the mpg comparison thread

the irish fella

a thread so see the different types of mpg people are getting out of different cars/vans or jeeps and to see what models are most fuel efficent so be honest and tell your average mpg and what year make model engine size car you drive cheers

SV

RS Clio 182 Trophy, averaging out 37mpg mixed town/motorway driving.
2litre, 182 hp, petrol.

rocky

we had such a thread only a few weeks ago.

T-Maxx

Been done before.

s14driftking

between 40 and 50 mixed driving 330 bmw diesel saloon 3litre 244 brake horespower

SV

s14driftking wrote: »

between 40 and 50 mixed driving 330 bmw diesel saloon 3litre 244 brake horespower

That good? Strongly considering one of those as the next car but was slightly put off by mpg concerns

650Ginge

SV wrote: »

RS Clio 182 Trophy, averaging out 37mpg mixed town/motorway driving.
2litre, 182 hp, petrol.

Really, pretty sure you're not.

You are beating the best on spritmonitor.de. Well done.

This thread is useless, most people have no idea how to work it out and yet to see a in car display that's accurate.

If you going to post then provide evidence.

debabyjesus

1.4 hdi 307 remapped to 96bhp getting 60mpg on the button.

SV

650Ginge wrote: »

Really, pretty sure you're not.

You are beating the best on spritmonitor.de. Well done.

This thread is useless, most people have no idea how to work it out and yet to see a in car display that's accurate.

If you going to post then provide evidence.

Well going by the onboard computer it's 37.2 to be exact.

What's yours? or do you have just more inane shíte to post?

dh0011

40-41 these days in a 1.6L 03 avensis which is almost always at 60mph on a national primary route.

Donnelly117

I am getting 33.3 (indicated) from my Mini Cooper S. 1.6 turbo with 176 bhp I think. I cant be arsed working it out properly because I dont really care enought.

I thought it wasnt bad until I saw the clio above which puts it to shame

Max Power1

getting 31 from the 535d averaged over 5k kilometers

this reaches 37 on the motorway cruising at 120 and drops to below 18-20 around town.

so wow, that puts me into the economical category 30-40 mpg.

YbFocus

Ha Ha max I can beat you here

38mpg on day to day trips, national primary stuff.
Can do 42mpg when it settles down on the motorway.

530d

Max Power1

YbFocus wrote: »

Ha Ha max I can beat you here

38mpg on day to day trips, national primary stuff.
Can do 42mpg when it settles down on the motorway.

530d

I think if you win on mpg, you actually lose in real terms :P

spg>mpg

YbFocus

Max Power1 wrote: »

I think if you win on mpg, you actually lose in real terms :P

spg>mpg

True

No Pants

Think I'm getting about 25mpg on a 2.3l petrol turbo.

wesf

Yeh i think some people are relying on their trip computers for their figures, bet if it was worked out properly they'd be less a few mpg!
Not surprised by those clio figures, had a 182 before and was getting late 30's easily.
94 Audi 80 avant, 52-54mpg on average, can increase this a bit on a long trip with cruise control on

CiniO

5.84 l/100km (48MPG) - 09 Honda civic 2.2 diesel
8.64 l/100km (33MPG) - 04 Mazda 6 2.0 petrol
6.92 l/100km (41MPG) - 01 Fiat Bravo 1.2 petrol
8.43 l/100km (34MPG) - 03 Nissan Primera 1.8 petrol
8.22 l/100km (34MPG) - 02 Ford Mondeo 1.8 petrol
6.69 l/100km (42MPG) - 00 Opel Astra 1.4 petrol
5.89 l/100km (48MPG) - 97 Fiat Cinquecento 0.9 petrol


That's figures from my spreadsheets and they are really precise (I've noted down every fillup). MPG values are rounded.
All cars used it similar conditions.


Problem with OP's question is that the same car might return completely different fuel consumption depending on type and style of driving.

