The Motors Alcarholics Anonymous Thread

Mr Benevolent

My car's name is Unity and she's an alcarholic. 25mpg at the moment, rising to 30-32 mpg when the loud pedal isn't being mashed into the floor. Ah, happy days

What's your car's mpg? The worse the better. TDIers need not apply.

Drummerboy08

Haven't been bothered to work it out cos it scares me, but I'm lucky to see 270 miles out of a 65 litre tank.

unkel

Confab wrote: »

My car's name is Unity and she's an alcarholic. 25mpg at the moment

LOL, 25MPG is like having half a pint of beer on Christmas day

I've had 20MPG or under cars for well over a decade..

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Haven't been bothered to work it out cos it scares me, but I'm lucky to see 270 miles out of a 65 litre tank.

Presuming there is still about 2 or 3 litres left by the time you fill up, it is about 20MPG - almost

Kev.

Hi I'm Karlos,

Im a Golf GTI and Lurve petrol...

My owner doesn't seem to mind filling me up every week because he loves me...

Drummerboy08

unkel wrote: »

Presuming there is still about 2 or 3 litres left by the time you fill up, it is about 20MPG - almost

Yeah, even if you worked it out on the basis of 60 litres. Oh well, great fun the last few mornings in the wet!

Mr Benevolent

unkel wrote: »

LOL, 25MPG is like having half a pint of beer on Christmas day

I've had 20MPG or under cars for well over a decade..

I'm still getting used to a low mpg car, once my insurance starts going down I'll care much less about fuel consumption. I'm not complaining btw, I love it! It only brings my fuel bill from €40 pw to €55-60 pw anyway.

Edit: Unity's actually getting 22.2mpg at the moment. Must ease off the loud pedal...

dar83

I'm running about 24 at the moment.

And I've taken it easy on this fill...

EPM

Confab wrote: »

My car's name is Unity and she's an alcarholic. 25mpg at the moment, rising to 30-32 mpg when the loud pedal isn't being mashed into the floor. Ah, happy days

What's your car's mpg? The worse the better. TDIers need not apply.

Well mine only did 12mpg...on the Torr Road. Epic:D

TestTransmission

I have no idea what my MPG is, my car doesn't tell me and life is too short to work it out

I assume anything between 20-30MPG

Gary ITR

I once emptied my tank in 80 miles. That was a fun few hours, I averaged 250 miles to my 45litre tank. For me it was never about the MPG but the SMG (Smiles Per Gallon)

Apprentice Mechanic

i am currently achieving 60mpg in a toyota corrola diesal, when I was learning to drive a car for around the fields and a lane which I had an old type jetta 87 model diesal also I was achieing about 50-53mpg and I was not using green or red diesal or even parrfin

dar83

Gary ITR wrote: »

For me it was never about the MPG but the SMG (Smiles Per Gallon)

That's a motorhead's Hallmark card if ever I've seen one!

Mr Benevolent

Apprentice Mechanic wrote: »

i am currently achieving 60mpg in a toyota corrola diesal, when I was learning to drive a car for around the fields and a lane which I had an old type jetta 87 model diesal also I was achieing about 50-53mpg and I was not using green or red diesal or even parrfin

Here! No Tee-Diddley-Eyes!

dar83

Apprentice Mechanic wrote: »

i am currently achieving 60mpg in a toyota corrola diesal, when I was learning to drive a car for around the fields and a lane which I had an old type jetta 87 model diesal also I was achieing about 50-53mpg and I was not using green or red diesal or even parrfin

Booooooooo!

Apprentice Mechanic

Confab wrote: »

Here! No Tee-Diddley-Eyes!

i dont bother using green diesal it just not worth the risk at all cos aload of people living beside me woud report anyone as quick as a cheetah

TestTransmission

Every diesel fanboy related post from here now in will be deleted.

Mr Benevolent

Apprentice Mechanic wrote: »

i dont bother using green diesal it just not worth the risk at all cos aload of people living beside me woud report anyone as quick as a cheetah

No, I mean your MPG is too high to be included in this thread. 30mpg is the upper limit here.

Apprentice Mechanic

Confab wrote: »

No, I mean your MPG is too high to be included in this thread. 30mpg is the upper limit here.

my bad:o

MyStubbleItches

27.1 mpg.

From a TD.

So there.

Mr Benevolent

MyStubbleItches wrote: »

27.1 mpg.

From a TD.

So there.

That's from a Rexton, i.e, an abomination. Doesn't count.

stealthyspeeder

I wont see 20 mpg until she's warmed up in 5th gear, average mpg for this year is about 14mpg and that includes a good few "hyper mileing" trips along the M1 where I once saw 32mpg going down a hill with a stong wind!

4.2 twin turbo was never going to frugal on the juice though..

kja1888

I've got an old Rover with a 3.5l V8, weighing around 2 tonnes, you have to keep a close eye on the fuel gauge all the time. This swine loves a drink I tell you!

MyStubbleItches

Confab wrote: »

That's from a Rexton, i.e, an abomination. Doesn't count.

Wouldn't lower myself.

Anan1

I get 350kms from a tank, ie 50l.

Cionád

Last fill was 27mpg, lowest since I bought it 5 months ago, generally 30mpg-ish in mixed driving.

Did squeeze 35mpg out of it driving from Inverness to Liverpool in the summer though.

