Audi A4 Real World MPG
With the price of fuel being what it is, the mileage you're getting is becoming more important. This is the place to discuss the mileage performance you're getting out int he real world.
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2004 A4, non-quattro, 1.8, CVT.
Last urban driving tank by wife w moderately heavy foot: 70 in town, trips less than 10 miles got 23.8 mpg Aveage city driving is closer to 26mpg, have gotten up to 28 mpg in urban driving.
Last trip, 423 miles 5% forest service roads, 10% freeway, 85% two lane blacktop, driven with light foot & only a couple of WOT runs, top speed 80 mph, average speed overall 49mph (car's computer) got 34.4 mpg. Our personal best was 37 mpg; mostly freeway average speed of 65 mph.
Considering the best I ever got with 92 Honda Civic Si & 97 Del Sol Si was just under 40, the A4 is bit of a surprise. That plus the fact that it is supremely comfortable & had no mechanical problems for 29,000 miles makes us feel like we have a terrific car in the A4!
We just got a 2006 A4 Avant. First tank was around 20 MPG all city. I'll update this board as we drive more.
An eariler 300 mile trip at 75 mph came in at 34.5 mph. But dailey driving around town & country I'm hitting around 27 mph.
Really pretty nice for such a hefty little car.
The car itself drives like a dream . . . confident and very tight handling. The one thing I'm going to look into is the extremely quick upshift when driving in standard "D" mode. It quickly upshifts to 2nd gear, resulting in a bit of as hesitation at launch. When in "Sport" mode, it doesn't do this becaus it holds first gear longer.
In the fall of '05, I got a new job, and pulled up stakes for Orlando. On the cross-country trip, the dash kept telling me I was getting about 34, a figure that agreed with the math I did at each fill-up.
My mileage in Orlando has been somewhat disappointing. I thought driving on flat land would help me get even better mileage. Not so much. I'm driving with a much lighter foot these days (65 on the fwy., crawling around town), but my mileage is pretty much the same as it was before. I don't know if it's because I no longer have the occasionally hill to coast down, or if it's because I swapped my Dunlops for Avons, or what. I've been keeping the tires inflated and the oil changed on schedule.
Still, I can easily wring 340 miles out of a tank, which I think is great for a car with a certain level of performance, luxury, and safety (the real reason I bought the car).
I can't break down freeway/city percentages during the tests; my driving is mixed, and it's most often easy-going (except for the occasional runs to redline - don't check instantanous gas mileage then! - or an occasional brief 120mph freeway moment).
A beautiful car to be sure, but for around-town errands it's overkill. Oh for a midweight sport bike that could easily transport a bag or two of groceries.
On my 2003 A4 1.8T 2WD manual shift: With premium fuel, AC on, and holding to 65-75 MPH on a long freeway trip, I've gotten up to 33 (taken by recording the mileage elapsed on the odometer, and dividing by the number of gallons it takes to refill the tank to full again after the trip). 30-31 is more usual, however. Mixed city/highway, I'm in the low twenties at best.
Overall, somewhat disappointed with MPG figures here in South Dakota, despite using premium gas.
On one trip my trip computer 'claimed' that I averaged 37 mph at about 70 mph. Had a good tail wind.
Byron
I used to do it that way as well. I had a PDA with a spread sheet. Now I'm too lazy.
While I'm not sure how the trip computer does its thing. I suspect that it doesn't start its mpg measurement until the car is rolling, thus the initial start and idle time are not factored in.
BTW, good luck with your A4. My '06 (purchased August 05) has been the best car that I've owned. No squeaks, rattles, or CELs. Hard to believe that it's an Audi :P
Any thoughts?
But you can bet that your car won't be bulletproof. Cars are just too complex these days. And watch out on those extended warranties (if you decide to go that route). Seems that they have "exceptions" for the stuff that actually breaks.
Ive got Audi A4 Tdi (90 bhp) I get 611 miles on a tank which equates to 48 MPG
(european gallons I must point out) as im in the UK.
This figures is good but below what its supposed to be
www.WhatMPG.co.uk says that is should be getting about 54 MPG on combined cycle...
This was "trying to get good gas mileage" (65 mph max, coasting down major hills, no AC).
I suspect normal highway will be more like 30 mpg. A little worse than my 99 1.8T Passat, but not horrible either.