#1: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:56 am ---- There's been a few topics floating around lately on the subject of economy and with the cost of petrol soaring like there is no tomorrow, and less money in our pockets thanks to our wonderful government, I've decided that now is the time to reign in the driving style and take a more economical approach.
I thought it might be a good idea to get a proper look at how driving style affects economy, and so I am running some 'tests' over the next couple of months just to see what the truths are for myself. Perhaps, if you feel so inclined, you could run the same (or similar) tests and post back! It would be interesting to see just what people get and build up a comparison.
So here goes.
Before I embarked on this journey I knew I wasting away £££s, and achieving only between 30-35 MPG. This was using 'spirited' driving, and mostly motorway.
'Spirited' in my case means quick standing starts, quick to get up to speed (but no more than) in urban driving conditions and no slouching on the motorways.
Test 2 has been economical driving with my normal fuel.
Economical driving is, gentle acceleration from standing start and no more than 65 MPH on the motorway with NO attempts at heavy acceleration to overtake etc.
I've got a couple of long journeys ahead in the next couple of weeks, so the tests will continue, with my next one switching the more expensive supermarket fuel, and I'll also do some comparisons against the same fuel types from one of the major fuel suppliers just to see if there's any truth in the 'more mileage claims' using economical driving!
Other Drivers Stats Summary
2003 1.4 HDI (purrjoe)
Economy driving, Standard Diesel, Urban Driving
57.88 mpg Last edited by VorTechS on Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:13 am; edited 3 times in total
#2: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: Razpulsedj, Location: Partying with the Info ShufflersPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:05 am ---- a very helpful topic here mate and it sounds like a great test with the price of fuel soaring. great read so far and ill keep checking back here
#3: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: meady, Location: basingstokePosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:13 am ---- Rather u than me with the economical driving bit. After 5mins of trying to drive like tht i get bored and have to floor it x
#4: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:18 am ---- I agree meady, it started off that way - and it was hard which is why the lowest point was just 42 MPG which happened to be the first day of the test! In the long run though, it should reduce the petrol bill through requiring fill ups less frequently and therefore more money to spend on other things.
Or at least, that's the plan!
#5: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: vipertsniper, Location: DoncasterPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:02 am ---- Great test ... the results will be interesting to see..
i've really had to look at the way i'm driving. you just know when you set off accelerating quickly ... the cars guzzling petrol and i mean really lots.
this colds not helped. but by changing the way i drive ive seen it go from 23 mpg to about 37 mpg
#6: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:04 am ---- Borrowed from Briskoda.
Not 100% relevant to 206's but there are some good tips.
Quote::
You can use the onscreen "instantaneous mpg" readout as a rough indication as to how lead-footed you are being, even if the figures are inaccurate
Biggest saving economy wise, instead of braking for corners, just let go of the throttle 3 or 4 seconds before and let engine braking slow you down, during this period you will be burning no fuel whatsoever. And indeed, don't labour the engine! 6th at 50mph, unless on a flat or slight decline, is too high a gear and will be costing you more than if you are in 5th!
Something I've learnt is if you get stuck in a rut of being obsessed with MPG the MPG's will drop. You do need to get the revs up over 3k once a month or more, or so, a few times in a single day maybe to clear out the crud. After I've had a blow out the MPG's always jump up the next day.
Don't forget the weather isn't on your side at the minute. the last couple of days have been quite mild down here and the MPG's been reported as notably higher. Seeing 60 as I get to work instead of 54.
#7: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:10 am ---- That's an interesting comment at the bottom there about temperature!
#8: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:14 am ---- Yep, with cooler air you'll be using more fuel.
#9: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: E5GDM, Location: EssexPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:22 am ---- Hard work but aparently works, acording to top gear & others, is to use your throttle as an on off switch instead of maintaing a constant throttle position.
#10: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: E5GDM, Location: EssexPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:27 am ----
VorTechS wrote:
That's an interesting comment at the bottom there about temperature!
#11: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: abs06, Location: East SussexPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:48 am ---- My computer tells me im doing an average about 42 mpg. And thats mainly A roads and town
When i go london from sussex (near eastbourne) i get 45 mpg.
I try not to driving over 4000rpm.
I reset my trip when i fill up.
#12: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:03 am ----
abs06 wrote:
My computer tells me im doing an average about 42 mpg. And thats mainly A roads and town
When i go london from sussex (near eastbourne) i get 45 mpg.
