Considering used A3 questions: High power on DSG? Avg gas mileage on 2.0T FWD?
01-27-2009, 01:58 PM
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There was a pdf on here last year that had the tq rating of the DSG, and it was suprisingly low.
Not sure if things changed. I'll see if I can dig it up.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a3/msgs/46435.phtml">DRG spec post</a></li></ul>
01-29-2009, 07:25 PM
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Oops, I screwed up. Actual average fuel consumption after 5000kms is 10.6L/100km.
I was looking at the trip average rather than the overall average. Still not a stellar number (22mpg 99% city driving) but it makes much more sense.
02-01-2009, 10:34 AM
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Re: Considering used A3 questions: High power on DSG? Avg gas mileage on 2.0T FWD?
DSG chips and holds fine. Most get about 27-28 mpg mixed. S-tronic and DSG the same trannie system, renamed for different models.
01-23-2013, 07:14 PM
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Don't worry
I'm always very conscious of the mileage and I just don't think I'm getting great mileage yet. Right now I'm only getting about 460 kms per tank, with mostly short-haul city driving. I'm hoping it will improve as I put more kms on it. I have to say it's been quite a cold winter so far with temps between -20 and -30 for nearly a month.
02-01-2013, 01:18 PM
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A3 Gas Mileage
I currently have a stg3 B5 S4 2.7T and stg3 Golf 1.8T, and can easily see myself doing similar on an A3 2.0T if I were to get one. My thoughts are to replace the Golf with the A3 as my "good gas mileage, FWD, but still fun car". I test drove an ('06) A3 2.0T DSG yesterday and I enjoyed the DSG - I never thought I'd say that about an "automatic", but as I assume most here *know* it's not an automatic 
The general American public is a different story.
Anyway, how are DSG's holding up to higher power levels? Chipped 2.0Ts? K04s? Stg3 turbos?
What are the differences between DSG and S-tronic. Is it only who's manufacturing it, or is one better than the other? Higher power handling?
What's the expected MPG in the 2.0T FWD with mixed highway/city driving? Is anyone here as **** as me and have logs I could check out? ie:
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/mileage/s4_golf_graphs/s4_golf_graphs_files/s4_and_golf_miles2_21340_image010.gif">
Anything in general I should look out for when looking at '06/'07/'08 used A3s?
Thanks,
The general American public is a different story.Anyway, how are DSG's holding up to higher power levels? Chipped 2.0Ts? K04s? Stg3 turbos?
What are the differences between DSG and S-tronic. Is it only who's manufacturing it, or is one better than the other? Higher power handling?
What's the expected MPG in the 2.0T FWD with mixed highway/city driving? Is anyone here as **** as me and have logs I could check out? ie:
<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/mileage/s4_golf_graphs/s4_golf_graphs_files/s4_and_golf_miles2_21340_image010.gif">
Anything in general I should look out for when looking at '06/'07/'08 used A3s?
Thanks,
muahahaha. I get great gas mileage (compared to my 02 S4 that barely gave me 18.7 mpg average). I get about 29.3 mpg in Los Angeles traffic with my commute comprising of the 405 parking lot. with $20 i get about 145miles which is about 4.9 gal at current gas prices. I'm happy with the gas consumption. The DSG, I am still getting used to. I do not like the uphill stutter/vibration of the tranny especially if I dont gas it but it just reminds me of a manual gearbox. I love the paddle shifters and the quick shift speed.
02-02-2013, 08:14 AM
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^^^^
I have an '09 2.0T DSG. I average 26-27 MPG mixed city/highway. Pretty good. I'm happy with the fuel consumption and the DSG.
I agree, the paddles are fun...especially with some S2T shifters..
Mike
I have an '09 2.0T DSG. I average 26-27 MPG mixed city/highway. Pretty good. I'm happy with the fuel consumption and the DSG.
I agree, the paddles are fun...especially with some S2T shifters..
Mike