) and the journey was perfect, a mixture of motorway, A road & B road and averaged 39.2 by the time I was home, stuck to the speed limits but didn't drive like miss daisy!
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They really have gone to town on the camera vans. I got zapped 6 years ago had to do a speed course. Boy did I feel stupid they New l drove a big white van with yellow and green checks. I was only doing 33 mph.
I feel better now.....they got me at 34mph going into knaresborough! Did the speed awareness course....and my insurance went up!!
What's the software update mate? Been onto vw customer services today....I can feel a trip to the dealers coming on!
what mopardave said....
The avg mpg and stop start etc is not just down to driving style but our always unpredictable weather here in the UK. This has a bigger impact than most are aware. Having owned 4 other bluemotion tech VWs I soon got used to the unpredictability.Just passed 3500 miles now, it's a great van and far more car like than anything i've driven before (except for cars
i should've spec'd heated seats, no idea why i didn't, must have just missed it off. All the other options i chose are as expected, Led's, Sat Nav etc etc.
Carpet in Cab option really changes the interior of the cabin which helps with the "like a car status" it's a quiet van and the noise from the engine is barely heard even at cold startup. Wind noise and road noise is pretty much non existent too.
Overall quality seems pretty good and more solid than other offerings i've had from VW and Ford.
But there's witchcraft going on inside the ecu/engine, it doesn't know what it wants to be! some days it will average 35mpg others it's struggling to achieve much over 30mpg, same driving style and often same route, it is down to the emissions based items that VW have loaded the van with, it does like to swirl it's fan around, and any journey where stop start is involved and the fan is normally on when you stop. It may settle down it may not, but considering the majority of my miles are spent at motorway speeds it does seem a tad excessive!
My average mpg is currently 32mpg (Calculated)
Good to hear! They are mostly very good vans and we are happy with ours.
Damn good effort especially in Winter!
Diesel or petrol?I love mine, drove just over 300 miles to Cornwall non stop and got out fresh as a daisy. I've done the same journey in my 335 m tourer and had to stop half way as I was aching. Will spec a few other bits on the next one
It's diesel, 340 bhp and around 550 ftlb torque and it's an animal. Not saying it's uncomfortable, it's just a different driving position.
Remapped then?!
