Stu
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Hmm... my cars aren't great for economy really. Mk2 Golf 2.0 16v - about 28 - 30mpg overall, more like 35mpg on a long motorway run. To be fair, no less economical than when it was standard but lots quicker so can't complain.  Mk1 Golf 1.5 with twin 40's and 3-speed autobox - around 20mpg so long as you don't go above 60mph or use 'kick down' in which case it likes a drink!  Girlfriend's Lupo 1.4 16v - not sure but I hope it's much more economical than my cars...  |
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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Hirst
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This avatar is inaccurate, I've never shaved that closely
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A pretty shocking 25-30mpg out of a 659cc Daihatsu Mira Classic Turbo 4WD, nearly all short 2 mile or so journeys to work. On a run doing about 55mph on the motorway I nearly broke 60mpg though!
Quite bad fuel economy really, especially considering I do drive it pretty gentle! Though the turbo and fulltime 4WD isn't helping much.
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I'm also an MPG dweeb. Glad its not just me. I even do the MPG on hire cars... And I do it properly I don't trust the onboard computers...
I'm interested how some people work out their MPG, I hear people claiming numbers well in excess of what the manufacturers claim and also some people assuming that the crusiing at 56 figure is what they get day-in-day-out. A mate of mine works for an environmental consulatancy and they did some work on company cars average MPG for a company wanting to be fuel efficient. They mapped miles and fuel used for a range of cars on their fleet and the customers as well as some rentals. Stuff like the Golf TDi which someone I used to work with claimed his did 80 MPG "all day every day" was actually averaging like 45 MPG in normal "commuting" use when tested. Even the Prius struggles to beat 50 MPG IIRC when used on their "commuting" test.
When calculating average MPG (according to an engineer specialising in fuel efficiency who used to work for Rover who has a web page about this) you need to do it over like 5000 miles to get a true picture.
Heres some I tested earlier...
1992 Mazda 626 1.8 GLXi does 35 - 37 MPG. (only done 2K in it so far)
1965 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (6.9 litre V8) 9 MPG - 15 MPG (was running rich on the 9 MPG test...)
1966 Buick LeSabre (5.6 litre V8) 14 - 17 MPG regular, got 26 MPG out of it on a long run once.
The Chrysler (5.2 V8) is running sick and making about 12-14 MPG right now. The previous one I had did 16-18 MPG
The Rover P5B 3.5 V8 I had did exactly the same. You will hear owners claiming that 30 MPG is possible on a run in these cars. It is not. I tried. Best I got was like 22 MPG evar.
1992 Saab 9000 2.0 16v did 28 MPG average. Did that regardless of how or where.
1993 Audi 80 2.0E did 30 MPG average (never better than 33 or 34 on a run)
1993 Rover 416GSi Auto did 28 - 34 MPG (average about 31)
1985 Cavalier 1.6GL did 26-28 MPG
1994 Toyota Celica 2.0GT - 30 MPG dead on.
I could get 30 MPG out of a Mk3 Cortina 2.0 without too much trouble if I kept my right foor quite light. However the 1.6 crossflow version of the same car struggled to get over 25 MPG. Usually 22-23 MPG commuting and the like.
I had a few modern hire cars like a Mk4 Astra, that sort of thing and they didn't get over 40 even though they were used on long runs (and I did some "performace testing though)
Oxford and back in a Mk3 1994 VW Polo 1.0CL 4 speed we got 37 MPG.
Thats about what my last (stock 948cc) Morris Minor did on average (again almost always the same figure regardless of how and where it was driven (35-38 with an average of 37)
I'm a fairly consistant driver, but routes and traffic conditions change. I might have notes of some others elsewhere.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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 My Estelle does 250MPG. ;)Unfortunatelty that's engine oil....it does roughly 35-40 MPG on petrol! ;D
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Whats your MPG?briandamaged
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Range Rover does on average 31mpg....that rises to 28 if I clog it, and rises to 34 if I take it steady. The advantage of having the Nissan in the front....the V8 on Strombergs in my old '72 RR I owned 12 yrs ago would struggle to better 14mpg, and would drop easily to single-figures Daily commute is 1.5m of stop start between my place and the M5, then 14m at 55-60, then 2m of dual carriageway/A-road to work, and the same home, 175m a week costs me about £25. The Peugeot has been SORN now since the end of Sept, but the prospect of 54mpg again means that it may well be paying a visit to the MOT station/Post Office over Xmas. It may be curse word and slow...but it's cheaper. Another £10 a week I won't be putting in Gordon W*nker Brown's pocket. |
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According to the trip computer the T-5 is currently getting 21.9 MPG around town (that's basically driving to the end of my road and then sitting in the traffic for hours on every journey - the joys of living between the M25, the A2 and less than a mile from Europe's busiest shopping centre!)
I've managed just over 30MPG on longer motorway runs.
It's a bit thirsty, but it's got 7 seats, all mod cons and 220ish bhp - it's worth it! ;D
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When I can - I do mine by keeping the reciept for the fuel, showing the quantity - after brimming the tank to max from near empty and then resetting the odometer, driving till nigh-on-empty again then calcing it like that |
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My V8 Sapporo once got 9 mpg. I used more than half a tank of juice going from St Athan in South Wales up to Gloucester. It was about 80 miles in all. Motorway all the way and everything outside the car was a blur.
