HI all,
An elderly couple I sometimes help out with stuff have just bought a:
VW Polo twist auto 1390 cc 2003 64K miles
And he said his first 20 quids worth of juice (what ~15 L / 3.3 gal?) have taken them 75 miles? ~23 mpg?
Now, I know that's not very scientific or accurate etc but assuming it's even close does that sound anywhere near right to you?
I asked him if he might have been a bit heavy on his right foot but he said no, in fact was 'taking it easy'?
I'm also guessing it's not a diesel or he would have said and those figures would be super bad.
His question to me (and hence to the panel) is is this a 'known' symptom of anything going wrong rather than it just being typical for this particular model please?
So far I've only been able to offer , outside a genuine issue, 'air filter, oil quality and tyre pressures' but unless the filter had never been changed or all 4 tyres were at 10 psi I wouldn't have thought even that could account for such results (assuming they aren't correct etc).
Cheers, T i m