I try not to driving over 4000rpm.
I reset my trip when i fill up.
Want to flesh out these details a bit like I have?
I'll then add it into a table or something so that others can see ....
#13: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: copey, Location: rochdalePosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:12 am ----
VorTechS wrote:
abs06 wrote:
My computer tells me im doing an average about 42 mpg. And thats mainly A roads and town
When i go london from sussex (near eastbourne) i get 45 mpg.
I try not to driving over 4000rpm.
I reset my trip when i fill up.
Want to flesh out these details a bit like I have?
I'll then add it into a table or something so that others can see ....
i drive to my mums from rochdale to leek most weeks, has a good mix of motorway, through stockport and some country roads closer to there, so i think al make a note of somethings myself and send them over if its of any use?, however it is a disel i use
#14: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:13 am ---- That'd be awesome! Thanks
#15: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: copey, Location: rochdalePosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:15 am ---- no probs al try the spirited driving today i think haha, what details you want recording? bit sad but i do love a good mpg challenge
#16: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:16 am ---- I'm picking up a GTi on Monday.
Was going to drive it for a week or so.
I'll make a note of what milage & fuel I use
#17: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:19 am ----
copey wrote:
no probs al try the spirited driving today i think haha, what details you want recording? bit sad but i do love a good mpg challenge
Basically, the car (and any engine related performance mods that might affect the MPG) the type of fuel, driving style and the all important MPG.
CD-vRS wrote:
I'm picking up a GTi on Monday.
Was going to drive it for a week or so.
I'll make a note of what milage & fuel I use
Good stuff!
#18: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Mike, Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:35 am ---- Also depends though on where you're diving etc.
I've been driving really conservatively over my last tank of petrol and only got 280 miles from the tank. The problem I have is that the car mainly just goes from home to work and back, which is 10 minutes away, so the car is constantly stop-start and only just gets warm by th time I've got to work and the same coming home.
#19: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:38 am ----
Mike wrote:
Also depends though on where you're diving etc.
I've been driving really conservatively over my last tank of petrol and only got 280 miles from the tank. The problem I have is that the car mainly just goes from home to work and back, which is 10 minutes away, so the car is constantly stop-start and only just gets warm by th time I've got to work and the same coming home.
Good point, and something worth sticking in the feedback for comparison purposes!
And Hi Mike! LTNS!
#20: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Mike, Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:48 am ---- Aye, I tend not to look at my MPG any more as it's always crap due to the town driving I do
Indeed, tend to not be on here as much anymore to be honest. Not so many familiar face no more.
#21: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: purrjoe, Location: South CoastPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:55 am ---- I have a 1.4HDI, bog standard and used only in the past year for a short trip to work etc. No long runs or Motorway journeys at all.
I always get a receipt for the diesel I buy and note the overall mileage on it.
(**Start off and end with a tank full)
During the whole of 2010 I managed an average of 57.88 mpg, so that is very acceptable for an old high mileage car.
The average price for diesel worked out at £1.20 per litre during the year. (Price ranged from £1.09 - £1.33 a litre). That's 9.4 pence a mile
Road tax was £30 a year, too - Another money saver consideration.
My tips for added fuel economy:-
Check tyre pressures once a week and keep them inflated by the book - Wider than normal tyres will of course lower your mpg.
Keep your windows closed at all times to prevent drag. In the summer use the aircon in small bursts only, to stay cool.
Don't fill the tank to the brim; ** only at the start and end of the test - A 50 litre tankfull weighs around 112 pounds, (50 kg), about the weight of a small female passenger ! That means less mpg.
HTH Last edited by purrjoe on Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:36 am; edited 5 times in total
#22: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:01 am ---- Thanks for the info, but just to expand on it a little, what's your fuel type (budget / premium diesel) and your driving style?
#23: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: purrjoe, Location: South CoastPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:04 am ---- I buy the cheapest standard diesel available, and going to work locally my driving style can only be described as town driving.
#24: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:09 am ----
purrjoe wrote:
I buy the cheapest standard diesel available, and going to work locally my driving style can only be described as town driving.
I'll assume that means no foot to the floor or 'quick off the mark' driving then. I'll add this to the first page...thanks!
#25: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:17 am ---- Oh I can add that I got 16mpg in my 2002 GTi when driving it hard around a track.
Fuel was super unleaded with 1 passenger, rear seats & excess weight removed.
