Schnell 911

So I have been driving this PIG for 6 weeks now and just averaging about 14.5 mpg. Any of you believe the MPG will increase by driving the beast in manual? Urban driving...ARGH.....

Frank 993 C4S

Sorry - No. I average that on my commute in traffic or towing my trailer on the hwy. I have once seen 20 mpg on a steady 55 mph with no traffic. There's a reason we call them Piglets

touareg

Drive on the highway more, I get around 16-17 with no real traffic, even up to 19 on long flat trips.

I myself have not messed with tip long enough, but my guess is, with the amount of weight of this truck, no matter what, with stop and go, you are gonna eat fuel. On bad commute days I get around 11-12 driving in Boston. Sometimes when I have to leave early at 6pm, I get about 9 before I even get on the highway.

1st gear must be real small, as you can rev that up fast, and other than when the car is cold, it will usually start in 2nd. Also noted that even in manual mode, if you let it rev high, it eventually will switch to automatic. I think. I can't remember if that was just with the tip buttons being hit, or the switching the stick over.

If you really want to save fuel, release the gas to slow down don't brake (to do that you have to slow down ahead of time) and accelerate slow (which ticks people off and drives me nuts as it feels sooo slow)

DWPC

I find myself manually forcing it into 6th when at steady boulevard speed but below 2000 RPM in town. As soon as I put the lever back to Auto position, it downshifts to back to 5th. No wonder City MPG sucks.

Are MY06 Tip shift points programmable? Does this Tip not have the "learning" function that my Audi had for adapting to my shifting style?

gbratk

That is strange...

I can drive under 40mph in 6 gear in auto mode, it downshifts, when rpm drops under 1000rpm. This is if I dive it gently in city.

Yes this tiptronic have learning function.

endless_corners

Here is a tip, buy a fuel efficient car like a tdi and then hypermill that. Why are we even talking about saving gas with cayennes? Its like splitting hairs.. the difference in a few mpg. I certainly didn't buy one because I was under the illusion that it would get good fuel economy and find it a little counterproductive to not just enjoy driving it... If i found myself regularly hypermilling my v8 gas guzzling 5,000 lb suv I would sell it.

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touareg

Ditto the above ^^^^

gbratk

Agree.

If I had prices for fuel like you have, I would let the pig run even when I go to sleep

DrJupeman

Amen.

DWPC

Well, our other car is a Jetta TDI Sportwagen, and I'm not really concerned about the CTT's mpg. But I have a steady state RPM comfort zone when cruising. Maybe it's because growing up I had a neighbor who drove her kids and me to school...in 2nd gear all the way.

BTW...what's hypermilling?

gbratk

If you have durametric, or piwis, or vagcom, try to reset self learning function. Maybe is something messed up something.

DWPC

I've got it on my list for the 1st CPO warranty visit.

endless_corners

hypermilling is a term for driving with max fuel conservation in mind

Schnell 911

Ok so if the Cayenne is self-learning? I will continue to drive in auto....Lets burn some fuel, i do not give a rats ***...

Dennis C

14.5 mpg? Wow... That's pretty good for a Cayenne!