Great fun and I got away with it. The things you do when you're young!
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Jet noise....the sound of freedom
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never had anything bad it would seem... my estelle 130 got about 46-48mpg bringing it back through england my VW Lupo Seat Arosa got 42mpg max (49 claimed lmao) favorit 1.3 got 47.8 (over 612 mile run) although it would seem current favorit not quite as efficient, must have a fuel leak as it cant be much over forty...  |
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Mr S
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10-4 Good buddy.
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Between 9 and 12.5 MPG on LPG in the Rangie, and between 18 and 22mpg in the Merc 420SEL.
Even my main motorbike only does 30mpg....
Ah well, roll on another good summer! hehe
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Whats your MPG?arthurbrown
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my estelle 130 got about 46-48mpg bringing it back through england favorit 1.3 got 47.8 (over 612 mile run) DO what? I could never get anything better than 30mpg-ish out of my Estelle. And I'd be lucky to even squeeze 40 from a Favvy (Hi-po, late spec) that I used to cadge of me dad. There's alot of folk about with light feet it seems! |
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Go to admit I keep a pretty close eye on MPG. I never drive for economy though and 140kg on the accelarator causes fuel to disappear at an alarming rate Currently daily driver is a W reg 1.8 Primera petrol and I think that does really well. I get 28-30mpg out of that driving it fairly hard everyday and it costs me 50-60 quid a week in juice. My old Pug 406 1.9TD I used to get 32-35mpg and that was the same as my 405 TD and my Mondeo TD. My 300TDi Discovery I get 22-28mpg and it doesnt seem to make much difference with a trailer on. My 200TDi used to get 22-25mpg. I used to get 22mpg out of my Trooper 3.1TD and before that my Pajero 2.8TD I used to get 18-20mpg Range Rover 3.9V8 I used to get 9-11mpg on LPG and 10-13 on petrol. The wife used to get 17 on gas. The Monza is brilliant. On the run down to CARS it averaged 31MPG at sensible motorway speeds with the occasional blast upto 3 figures. Daily driving to work will get me around 23-25mpg driven fairly hard. Driven hard on the road can drop it down to 17mpg. I worked out at my last autotest it was getting less than 1mpg ;D The Silvia used to average 22mpg, XR4X4 14mpg driven hard upto 19mpg steady away. MK1 escort used to get 40 mile to a tenner, in 1997 which was just over 10mpg at the time. Only car I have ever had over 40mpg out of was my dads Xantia HDi 2000 mile in a week in Scotland and it returned a 49mpg average. When I lend his Citroen ZX 1.9 Diesel non turbo I manage to average 37mpg  |
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RetroMat
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I recon the micra gets about 40+mpg, a tank of £24 used to do about 280miles with a light foot, however being an impoverished student i only ever put a fivers worth in ;D
The Toledo isn't bad on juice either but i've never worked out the mpg.
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my estelle 130 got about 46-48mpg bringing it back through england favorit 1.3 got 47.8 (over 612 mile run) DO what? I could never get anything better than 30mpg-ish out of my Estelle. And I'd be lucky to even squeeze 40 from a Favvy (Hi-po, late spec) that I used to cadge of me dad. There's alot of folk about with light feet it seems! lmao the estelle includes racing a mini in london, and the fav includes doing 96.5 mph downhill for 6 miles on a long private stretch of the carlisle-stranraer road it was/is same spec (GLXiE 'N') but otherwise generally light-footed. i dunno, skodas just run well for me! (but don't forget the 525 and 820 must do about 20mpg each so it aint all good ) |
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Whats your MPG?Deleted
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the cortina estate 2.8i V6 averages around 18/24 mpg around town and close to 28mpg on a run as long as you take it easy ;D .
the wifes holden commodore 3.8V6 is surprizingly good with around 22/26mpg around town and 35mpg on a run but it can go down as low as about 15mpg if gun it everywhere ;D
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upto 50 on a run
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 once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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The E32 735i was about £80.00 to fill up and it would do about 450 miles on a tank, since I sold it I've been punting about in the girlfriends 1.1 metro and it costs £20.00 to max the tank.. result!
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The E32 735i was about £80.00 to fill up and it would do about 450 miles on a tank, since I sold it I've been punting about in the girlfriends 1.1 metro and it costs £20.00 to max the tank.. result! one extreme to another, so satisfying filling up a dinky lil car, you know you can afford the pub/treats too then. yay |
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Seth
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Oh, I forgot to mention in my earlier reply that the best we've ever seen was around 48.5 on a London-Manchester run (2 up +luggage) in our (early-ish) Herald 1200 Estate at a steady 60-65mph. |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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can beat all, my mums felicia 1.9d estate used to get anywhere betwenn 60 and 65 mpg, always over 45 when she used it in town too. and that was on miscoloured diesel straight from the plug marked not for off-road use. always thought it was strange looking stuff... |
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My Estelle does 250MPG.