#26: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Uz, Location: No Man's LandPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:23 am ---- Right Guys.
My Dad's been driving my 03 plate 1.6 16v XSi which is my daily driver for about the last week and a half. No he travels to a different location within the England on a daily basis so as his daily he's got a Jag X-Type Diesel 2.0 which gives him between 740 and 770 miles to a brim'd tank.
Now...
Last Monday he Brim'd the tank on my XSi with £63 worth of 97 Ron Unleaded Petrol. Drove it everyday, not gunna go into the nitty gritty of where each location everyday was but it's trips to like Rotherham, Wolverhampton, Nottingham etc, somedays goes to multiple locations. So 75% motorway driving and my dads doing no more then 65. Likes taking it easy.
Now On Friday he came home and checked the mileage etc to see what he was getting etc as he was quite interested to see. The car had just got to the quarter of the tank mark and was at 430 miles on the trip computer. Average MPG was at 47.8 and average speed was at 37mph.
By Sunday evening and the car on the second red light the car had done 540 miles.
Now I've had a brim'd tank but I like the more sprinted driving. Alot of country lanes, alot of bypass', alot of dual carriages etc. Travel up to Brum alot and to Worcester for Uni as well as other places like stratford and redditch. Also do the school runs and other little bits and bobs etc.
Now to a full tank of petrol I get 370 miles and a average mpg of 36.
Quite alot of difference and from this you can see it's all about how you drive your car.
#27: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: wull, Location: killin,scotlandPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:26 am ---- i haven't really tried to keep a note of my mpg,my 2000 gti doesn't have a onboard computer so i solely need to rely on simple maths and either fill the tank completely up or wait until the light comes on and work on that basis.only downside with using the light method is that it's not entirely accurate but as of late i can't afford to fill the tank completely full
anyway's.....my first test showed that i was getting roughly 33mpg which isn't too bad as i commute on the a84/a85 which is twisty roads with a mixture of tight bends,fast sweeping bends a some short straight with the occasional long straight.i tried to take it easy and maintain 60 ish most of the time except for overtaking.even then i tried to not accelerate hard but when the mood takes you
my gti is bog standard and possibly a service would improve it slightly.i'll keep a note of it over the next few weeks and see how it goes.
#28: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Mike_XS, Location: SouthamptonPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:06 am ---- I have a 1.6 8v with a 3" sportex backbox. I usually go for the Shell V-Power and driving on the Isle of Man, with lots of start, stops, hills and up and down the gears I average around 37-38 MPG.
EDIT: That's driving carefully, with the occasional blast on the derestricted roads
#29: Re: The great MPG question/test....! Author: abs06, Location: East SussexPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:41 am ----
VorTechS wrote:
abs06 wrote:
My computer tells me im doing an average about 42 mpg. And thats mainly A roads and town
When i go london from sussex (near eastbourne) i get 45 mpg.
I try not to driving over 4000rpm.
I reset my trip when i fill up.
Want to flesh out these details a bit like I have?
I'll then add it into a table or something so that others can see ....
flesh? huh
#30: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: MFACTOR001, Location: sheffieldPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:00 pm ---- stage 2 2.0 hdi
short journeys
fast to speed
alot of hills 30 - 35 mpg
#31: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: kerry, Location: SomersetPosted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:29 am ---- I have 1.4 8v petrol 53 plate and fill it to the brim i do a lot of short journey but it makes no difference to my fuel economy if i take it on a run i'm not heavy footed. I put all the details in my ipod app (gas log) and it only gives me 25.4 mpg costing me 22p a mile i'm disgusted with it i've had the car 10 months now and at its best i've got 36 mpg 15p per mile but since having had new centre and back box exhaust in October its dropped to 25.4 mpg.
Would be grateful for any advice as to why this might be, have had the car plugged into a Snap-on computer and its showing no fault codes !
drives fine when its warm but erratic when cold !
#32: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Ape, Location: Clipping the Apex!Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:04 am ---- 18mpg normally
35mpg motorway
5.5mpg full chat (7.5mpg average recorded on track)
Quick Top Tip - when going down hill, leave a car in gear but take you feet of the pedals, modern engines don't use much (if any) fuel when doing this.
