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V40 T2 about 33 on the stop/start 7 mile commute, couple more during half term in lighter traffic.
M'way journeys get around 55+
19 on LPG. Petrol I don't really know- it only runs on petrol on cold starts, if I'm dicking about, or if I've run out of LPG so it never really does a tank. Mid 20s probably.
Focus ST170 27-33mpg, Discovery Sport 29-37mpg, both depending on where I'm driving. Meh.
Over the last 16k miles- 31mpg, daily commute on dual carriageway- 36mpg in summer, worse in winter.
Lightly tuned M135i, 400ish bhp.
mid 30's for 400BHP is bloody impressive.....about the same for my 200BHP Cooper S.
Genuine Q – why do people track it?
It's as good entertainment as any on long drives... and I usually do longer drives.
It's a bit interactive .. I'll reset before the run then try and hit a target.
and as a result keeps my speed down....
That bmw figure is amazing, my s3 got 27 for about a hundred hp less!
Bmw 640d 310bhp 500nm torques approx and will return over 50mpg on a run
Now that is proper impressive
My shitty v70 however, 52 mpg winter and 55mpg summer. I have a 28mile each way commute, using alot of 2 and 3 Lane road and cruise control set to 62mph
Bmw 640d 310bhp 500nm
Yeah, Diesel's Diesel though innit - may as well club a baby koala to death on every run.
400bhp of good clean petrol..yumyum
not being serious by the way...nice motor
Navara pickup 2017 35.6 mpg over 30000 miles..... so much better than my mates Ford Ranger he gets 22 mpg its doing his head in driving like miss daisy to get that.
66 plate 1.2TSI Polo .. on a stop start 17 mile each way commute with aircon always on, and frequent short journeys whilst in work it averages around 48mpg.
Motorway miles easy 55mpg id guess
Amazingly our Ovlov V70 (diesel) and Seat Ibiza estate (petrol) both show 44mpg over thousands of mixed miles.
In reality the SEAT is typical VAG and lies, it's actually about 38mpg when I calculated a couple of tanks.
The Volvo is about spot on in reality.
35 in ’06 A4 2.0t (BUL version 220bhp) but the 70 litre tank means only filling up once every 2 months
That's slightly better than my one, it averages around 33-34, how may miles does yours do to a litre of oil?
Yeah it truly is impressive, and I hardly use the Eco mode. The last 3l I had, diesel Audi A6 Quattro did similar MPG with much less power or more importantly fun....
25mpg for the m4
33mpg for the diesel kuga
20mpg for the caterham
4mpg for the diesel boat
Local eco weather people would like us driving diesels as less CO2, so feel the current emphasis away from them is not helping!
Whole family here, three generations in a wide range of fuel burners:
Golf tdi 52mpg
Polo tdi 58mpg
Civic 40mpg pet
Rav 4 38mpg Pet
Vito LWB 38mpg
L200 Pickup 26mpg
Dellow 24mpg Pet
Racers: all on track (All running 97 or 110 Ron)
Pug 106 S1 20mpg
1960s F3 car 12mpg
TM530 Supermoto 12mpg
Honda CR250 10mpg
OMS Hillclimb car 8mpg
(As a comparison, told an F1 is 6mpg and a Dakar Pajero 2mpg and an old Blower Bentley around 10mpg) we did own a Clio diesel that frequently did 70mpg plus on runs)
Octavia vrs TFSI 36 mpg
E36 M3 27 mpg
Both like 98 or 99 ron unfortunately!
Seat Cupra 300 manual. Has averaged 40.5 mpg over 17,000 miles of mixed driving. Only every put 99 Ron in it. Fantastic little car, so I've ordered another one.
Ford Ranger he gets 22 mpg
We had a 2013plate for the farm over two years, and it was rubbish on more than just the mpg figures. Glad to get shot of the heap.
2005 Mondeo - hovers between 30 and 31mpg according to the trip computer. Possibly nearer 35mpg on a long motorway trip, offset by 25mpg around town. Not too bad for 3.0l v6.
"1960s F3 car 12mpg"
Wait up...I want this guys life....just right for the Tesco's run.
2000 vintage Saab 9-3 Turbo does 31/32 going backwards and forwards to work. It's a bit more on a run but I never check it. A tank does around 400 miles commuting as long as I wear slippers. If I get a bit keen you can almost hear polar bears dying out.
