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Interesting updates from Whizzbang & Wesley.....happy to say that the A6 is now booked into the local dealer for a diagnostic. Can anyone give an idea of what they will be checking ? The car has only covered 11k or so miles, and in the last few weeks & fill ups, the MPG has fallen to 43mpg, and I'm now struggling to get over 600 miles out a full tank. The temp has dropped a few days to well below freezing up here in sunny Scotland, so that will certainly have a detrimental effect on the MPG, but I'm now getting fully OCD watching the wee fuel LED's dropping down when on full ECO mode. . So, any thoughts as to what checks / diagnostics the dealer will be carrying out will be great to hear ?

Hi Trevor thanks for the reply, and I know that manufacturers claims are myth & legend lol I'm a bit concerned as the MGP does seem very low compare to my previous car, and also when I had an identical A6 from the dealership as a courtesy car a couple weeks ago, I was into the high 50's MPG for exactly the same journey, with no traffic jams etc to affect the figures. Any ideas what I should be looking out for, or maybe best to get it booked in for inspection and see if anything is amiss ? I know what you say about remapping, but I don't fancy buying an expensive car ,to go and spend a few hundred more to get the MPG up to where an identical car is performing ? Any ideas gratefully accepted..... :-)

Hi Folks Just picked up my 2016 A6 S line TDI Ultra Black edition ...really enjoying the car, and hope to pick your brains soon. #1 post already loaded in the A6 section :-)

Hi Folks Newbie here, and 1st post so hope you'll be gentle.................Recently picked up my ( 9 month old ) 2L A6 S line Ultra TDI Black edition Auto with 7k on the clock, and I'm delighted with it, lots of toys and drives really nice, but need to pick your brains. I'm covering mostly motorway miles ( 1,500 in 1st month of ownership ), and although I'm driving like Miss Dairy at around constant 65mph, I'm only getting 44mpg - I've checked brim to brim, and the numbers are correct. Is this about right for this 2L car, as I'm quite disappointed by the low mpg return in relation to the manufacturers claimed figures ( I know they just think of a number & double it most of the time, and it usually bears no relation to real life ! )? Im just out a 3 year old BMW 520d M sport Auto, and was enjoying easily 56mpg on average on exactly the same journey, so the A6 is returning 12 mpg less ( - 20% or so ). In your experience, does this sound "normal" for this car ? I've tried it up both on comfort & also Auto mode ,and there's very little difference on the mileage. Is this MPG about right, or is there possibly an issue I should be aware of ? Hope to hear from you guys soon......and thanks !