I tried the above in my Focus. It normally takes me 1/2 tank to get to work (just shy of 170 miles), foot to the floor most of the way (it's that slow). Took my foot off the pedals when going down hill, and consumption reduced to quarter of a tank for the entire journey. Happy days
#33: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: M60SHW, Location: CarlislePosted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:06 am ---- if i take it really cafully i get 37 mpg (computer reading) but if i drive normally get like 30 and spiritly get like 17-22 lol
#34: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: west1, Location: SouthamptonPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:52 pm ---- I'm currently using my tank up so I can work out what I'm getting at the moment. I put a whole tank in and I'm driving as softly as I can this what I do most days to and from work the max speed I travel at is 56mph it slow I know but its better fuel wise lol. The engine is a 1.4 8valve. I will report back with my finding when I have to fill up again.
#35: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: vanman_foci, Location: Barry, South WalesPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:59 pm ---- ha ha beem working out mine.
1.6 16v Zetec. 97 Ron Fuel.
Pipercross Induction kit in standard air box, full exhaust system with Cat and 1 box (f****d lambda sensor)
Driving sensibly, changing around 2k lots of stops and starts I can get 36mpg.
Booting it around I get around 20mpg with flames
#36: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Iain, Location: Aberdeen, ScotlandPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:06 pm ---- 97 Ron fuel
Standard 180
33.4 mpg
Average speed 34 mph
This'll probably drop when summer comes around and the grippy country lanes are back to play on
#37: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: samreecestrange, Location: Folkestone, KentPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:01 am ---- Im getting around 27 mpg in a 206 gti
Whats about average?
#38: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: boozeman, Location: manchesterPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:39 pm ---- over a distance of 302 miles worst was 22MPG
i will work out the best next week when i drive as eco as i posibly can
#39: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:04 pm ---- 03 plate TU3 206 running on Shell fuel save unleaded
Average 32.1mpg on the trip computer around town with a heavy right foot.
Climate control on all the time & lugging around a boot full of junk
#40: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Rob206GTi, Location: Hastings, East SussexPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:08 am ---- 206 GTi 140 I've got about 33.4 mpg on the first week of owning it I think it will possible go up once ive stopped having my fun in it lol.
#41: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: usher, Location: northallertonPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:44 am ---- hahaha
i did a rough calculation and i was doing 9mpg round town
about 200 miles to a tank round town if im lucky
mo blowing exhaust etc
2.0 16v gti 138
ill be more accurate next time i fill up
got a 406 estate 2.1 diesel and trippled if not more my mpg (everyday run around now)
#42: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: stevedude, Location: aldershotPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:59 am ---- hdi 2L
540 miles between fill ups, empty light to empty light
40 Liters i think was all i could put in on last fill.
no idea on mpg, maths just aint my thing lol
#43: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Allen_206, Location: midlandsPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:45 am ---- 2.0 dturbo been putting about £15 every 2 weeks dont use it much now as lift share to work but when i do drive it says im doing around 47mpg
#44: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Addaz, Location: SuffolkPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:09 pm ---- 1.4 206 GLX: 1.1 injectors, 1.6 inlet manifold, decat and aircon removed
How the hell do i get 30mpg whilst driving stupidly economically (changing at 2k revs and little feathering the throttle)?
5th gear in a 30, and i get 30mpg and dont rag it once? Any ideas?
#45: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: vipertsniper, Location: DoncasterPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:52 pm ---- tank full last week - zero'd the counter
have been driving sensibly not too much heavy foot - mix of motorway driving and local (260 miles round trip to go visit Uz on wed - but did drive back with a full interior) ..
car is currently on 458 miles and the lights not on yet
i have been using 4th gear in a 30 and 5th in a 40 - i do sometimes get put my foot down at roundabouts ( you have to in donny )
am really pleased with mileage
#46: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: stevedude, Location: aldershotPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:36 pm ----
stevedude wrote:
hdi 2L
540 miles between fill ups, empty light to empty light
40 Liters i think was all i could put in on last fill.
no idea on mpg, maths just aint my thing lol
nope i lie, its 45 ltrs to fill, i just filled up
so thats 9 gallons, and i did 540.
60mpg i think lol
#47: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: VorTechS, Location: Gloucestershire, UKPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:53 am ---- Great list so far, I'll try and stick them into a table when I get plenty of time to do so!
I'm currently running on the more expensive Supermarket fuel.... and the first MPG was goddamn awful, although that was mostly Urban so possibly expected. But the rest of the week is Motorway miles so we'll see how it gets on!
