how do you check your mpg?

[LLOYDskeez]

I just bought a 1.8t FWD and I'm trying to look how mpg I'm running but for some reason I couldnt find it

Is it just me or the car doesnt have this feature

[J-jizzle]

The cars MPG reading in the dash lies anyway. I tells you that your getting better MPG than you really are. Just zero out your trip odometer when you fill up, after that tank is gone divide the number in trip odometer by the number of gallons you put back in.

[auggy]

The cars MPG reading in the dash lies anyway. I tells you that your getting better MPG than you really are. Just zero out your trip odometer when you fill up, after that tank is gone divide the number in trip odometer by the number of gallons you put back in.

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[doublezero30]

fill up, reset trip odometer, drive, fill up, divide miles on trip odometer by # of gallons on reciept.

only way to do it.

[NyteEscape]

The cars MPG reading in the dash lies anyway. I tells you that your getting better MPG than you really are. Just zero out your trip odometer when you fill up, after that tank is gone divide the number in trip odometer by the number of gallons you put back in.

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[Pete4 1.8t]

While they are correct for the most part letme actually answer your question....
Provided that you have the trip computer (some A4's don't) the buttons on the windshield wiper stalk control it. There is a toggle like switch on the end and a RESET switch on the bottom. The toggle switch allows you to scroll through all the readouts the MPG one with the 0 with a slash through it is the average. Now in one of the top corners you will have a 1 or 2. The 1 gives you the readings from just that trip since you started the car after it sitting for longer then 20 minutes. The 2 means that it will keep measuring until you reset it manually by holding the reset button (handy for using it to measure MPG between fuel fillups) To cycle between 1 and 2 and additionally a mode that turns off the screen just click the reset button.

What about some specs and color combination info about your new purchase!? Pics?! haha

[drmarcj]

Be a geek and keep a little notebook in your glove box and write down miles and quantity each time you fill up. That way you can see if anything suddenly changes, which is the sign of a problem.

[mxrz]

It is accurate, at least in my car, it matched manually calculated consumption with only a 2% deviation.