It's a 2.0T Volvo s40

Averages 20mpg for me if I'm local, will do 30mpg on a motorway spin, all urban short spins and less than 15mpg can be obtained, my all urban spins I mean trips less than a mile long

E39MSport

Jaysus, I must be getting old and I hate sounding like a broken record but this has been done maybe twice recently...

But, so as not to be a total cnut,

850ci
9 to 14 mpg in town and 22 motorway

The rest are diesels

Eric Cartman

28mpg , on a good day I might see 30, city driving i can see 22 easily

dgt

My BMW barely managed 30mpg on an economy run. Averages about 20 - 22 mpg.

The Mercs are worse. The 280 does about 18mpgs average and the 380 does about 15mpgs... They all get driven like theyre late for mass though

Even my economical Bravo van, managed to use half a tank in 60 miles once... Its a real hoot

We have a 2.8 RWD, Italian 2 seater with brembo calipers all round that does a maximum of 24mpg its er...




....an Iveco Daily :pac:

101sean

12mpg in the 101, worth it for the noise of the V8 and grin factor.

si_guru

kja1888 wrote: »

I've got an old Rover with a 3.5l V8, weighing around 2 tonnes, you have to keep a close eye on the fuel gauge all the time. This swine loves a drink I tell you!

Take that motor and dump it in a Series Land Rover... you get my ol' Stage1 V8... single figures round town!

I know a guy who get's worse... Sean101 - where are you?

Saab Ed

Saab 9000 2.3 turbo bought 3 weeks go. Trip computer says 18.5 mpg. I've been enjoying it but thats just silly

si_guru

si_guru wrote: »

Take that motor and dump it in a Series Land Rover... you get my ol' Stage1 V8... single figures round town!

I know a guy who get's worse... Sean101 - where are you?

On the missing list not :pac:

101sean wrote: »

12mpg in the 101, worth it for the noise of the V8 and grin factor.

si_guru

I need specs or a bigger font!

milltown

Usually around 25mpg but I was only recently re-united with it after six months in and out of three different garages so 20.something over the last fortnight.

101sean

Stage 1 V8s are becoming vintage now, shame they were built with pre-rusted steel as it's hard to find a good one! :rolleyes:

Like I need another V8 toy to keep me poor

Flashman

30-32 mpg in my Leon Cupra - mostly motorway. Though I think the wet/cold is having a negative impact...

david

Mostly single lane "R" roads, 25km trips:

I usually fill my VW GTI when it's 5l from empty (6spd 2.0T FSI with 55l tank).

Sensible: 600km = 34mpg
Normal: 520km = 29mpg
Enthusiastic: 470km = 26mpg

I'm happy with that.

Daved_XB

Well my Daily driver Range Rover Sport see's an average of 15.2mpg.. or so the trip computer tells me.... on long runs to Cork I can get 20..

My Dodge on the other hand... I've done the math & I get 7mpg... gotta love 6 pack Carbs on a big V8... but then I do get a lot more smg (smiles per Gallon) in the Dodge

si_guru

101sean wrote: »

Stage 1 V8s are becoming vintage now, shame they were built with pre-rusted steel as it's hard to find a good one! :rolleyes:

Like I need another V8 toy to keep me poor

Another 22 years and you could put Rover 75 on vintage tax!

Veloce

I'm getting about 28 - 32 mpg on Motorway runs.

As for Dublin city driving, 21-24mpg.

1.8TS petrol Alfa GT

ninty9er

I can average 38mpg on a long non-motorway journey by driving like my granny (except using the rearview mirror), but when that's mixed with my everyday driving the tank average....tanks.

It's been dropping from a base of 29 since I filled it last Friday 57.86l/€85 to 24.5 today.

I have an app that tells me my MPG is currently 18.1 on average, though the dashboard seems to conflict with it.

It came back from the car doctor after having it's exhaust manifold welded last week with the dash showing 4.9MPG

ninty9er

david wrote: »

Mostly single lane "R" roads, 25km trips:

I usually fill my VW GTI when it's 5l from empty (6spd 2.0T FSI with 55l tank).

Sensible: 600km = 34mpg
Normal: 520km = 29mpg
Enthusiastic: 470km = 26mpg

I'm happy with that.

I think that constitutes a disqualification

MetzgerMeister

I haven't done any much ecodriving in my MPS so for me, normal driving, according to the computer is giving me 15 mpg

Do I care?? No

ianobrien

I've never bothered to calculate the MPG I get in the Mk2 Escort. All I know is that every time I drive it, I've got to fill it up......

If I drive like a saint, it's not too bad. Opening up the taps means an empty tank (as in Cork to Clonakilty and back) on a tank......

tc20

~20mpg in my W123 280E, up to a staggering 26ish on a country run

Love it though

~20mpg on my W208 Clk230, does improve a good deal on the motorway but the calibre of driving on the M50 means i rather go from raheny to sandyford to work via the east link in medium traffic.

_Kaiser_

<No Diesels!!!!!>

david

On another note what's the worst MPG you can get according your OBC? In the golf, floored in 2nd gear with TCS/ESP going nuts I can get her to 99.9l/100km I think that's as far as it goes!

david

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Well my 2.0 TDI Passat with DSG does about 1000-1100km per (approx) 70L tank - I've no idea what that works out to as I only have the Comfortline computer and it doesn't give "fancy options" like that

Banned.

_Kaiser_

david wrote: »

Banned.

Does it help that it's less since it's gotten near service time? That might be considered "good mileage" but not when you're filling it every week @ €100 a go