What is your MPG?

kluivert · 09-09-2005 12:38pm #1

1.4 16v 99 Astra 73K miles

35 mpg.

4.4l's per gallon.

200 miles out of 25litres = 8litres per miles

4.4*8=35.2 mpg

Mainly motorway driving at the mo.

Is this good????

KTRIC · 09-09-2005 12:45pm

55mpg - motorway driving, slightly less around town.

Seth Brundle · 09-09-2005 12:46pm

'97 BMW 523i (2.5L) - 75K miles (today

)
I don't count as I do a lot of urban mileage and I don't want to face reality!

On motorway runs I can get 40-50mpg!

seamus · 09-09-2005 1:02pm

Somewhere between 65 and 70 MPG

(motorbike

)

AlanD · 09-09-2005 1:10pm

'00 Peugeot 406 2.0 HDi 110 bhp. Just last week got 50mpg in it, but that was all out of town driving. Sold the car since.

Now in a '02 607 2.2 HDi 136 bhp. Getting 45mpg with combined driving.

Stephen · 09-09-2005 1:13pm

'00 Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25 16v. 66,000 miles. Getting about 40mpg mixed rural/urban driving. No motorways around here!

PowerHouseDan · 09-09-2005 1:18pm

Bmw 316i With Induction Kit, Getting between 35 and 40 But have to check properly.

Kersh · 09-09-2005 1:40pm

1990 Nissan 300zx twin turbo auto - 3000cc
Induction kit, chip, straight thru exhaust.
15mpg around town
20 mpg on long runs.

1979 Porsche 911sc (standard) 3000cc
24mpg around town
30mpg on long runs.

KTRIC · 09-09-2005 1:47pm

powerhousedan wrote:

Bmw 316i With Induction Kit, Getting between 35 and 40 But have to check properly.

Hi Powerhousedan, what model 316i do you have ??

unkel · 09-09-2005 1:52pm

'96 BMW 735iA V8 petrol. 21mpg (95% urban) average over the last nearly 2 years. Can easily get 30mpg+ on country driving including overtaking

kluivert wrote:

Is this good????

No. 35mpg on mainly motorways with a fairly modern 1.4 petrol engine is crap. Have you switched aircon to ice-cold, have a window open, non standard spoilers or something like that?

dogg_r_69 · 09-09-2005 4:27pm

00' Renault Megane 1.4
About 40mpg with about 60% of my driving being city driving

slade_x · 09-09-2005 7:58pm

96 Opel Corsa 1.2

about 40mpg, probably get 400miles or a tiny bit more on a full tank

useeme · 09-09-2005 8:39pm

Toyota Hiace 18 MPG around town, mid 30's on a long run.
Merc E230 Early 20's around town, early 40's on long runs.

ds20prefecture · 09-09-2005 9:54pm

1.6 Škoda Octavia - 28mpg average in city commute. 35mpg on open road/motorway
2.0 Citroën DS - 17mpg in city commute. 25mpg on open road/motorway

ds20prefecture · 09-09-2005 9:56pm

AlanD wrote:

Now in a '02 607 2.2 HDi 136 bhp

Hi - would you mind telling me how much you gave for this? I'm trying to talk my brother into one.

CorporalCarrot · 09-09-2005 10:17pm

ds20prefecture wrote:

1.6 Škoda Octavia - 28mpg average in city commute. 35mpg on open road/motorway
2.0 Citroën DS - 17mpg in city commute. 25mpg on open road/motorway

Thats amazing. I thought I was bad.

BMW M3 - 15 MPG combined approx but it absolutely drinks fuel. You can almost see the gauge dropping in real time.

But on long runs I can achieve 26 mpg. You sure that open road/motorway figure is correct? A 2 litre should be able to achieve far more unless its very old or somethings wrong with it.

C

ds20prefecture · 09-09-2005 10:20pm

CorporalCarrot wrote:

A 2 litre should be able to achieve far more unless its very old or somethings wrong with it.

Both, I think. It's 1972 and I think it's leaking tiny amounts of fuel but I havent been able to find out where in 2 years.

Are you still with the Watch?

ando · 09-09-2005 10:34pm

141bhp and 49.7 mpg

in the city

BrianD3 · 09-09-2005 10:35pm

According to the trip computer I get 46 mpg average from a 1.6 Petrol Laguna II. 90% of my driving is open road (mixture of country roads, motorways, N roads) with the remainder urban.

I only reset the computer a couple of times of year so I could easily have 10,000 miles between resets. This means that when I say I get 46 mpg it's an average over quite a large distance.

