Fuel Economy. What do you get with your car?

Hotwheels

Is the 159 out? Haven't seen any about.

yes... have mine for 2 mths...
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Max_Damage

'90 Micra 1ltr. - 40mpg.

When it was new, it was claimed to get 55mpg.

spooner_src

I have a 2001 Octavia 1.9Tdi (110bhp) 70K on the clock got over 640miles on a full tank last week. Constantly get 50+mpg.

ToxicPaddy

mondeoman wrote:

1998 Ford Mondeo 2.0lt(petrol) Ghiax saloon 106'000 miles
61.5 Lt fuel tank which is €70 to fill @ 114.9 per LT
I get nearly 500 miles to a tank which is 90% N11 driving
which is roughly 36mpg:D

Something similar here

97 Mondeo 1.6 LX, 160,000 miles on the clock
61.5 Lt fuel tank which is €70 to fill @ €1.15 per ltr
Around 500 per tank, but have got up 565 driving outside of the city on country roads for a week or so

TheBazman

Nissan 350Z (3.5 ltr) generally around 24 mpg but it depends on how aggressive you drive it.

Our man in Havana

Max_Damage wrote:

'90 Micra 1ltr. - 40mpg.

When it was new, it was claimed to get 55mpg.

91 Micra 1.0L 50 mpg 85K on clock.

Ay Cee

Cerberus wrote:

R34 Skyline 2.5 Turbo
Average around 20mpg
Best 25mpg
Worst 10mpg (yes, you can actually watch the needle going down)

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:eek: I think your car has a serious drinking problem

Ye have to feel sorry for the city folks. I didn't think "city" driving would affect the consumption by that much

Cormie, keep living the dream

TempestSabre

I find a big difference between weekend driving and weekday driving too.

VeVeX

98 Audi A3 1.8t 73K getting around 30mpg.

gyppo

04 Seat Leon tdi

Usually get 600 miles per tank, sometimes up to 650.
Usual average is 56mpg.

robo1

cormie wrote:

anyone know how far you'd get with say €50 in this? Hopefully one day I'll actually need to know;)

Did anyone see the Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear a while back. At top speed it will use a full tank in 12 minutes.

Ay Cee

robo1 wrote:

Did anyone see the Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear a while back. At top speed it will use a full tank in 12 minutes.

:eek:

BRM

1.6 FSi gets me 36mpg on avg

The other yoke 16-20max!

Cerberus

robo1 wrote:

Did anyone see the Bugatti Veyron on Top Gear a while back. At top speed it will use a full tank in 12 minutes.

Considering its v-max is 250mph you'd still have covered 50 miles in that time

curiosity

hmmm, have a 1.4 93 golf like the OP, can get 500+ miles out of it if I mother it a little. Doubt i'd get 100 miles from a tenner though. At 115.7 cent a litre for unleaded i make that over 52 miles to the gallon. Thats 624 miles from a 55 litre (12 gallon) tank.

damo605

1995 Honda Accord Aerodeck 2.0 Automatic - 27.5mpg (mixed driving).... About 51 Miles for a tenner - 280 miles on a tank costing approx 50 euro!

2003 Fiat Scudo 2.0JTD - About 750 miles for 5 minutes at the company pump

TempestSabre

curiosity wrote:

hmmm, have a 1.4 93 golf like the OP, can get 500+ miles out of it if I mother it a little. Doubt i'd get 100 miles from a tenner though. At 115.7 cent a litre for unleaded i make that over 52 miles to the gallon. Thats 624 miles from a 55 litre (12 gallon) tank.

Thats fantastic, thats better than a diesel.

Calibos

Remapped 2.0L TDI A3. 33mpg around town and 55mpg on the open road at legal limits according to the DIS anyway.

Blue850

50 mpg from a 230K 94 Vectra 1.7 TD ,same from the 71 Fiat 850 and absolutley horrific consumption on a 69 Triumph 2000 with dodgy carbs

curiosity

TempestSabre wrote:

Thats fantastic, thats better than a diesel.

My little golf with the big heart says thanks TempestSabre:) . I have a 104km (65 mile) round trip to work everyday on my own, so the car isn't carrying much excess weight. I try not to use the car if i can walk instead, meaning less short fuel draining trips. I always top up the tank in the morning in the belief that it will get more fuel into the tank (whether this works out in practice though is anyone's guess). I think i'll top up the tank, set the tripometer to zero, and check my tyre pressure on Monday morning. Time to see how trifty the ol' gal is once more:)

god's toy

98 Astra 1.4, about 40MPG +-. 64 miles round trip to work and back daily.

Picking up my new 06 Almera (1.5) on Friday and will update info the week after that.

Guy:Incognito

97 2.5l auto petrol safrane.

Getting 20 - 21 mpg mixed going by the computer.

Wishbone Ash

1998 3.0 litre auto diesel - averaging 33 mph

sneakyST

Focus ST - 21mpg

boomer_ie

Wishbone Ash wrote:

1998 3.0 litre auto diesel - averaging 33 mph

33 Miles per hour.... thats a tad slow... But then again this is Dublin

2006 Ford Focus Estate 800km per tank ~ €50 per fill 48.34 mpg

dubtom

My new rodius,which I'm informed by everyone who gets in it is absolutly beautifull,thank you very much,is particularly thirsty,mpg I not sure off, it's stated in the manual as 22 mpg at 62.I put in 40 quid and got about 200 klm town miles which is actually worst than my 5.8 mustang on a long run. I'm wondering is there a run in period where the mpg will improve, I say wondering but I mean praying,there is only 950 k on the clock so far,if it doesn't improve I could end working for nothing.:D

esskay

I drive a VW Corrado G60. Driving short distances gets 18mpg. Long haul gets about 22mpg. Thats the price you pay for the supercharger. the only way to get better mileage is just not to drive it :rolleyes:

skyhighflyer

00 Citroen Saxo 1.1 (hey - I'm a college student )

Best = 400 miles from a 40 litre tank = 46mpg
Usual is 320 miles which I think is around 36mpg

Never really thought about it but thats fairly crap for a 1.1 isn't it ?

bkehoe

05 Land Rover Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto (2.7l) - 29.5MPG.

mukki

peugeot 307, with an aftercooled 1.6 turbo diesel engine.

costs between €55-€60 to fill it and does over 1000km (about 630miles) before the light comes on again, drove to mayo and back twice on one tank (150x4 miles) and guage said it did an average of 62mpg


oh and i have never turned off the air con!