Happybiker ..lots of Horsepower ..but the trade-off is that you are driving a car that is ugly as ****..
And if you cant have fun in a 3.0lV6..you're doing something wrong ..😁
I once saw 33mpg from my C63 between Heathrow and Lincoln but normally I get about mid 20s in race mode I can get it down to single figures.
Volvo V60. Between 55 and 65 depending on wind / temperature. Usually trundling between North Yorkshire and Heathrow at about 75mph.
Avg 31 in Transit Custom DCIV 170 auto , 33 in T5 140 2.0 DSG
Chopped the transit in for a wildtrack yesterday and picking it up on Tuesday .
Hoping to get a bit more than 22 as mentioned somewhere above.
I have found that giving the transit some beans gets a better return than driving miss daisy (on a run anyway)
4 miles per kWh. Kia Soul Ev
40 mpg karoq 1l DSG
Ford Ranger he gets 22 mpg
We had a 2013plate for the farm over two years, and it was rubbish on more than just the mpg figures. Glad to get shot of the heap.
Maybe that's why the drivers always seem so irrate. They should be renamed the Ford Anger.
Happybiker ..lots of Horsepower ..but the trade-off is that you are driving a car that is ugly as ****..
And if you cant have fun in a 3.0lV6..you’re doing something wrong ..😁
Maybe ugly, but it looks fine from the inside. 3.0l V6 diesel would be more entertaining without AWD, and being in a 1.8t car.
Yet in dynamic mode and sport setting I've had as much "fun" as any other car Ive owned / driven ..😉
Van 32mpg
V8 575bhp MLLC on a good day 12mpg
That’s slightly better than my one, it averages around 33-34, how may miles does yours do to a litre of oil?
... yes
(Also I once got 55mpg driving from the fox house down to centre of Sheffield)
TedC
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Not too bad for 3.0l v6.
until you remember the power that V6 is(n't) putting out. Was very smooth though
41-44mpg on my Citroen 1.2 Puretech. Goes like the clappers too.
TedC
Subscriber
Not too bad for 3.0l v6.until you remember the power that V6 is(n’t) putting out. Was very smooth though
Never noticed being power/performance deprived. Ok, it’s not the quickest car out there, but it’s quicker than most and a bit of a sleeper (Black Ghia X, currently running winter steelies so looks like any other humdrum Mondeo).
Will be going soon (along with it fancy RS alloys) as shiny company car due mid-March.
T6 DSG, long runs only 40-45mpg. Head winds are the killer.
2006 Focus Diesel, used to get 80mpg on the odd 6th-gear-at-50mph hypermiling exercise. 50mpg more normally.
2010 Passat diesel, about 50mpg (me driving - slowly) or about 40mpg (wife driving, lead foot).
'03 CRV - petrol - 30mpg (ish). it is shaped like a brick with some extra bits sticking out to get in the way of the airflow. I'm saving the planet by not buying a newer car.
2005 Mondeo – hovers between 30 and 31mpg according to the trip computer. Possibly nearer 35mpg on a long motorway trip, offset by 25mpg around town. Not too bad for 3.0l v6.
Had similar from a Pug 406 V6. It too looked less exciting than the average taxi, with no visual indication it had anything other than a 1.6 oil burner under the bonnet.
Octavia VRS Petrol DSG - ~35 mpg
Seems to have dropped a couple of mpg since a had to have a new engine fitted 🙁
Octavia Estate, 1.5 SE Tech, boring dad car but will happily switch itself to "2-cylinder mode" at 80mph on a motorway and pootle along doing 70+mpg. Which is nice.
Tends to average about 55mpg on each tank, mixed urban / motorway use (we don't commute in it so the only short journey it does it to the supermarket once every week or two). It's actually a really lovely car, and cavernous with the seats down.
Works Hi-lux limited to 70mph is claiming 32.2mpg.
2005 D5 V70 claiming 42mpg probably from new, I've never reset it in the 6 years we've had it.
When I was using it for work it was 46mpg according to trip computer.
Hook the caravan on to Volvo and it'll do somewhere in the low 30's mpg, whereas there's no difference with the Hi-lux when towing!
We have a 1.2 Polo as well but have no clue as to the mpg!