From some experimenting I can say that the car does around 48-50 mpg at a steady 50 mph, around 44-45 at steady 62 mph. Not sure about constant 75 mph or urban but economy seems to a good bit worse - probably <40 mpg

jlang · 09-09-2005 11:05pm

My spreadsheet tells me that I've averaged 34mpg over the last 12 months. (1.4l '99 Almera, probably half the driving-miles are 120km/h-ish on the off-peak M50, half the driving-time is short urban journeys.) On a fill that includes a trip down the country, I'll get 40mpg.

unkel · 09-09-2005 11:07pm

AlanD wrote:

Now in a '02 607 2.2 HDi 136 bhp

Would you tell us what you paid for it? The large Peugeots (604, 605) used to be the biggest depreciators of all cars, so it might be a very interesting proposition to buy second hand as a 3-4 year old

I remember the 604 wrote off 90% of its value over 4 years

mike65 · 09-09-2005 11:08pm

Odemeter's broken so have'nt a clue!

20 litres when it was 1 euro a litre was good enough for 2 weeks which seemed reasonable.

Mike.

OfflerCrocGod · 10-09-2005 12:23am

ds20prefecture wrote:

Are you still with the Watch?

Damn you! You stole my post!

What's a human's MPG by the way?

That's mine.

AMurphy · 10-09-2005 5:27am

My 5 year records of gas consumption (52176mls/2276gal) show 22.9MPG (US) thats 27.6MPG UK.
89, 2.5L V6, 5sp Camry, (just turned 150K yesterday), mixed Highway (65~80) or crawling and surface street driving.

Squirrel · 10-09-2005 9:39am

AMurphy wrote:

My 5 year records of gas consumption (52176mls/2276gal) show 22.9MPG (US) thats 27.6MPG UK.
89, 2.5L V6, 5sp Camry, (just turned 150K yesterday), mixed Highway (65~80) or crawling and surface street driving.

Your sigs out of date now.

I don't drive, so on 500ml of water I can do a 10 mile run, so it's not too shabby

Cucullan · 10-09-2005 10:43am

I get 30-35 urban and 45-50 long distance (keeping around 60mph) in an 01 1.4l Skoda Octavia

alanlouthzzr · 10-09-2005 11:16am

Laguna Estate 1.9Dci 47mpg average, 53mpg when I'm being good! Air-con always on.

Gerry · 10-09-2005 12:03pm

kluivert wrote:

1.4 16v 99 Astra 73K miles

35 mpg.

4.4l's per gallon.

200 miles out of 25litres = 8litres per miles

4.4*8=35.2 mpg

Mainly motorway driving at the mo.

Is this good????

Nope, its not good. I remember renting an astra before, couldn't believe the **** fuel economy.

Old car - 93 nissan sunny 1.4lx - 40mpg normally, 45+ on long runs.

"New" car - 92 saab 900 2.0 turbo - not too sure yet, about 28-32.

528i · 10-09-2005 12:54pm

them's horrid hard cars run boi, here's my uberpanzer, w00t..

Moanin · 10-09-2005 1:05pm

02 Peugeot 307 1.4hdi 80k on clock, 65 mpg mainly long distance driving.Now beat that!

fletch · 10-09-2005 1:48pm

Consistently get 32.5mpg with a combination of urban driving & motorway driving.....max i've ever got was 38mpg(long str8 country drivin)....minimum was 27mpg(when I first got the car & was a little throttle happy)
This is drivin a Ford 1.4 8V

highdef · 10-09-2005 2:49pm

1998 2.3L Scorpio - 160,000KMs

High teens around town. About 32/33MPG on a long motorway run. 22-23MPG, combined. Slightly more urban driving than motorway.

bmoferrall · 10-09-2005 3:39pm

Alfa 156 GTA - 3.2L

Consistently get around 25.4mpg for all suburban driving. Drops a little in winter.

Averaged around 35mpg for a trip to cork this week; the car's relatively low drag coefficient probably contributes a lot to this.

Funxy · 10-09-2005 3:52pm

Kersh wrote:

1990 Nissan 300zx twin turbo auto - 3000cc

I think i may have spotted you earlier today, is it a d reg and were you around the new ross area?

Hadnt really seen any 300zx's before, nice looking car!

JohnCleary · 10-09-2005 4:05pm

1999 Rover 214 1.4 Twin-cam 106BHP

Induction kit, larger throttle body, de-burred exhaust manifold, de-cat

Getting 33MPG combined

What is your MPG?

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