20/30

 

i guess whats really killing me is that i take a lot of short trips. my drive to school is about 10 minutes, all stop and go. everywhere i go is city driving and short too

 

About 24mpg in traffic, and about 36mpg @ 70mph on the highway. I use BP 0% ethanol fuel from Wisconsin.

 

Trust me, this car hauls a$$, as well as alot of cargo!

 

Well it sucks because there's no energy in that gas. Try something a little more potent... like 91. More expensive, more potent, and more miles per gallon.

 

If you drive using your tiptronic does that give you a little better mpg? Cuz i've never heard about that before..

 

i do pretty much all city driving in my 3.0 quattro, get about 19. Highway, I get 23-25. I'm not complaining, though. Can't beat that low end torque.

 

me too im getting 17 in my 3.0 advant

 

I think by (76) he was refering to the station, not the grade of gas.

 

2003 A4 3.0 MT6 with 71k miles

Mostly driven by my daughter, but when I got it this past summer I took a couple trips to Detroit (~360 RT) and saw 25-26 mpg at 70-75. Easily did it on a tank of gas. I suspect more conservative speed (55-65) would achieve closer to 30 mpg.

Around town, not so good. Seems to barely achieve 20 and with real cold winter weather (consistently below freezing) and short trips, it struggles to get 16-18 mpg.

By comparison, the A6 is used almost exclusively for highway driving (127k) and averages 22-23 at 70-80 and 24-25 at 60-65. The computer does show 28-30 when I drive it 50-55, but I don't have enough patience to drive at that speed very long. (All the other mileage numbers are calculated, not computer.)