#48: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: paul_c, Location: UKPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:15 pm ---- Surprised at the poor mpg figures coming from the diesels. If you look at the official figures and compare them to the 106 diesel, it suggests they're a bit better (which is plausible, given its a turbo and a bit more modern/efficient). However, my previous car, a 1998 106 1.5 diesel, consistently achieved around 60mpg, the best being 63.5mpg and the worst being 58.1. That was mainly on A roads and sometimes urban areas, with the occasional motorway run. Sometimes I'd be late for work so I'd be putting my foot down, at other times I'd change up gear early in an effort to get best economy. But after a few tank fulls I soon realised that driving style didn't really have that much effect on mpg, so I stopped worrying about it and just drove it, knowing that if I did put my foot down, it wouldn't make that much difference. Granted its not the fastest car in the world, but it was fine in traffic etc and never really struggled; and also granted its a little bit smaller/lighter than a 206 (but not much).
#49: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: sx206, Location: essexPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:44 pm ---- was getting regular 55 mpg,never sparing it.206 1.6 hdi, great car until the turbo had a fit,and not long after the recon unit came out in sympathy.used to use my central heating oil,kerosene and a tad of 2stroke so the car didn't owe me anything and was retired with 170000 miles using 1.4 petrol now and wont be for much longer.
#50: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: jimblonduk, Location: TamworthPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:33 pm ---- Standard 1.4 Hdi, 05 plate. I always zero the trip meter when I fill up and usually fill up with around £60 of diesel when the fuel light comes on. Mileage obtained is from 505 to 540 so by my reckoning, which may be wrong .. at 135.9p per litre and 44 litres, I get between 52.2 and 55.8 mpg which is driving to & from work along A roads everyday.
#51: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: lee206xsi, Location: CheltenhamPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:35 pm ----
#52: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: crocdino, Location: LeedsPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:39 am ---- Get 36/37 mpg out of my lasses GTI.. From brimmed to light it's about 350 miles. That's with hardly any town work, pretty good I reckon.
#53: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:02 am ---- My 2.0 TDi VW Jetta consistently averages 52mpg day in day out.
#54: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: chris_rock206, Location: Belfast, Northern IrelandPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:16 am ---- I just worked mine out and its getting about 31mpg but thats normally round town, when I put a tenner in gets about 50 miles before the light comes on again. Not overly good that condsidering it says it should be doing 44mpg, its a 1.4 8V btw.
#55: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:33 am ----
chris_rock206 wrote:
I just worked mine out and its getting about 31mpg but thats normally round town, when I put a tenner in gets about 50 miles before the light comes on again. Not overly good that condsidering it says it should be doing 44mpg, its a 1.4 8V btw.
My TU3 206 does around 33.6 mpg average acording to the trip computer, im more then happy with that due to the way its operated
Cost me just over £57 the other day to fill the tank after the light came on
#56: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: chris_rock206, Location: Belfast, Northern IrelandPosted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:48 pm ---- I'm too tight to be fillig the car right up :L 10 or 20 quid normally at most unless i'm going a far distance, its alright on the motorway tho i can get about 200 miles outta £20 if i sit at about 50mph so im rather happy with that
#57: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: carl.mf1987, Location: ScarboroughPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:07 am ---- I get 34mpg in a 2.0L GTI, I think that's terrible.. and I have to drive like an old woman to achieve that!!
#58: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:16 am ----
carl.mf1987 wrote:
I get 34mpg in a 2.0L GTI, I think that's terrible.. and I have to drive like an old woman to achieve that!!
Buy a diesel then if it bothers you.
Its a GTI, its NOT built for fuel economy.
#59: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:05 am ---- If I'm a bit heavy footed I get around 45 and if I drive economically I can get 52 according to the trip computer
Doesn't sound right for an xsi? Too good to be true...
#60: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: gaffa786, Location: 2 Places at oncePosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:35 am ---- I get about 55 miles for £10 in my 1.4
#61: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: sulli, Location: SheffieldPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:36 am ---- 206 1.4hdi van, round town driving depending what mood im in - 40-45 mpg, motorway about 48-52mpg
#62: Re: The great MPG question/test....! (Get involved!) Author: carl.mf1987, Location: ScarboroughPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:11 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
carl.mf1987 wrote:
I get 34mpg in a 2.0L GTI, I think that's terrible.. and I have to drive like an old woman to achieve that!!
Buy a diesel then if it bothers you.
Its a GTI, its NOT built for fuel economy.
ouch! doesn't really bother me, maybe im just tight with my wallet.
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