80kph.... q7 seems to hit 3000rpm and stay there and then the tranny shifts through the lower gears while maintaining a 3K rpm on the engine... Is this normal? is this part of the post fix tune on the TCM? Anyone have insight?
So far, I rate the tune 10/10. I've driven with a Malone Stage 1.5 tune on my 2006 BRM Jetta TDI for the past 4.5 yrs and 150,000km... no complaints on that tune either. That vehicle gets pretty much 5.5L/100km over the past 4+ yrs...