Stepwagon - about 26mpg
eGolf - about 3m/kWh (more in summer), so at 5p/kWh charging it's like a 350mpg petrol car at today's average petrol price.
Motorway cruiser: 60
Car for general use: 45
Moderately spirited B road driving about 25
All from a chipped smart Roadster
EDIT just read some posts...WTF...how inefficient are your cars/status wagons?
Very roughly 35mpg for my Vivaro, mix of long M-way journeys and shorter runs.
so at 5p/kWh charging it’s like a 350mpg petrol
IS that on a night meter / economy 7 ? Has to be shirley, my electric is 16p/kwh. That is mighty impressive if it is. A guy in my road club works for a green energy co and they have run a Tesla as a company car for years. Its on 300,000km's or so and the battery is only showing a 7% deg , which is truely amazing . The motors will probably go before the batterang i reckon
2018 S3 has averaged 34mpg from new, always driven pretty hard
2019 130bhp partner van showing 48mpg from new. Again driven pretty hard as it doesn’t have a lot of power
When doing motorway speeds the van is low 40’s and the S3 sits around the same. Van will do 60mpg doing 50mph On country lanes but rarely happens
Work Ford Connect LWB 1.5td?, 2019. 45-55 mpg depending on journey.
My Porsche 951 3.0t 1986. I think 17mpg, don't monitor it too closely. Currently has a thirst for starter motors.
GFs Vauxhall Astra estate 1.6 8v 2004, 35ish mpg I think.
I'm just happy when it's working properly, it's probably the most pampered old Astra in the world. So much as a squeek from it and I lose riding time sorting the squeek out or she won't drive it. Same goes for any MOT advisory.
I use the fuelly app to track mine.
So this is an actual figure based on what I put in each time I fill up.
Over 3200 miles I’m averaging 46.8 mpg.
Mini Clubman Cooper SD auto.
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate? It isn’t.
My last diesel Ford trip computer was 5mpg optimistic in the 4 years I kept records for fuel usage, slightly less in the Vauxhall’s before it.
Current work car is a 1.8l hybrid and does around 50mpg, more in summer less in winter and varies a lot more than a diesel.
Wife’s car does 18mpg. On super unleaded. Yikes.
I've for an m135i, 3ltr 320bhp.
It's brilliant, does 40mpg on the motorway because it's 8 speed, but also does some fine local trips at 18mpg. Fortunately I live in London and it sits there 95% of the time.
IS that on a night meter / economy 7 ? Has to be shirley, my electric is 16p/kwh.
Yep, Octopus energy (who I use) and a few others now do time of day tariffs if you have a smart meter. Usually set day rate with a cheap nighttime window a bit like Economy 7 used to be. Octopus also do one that tracks wholesale prices every half hour so it’s more expensive at peak time (4-7pm) but much cheaper outside of that.
Works pickup - 28/29ish usually, sometimes I can coax it into the low 30s over a tank if I am being particularly careful.
13 year old, 110k mile RAV4 - 41 if being used on school runs, 50ish mpg on a long run.
Bike... 31mpg usually... had it down to 19 on the Dumfries run once!
Honda Jaaaaaaazz. 2018, 1.3.
80 miles a day, mixed urban, A roads and motorway. Bikes, camping stuff and grandkids at the weekend.
Always between 50 and 55 mpg.
For a simple, normally aspirated petrol engine with bugger all torque I'm quite impressed.
It's built well, but lightness has been prioritised over noise insulation.
Very sensitive to tyre pressure, the headlights are like two glow works shagging behind a stained glass window and the clutch is vaguer than a Tory manifesto.
I do like it though, fun to thrash, excellent ride, grip and comfort, Tardis like and a nice place to spend 2 or 3 hours a day.
Caravelle: 25
KTM: 65
Quadrifolgio: 21 generally. It will do 38 on a run. If I’m nice.
Mondeo 43mpg
Berlingo 44.8mpg
Gti 180 24mpg
What I've learnt is that ford's book figure for my car is a lie. The berlingo needs a 6th gear and the 180 doesn't do bad considering it gets ragged.
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate?
I've been surprised. I assumed mine would be overstating, but it's been pretty accurate whenever I check. If anything it's more often slightly lower than the actual I calculate (Toyota Auris 1.6 diesel)
I've been around 41-42 mpg per tank recently now it's winter (have had bike carriers fitted a fair bit too)
Was generally 50-51mpg a tank earlier in the year.
