2011 Audi A4 Avant 3.0TDI Quattro - MPG problems

[Biggsy1989]

Hi All,

I am a new poster to this group and was just after some feedback / advice from owners.  I recently picked up a 2011 Audi A4 Avant S Line 3.0TDI Quattro.  Lovely car but I am already finding that the MPG figures were well under what I had expected.  Don't get me wrong I wasn't expecting to be pulling in 55MPG or anything, but I am lucky to be getting 35MPG at the moment and that is driving it very cautiously.  Its a 61 litre tank, after doing 84 miles I thought I would top it up to see what I had used, 13 litres!  That's around 30MPG by my reckoning and I haven't drove it quickly either (I wanted to see what returns I could get and I'm past the days of racing)!  I do a lot of motorway miles so was hoping for a lot better than that.

Does anyone have any advice on how I can try and improve these figures?  Or should I be expecting this?  I bought it as a bigger family car but was expecting to be returning around 40-45MPG day to day and I am worried if this carries on it will cripple me!

I look forward to any feedback or advice you could give me.

Cheers,

Shaun