Gentle driving on empty straight country roads could return 5l/100km (56MPG), while city driving in heavy traffic with heavy foot (accelerating and braking all the time) could bring the value above 10l/100km in the same car. (under 28MPG).

evolutionqy7

5l per 100 km or 56 mpg in old figures.

Mainly long distance driving, with some town driving mainly bringing it down.

Seen it go as low 4.2l/100km and as high as 6.3 l/100km when I feel like driving a bit faster

Hyundai i30 1.6 CRDI

00833827

wesf wrote: »

94 Audi 80 avant

Class! love those yokes, the last Audi i fancied.

2005 1.6 peteril Avensis - getting about 45mpg much of it 80kmph commute to work - a little more if im careful, a little less these days with the air con on - roasting isn't it:)

wesf

00833827 wrote: »

Class! love those yokes, the last Audi i fancied.

2005 1.6 peteril Avensis - getting about 45mpg much of it 80kmph commute to work - a little more if im careful, a little less these days with the air con on - roasting isn't it:)

yeh been wanting one for ages so picked this one up, was too clean and too good a spec to leave behind!

Zcott

CiniO wrote: »

5.84 l/100km (48MPG) - 09 Honda civic 2.2 diesel
8.64 l/100km (33MPG) - 04 Mazda 6 2.0 petrol
6.92 l/100km (41MPG) - 01 Fiat Bravo 1.2 petrol
8.43 l/100km (34MPG) - 03 Nissan Primera 1.8 petrol
8.22 l/100km (34MPG) - 02 Ford Mondeo 1.8 petrol
6.69 l/100km (42MPG) - 00 Opel Astra 1.4 petrol
5.89 l/100km (48MPG) - 97 Fiat Cinquecento 0.9 petrol

Surprising that's all you're getting from the Civic. My 2.2 is getting 50+ and it's about half motorway and half town.

Dord

02 Mercedes A-Class long wheelbase 1.4 petrol - around 30mpg mostly around the city and suburbs.

Stinicker

28mpg on LPG, 31mpg on Petrol ~10% less on LPG.

Longer journeys on the Motorway at 110 - 115km/h cruise will get 29-30mpg on LPG or 33-34mpg on Petrol.

BMW E36 1.6l 316i SE Autobox converted to LPG.

CiniO

Zcott wrote: »

Surprising that's all you're getting from the Civic. My 2.2 is getting 50+ and it's about half motorway and half town.

See what I showed is average calculated from time I bought it.

I wasn't actually expecting much better, so I'm not disappointed

Best I achieved was 4.6 l/100km (61.5MPG) on run from Mayo to Dublin airport and back so nearly 600km route.
But this was rather to test how low can I go on fuel consumption.
I've driven at around 80 - 90km/h most of the times, and this was off-peak so very little traffic on the way.

Worst I achieved was about 7.5 l/100km (37.5MPG) on about 200km stretch of motorway, but here we are talking about speed around 180 - 200km/h.

In general on country roads in Mayo I'm getting about 5.5 l/100km (51MPG) which IMHO is pretty good.
It gets worse if there are some short runs.

Jesus.

1.6 petrol, 38.5 MPG.

Trip computer always reads around 40/41. Not sure what the point to those instruments is when they don't seem to work.

Scortho

Alfa 156 2.5 v6.



24 mpg driving normally.

14mpg driving her properly!:D

650Ginge

Toyota Prius lifetime avg 60.2 over 32639 miles with 62 fill ups.

Best ever was the last tank of 73.4.

Anyone here ever calibatrated the cars speedo against a GPS over a given distance say 10 miles.

The Prius is accurate over 10 miles. My camper is out by 4% higher. My xt660 is out by a massive 10%, so then is the mpg.

fryup

1.1 mitsubishi colt

average (urban/rural) about 45 mpg

Max Headroom

Scortho wrote: »

Alfa 156 2.5 v6.



24 mpg driving normally.

