RatchRoyal
Past Member
What the cost? Do you retain the standard springs?
What the cost? Do you retain the standard springs?
We had a 1.6FSI Sport on 17" wheels and it struggled to get more than 35mpg in normal driving (mixture of town, A-road and motorway), it also felt somewhat lacking under the bonnet. We had it serviced and they discovered the wrong spark plugs had been used and this made a difference to performance and economy but it was certainly more sprightly but still only got 38mpg. We could get 42-44mpg on a GPS 70mph cruise but no more than this.
I'm convinced either some people are a bit economical with their calculations or there are just some cars that don't do well on economy compared to seemingly similar cars. Replaced 3 coil packs in our ownership, always used Momentum 99 or V-Power, had the chocolate-fireguard inlet manifold rebuilt etc. etc.
I lived in central London and my A2 has lived at Baker Street and inside the congestion charge zone for over 5 years. The original clutch was totally gone by 46k miles, this is an indication of the kind of stop/start London traffic I used to drive. My 1.4 on the lightweight factory SE 16" alloys with 185/50 Michelin or Dunlop rubber was doing about 30mpg on a bad day but normally looking at 33-5mpg around town. The FSI is meant to be more efficient but the extra weight counters it on stop/start, but even so, 26mpg is very low. I'd expect the FSI to beat my 1.4 on the motorway, I get 40-42mpg normal cruising at 75mph. 37-40mpg if I aim at 80mph, traffic permitting. FSI has even got a higher spoiler so I can't help to think there could be something not quite right about the car. I just don't know what it is, sticky handbrake?
Steering feel is typically Audi numb. The FSI gear change is feel-less and vague, my 1.4 is a lot better. As for ride, it is very poor we all know that. FSD cures the problem of crashing into bump stops and brings more stability. Ride quality is improved with more rubber since I have switched to 195/50/16. My 15" winter wheels brings even more comfort. I definitely won't consider 17" wheels unless I'm on a set of fully adjustable CO.