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate
I always assume they lie. I haven’t calculated mine manually for a while though. Oddly the mileage trip on my abarth used to count up at a different rate to the main odometer. So if you reset it at 20000 miles, at 20300 miles the trip would say something like 303.
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate?
I’ve found them close enough not to care about tiny bit it’s off. The VW app seems very accurate though and again close enough for me not to worry about or waste my time with a spreadsheet.
(Toyota Auris 1.6 diesel)
I’ve been around 41-42 mpg per tank recently now it’s winter (have had bike carriers fitted a fair bit too)
Was generally 50-51mpg a tank earlier in the year.
do you just batter round town in that , i'm amazed such a small car gets such a low MPG
surely that should be 60+ mpg ?
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate?
It’s about as accurate as your speedometer, with the added tolerance impact of measuring fuel used.
Oddly the mileage trip on my abarth used to count up at a different rate to the main odometer. So if you reset it at 20000 miles, at 20300 miles the trip would say something like 303.
That is a bit odd, I wouldn’t be surprised at a variable (differs between each trip reset), but fixed for a given trip reset, but would expect it to be be less than 2km. The algorithms for storing odometer distance are more complex than most people imagine due to the need to keep a high precision[1] number, with potentially large values using non-volatile memory that has limited write cycles[2].
[1] Precision and accuracy are not the same thing (wanders back to the pedantry thread)
[2] All NVM has a write cycle limit, for EEPROM its typically 100000 cycles guaranteed, which would only cover the first 10000km at 0.1km resolution.
Our last family car was a 57 plate Mondeo 2.0 TDdci that averaged 48mpg, I could get up to 62mpg on motorway journeys keeping it on the inside line and matching pace with the HGVs
The 64 plate S-max 2.0Tdci that has replaced it has better official Mpg, but only averages around 45mpg, on Motorways it only goes up to 52mpg.
I have an 08 plate Peugeot 107 that I use for my 7 mile commute to work on country roads that refuses to do less than 50mpg.
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate?
I reckon ours are close enough, on the very rare occasion I’ve worked it out they’ve not been far off.
I usually have the computer in mine showing either range or speed, which I find much more useful than mpg.
Jag does 40ish on a run. Low to mid 30’s the rest of the time. I did monitor once to see how accurate it was - seemed to be optimistic by 5-10%.
Weekend toy does 4mpg.
My car lies like a Chinese health official.
64.8 mpg average when the reality is 52or 54 depending on ambients
Always over in my experience, though this volvo is the worst I have had
My M140i has averaged 30.7mpg since I collected it in June which I don’t think is too bad for a 3 litre car.
It’s quite capable of being pretty economical on a decent run but it’s equally adept at making super unleaded vanish pretty quickly if driven hard.
X1 25D 42 mpg mixed on V Power.
Aerodynamics of a brick.
Does anyone actually think their trip computer is accurate?
Mine is yes, I’ve checked it.
On both.
(Toyota Auris 1.6 diesel)
I’ve been around 41-42 mpg per tank recently now it’s winter (have had bike carriers fitted a fair bit too)
Was generally 50-51mpg a tank earlier in the year.
do you just batter round town in that , i’m amazed such a small car gets such a low MPG
surely that should be 60+ mpg ?
Probably a mix of bad traffic and bad driving style. I live in London so my commute is often 15-20 minutes in stop/start traffic, 10 minutes at 75ish, then another 10-15minutes that can be a bit stop/start again.
Best I've seen on a single trip was 74.9 on a short 9 mile journey - through 50mph average speed cameras for most of it and with a warm start.
driving style makes a huge difference even if its an imperceptible difference in style. A good few years back I did a european tour on my BMW r1100rs with a mate with a ZZR1100. Despite the BMW having fuel injection compared to carbs on the ZZR and the BMW being lighter and we both rode at similar speeds ( he was a faster rider than me) he got better MPG and longer out of his tyres. In the end we decided the main factor was he rolled away from a stop gently in first, short shifted to second then opened the taps, I tended to rev much higher in first and with a wide open throttle.
Ruddy annoyed me that his faster more powerful and heavy bike got better MPG and he was faster overall.