14mpg driving her properly!:D

Mercedes Vclass....2.8 VR6 ....19 mpg rural....:eek: urban........

soon to change to gas...:)

Mk5 Golf GTI and my Average is about 31mpg, most of my miles are a cork to Galway return trip every few weekends which helps the average but the small bit of town driving I do during the week drags it down to the very low 30's very fast.

The_Honeybadger

Xsara picasso 1.6 vsx

Trip computer says 7.1 l/100 km or just under 40 mpg over the past 10,000 km. Driving is a daily 40km round trip commute on motorway and the occasional long run with the car fully laden.

Only ever bothered to brim the tank once and do the calculations myself and I got 38.5 mpg. Happy enough with that its about what the manufacturer states.

Scortho

Max Headroom wrote: »

Mercedes Vclass....2.8 VR6 ....19 mpg rural....:eek: urban........

soon to change to gas...:)

I don't warrant the mileage for gas!:(
When I got her I had thought about it but with 5000 miles its not really worth it.

mawk

Golf mk4 1.6 petrol. I keep a check with every fill. 28-32mpg

crosstownk

From my recent trip to Germany via Hull & Rotterdam. It's probably higher than usual due to much higher speeds on the Autobahns.

Citroën DS4 1.6HDi 115BHP.

JohnxF

Avg 19.2 over the last 2000 odd miles. 98 Merc CL420. If you can only double that in a Mondeo I don't see why you'd bother?

Al Capwned

5.2l/100km (54.3mpg) in a 2013 Citroen C4 1.6HDi over 4500 km or so.

Henry Ford III

58.2mpg. 2013 Focus 1.6TDCI Titanium 115bhp.

crosstownk

Al Capwned wrote: »

5.2l/100km (54.3mpg) in a 2013 Citroen C4 1.6HDi over 4500 km or so.

That's decent enough but any time spent at 120kmh or more would see that increase drastically. I've managed 4.7 l/100km on a 30km drive from home to Swords. Stop/Start helps.

Jesus.

crosstownk wrote: »

From my recent trip to Germany via Hull & Rotterdam. It's probably higher than usual due to much higher speeds on the Autobahns.

Citroën DS4 1.6HDi 115BHP.

Those things are not accurate and they always overrate.

Your real mpg would be somewhat lower.

Al Capwned

crosstownk wrote: »

That's decent enough but any time spent at 120kmh or more would see that increase drastically. I've managed 4.7 l/100km on a 30km drive from home to Swords. Stop/Start helps.

I set the cruise control for 115 on the motorway and sit back and steer....

Veloce

Combined 21.4 mpg in the 350z

crosstownk

Jesus. wrote: »

Those things are not accurate and they always overrate.

Your real mpg would be somewhat lower.

Agreed but its a level playing field so lets use what we've got. 20 years ago we'd have no idea. At least now we have an indication.

littlesthobo

Have a 07 Toyota Auris 1.4l diesel doing 60+mpg consistently. Current reading on dash is 65.9 and that would be over a few thousand miles. Rarely on motorway

littlesthobo

CiniO wrote: »

Problem with OP's question is that the same car might return completely different fuel consumption depending on type and style of driving.

Absolutely +1 to that. The mpg in mine always suffers after herself has brought it off for a spin

Bpmull

2007 ford focus 1.6tdci 90bhp 53mpg on average.

Supergurrier

23 mpg over the last 5k.

2.5 focus st

mullingar

98 Lexus GS300, 3.0 auto, real calculated mpg.

Petril 24mpg
LPG 20mpg

(as lpg is half the cost of petrol, the Lexus now has the same fuel cost as a 40mpg petrol car)

Mycroft H

C5 115bhp 1.6HDi - 55mpg on pure motorway runs.
Clio 1.4 80bhp - 39-44mpg depending on load and type of roads.
Defender 90 200Tdi 130bhp - 30mpg (ish), less towing/short journeys.