Whats your MPG?

Piriz · 04-11-2012 07:18PM #1

I want to explore the MPG of different cars to get an idea of whats efficient and whats not; not an exact science but hopefully will yield some interesting reporting...please include: MPG, year, make & model, engine size, type of driving e.g. country, city, traffic, motorway etc.

i'll start:

27MPG, 99 Rover 214, 1.4ltr, city and motorway.

166man · 04-11-2012 07:21PM

2001 Alfa 156 1.6 city driving, MPG = couldn't give a toss :pac:

30mpg roughly...:D

Senna · 04-11-2012 07:26PM

35mpg - 1998 Toyota MR2 2.0NA, 30% Town 70% A Roads
48mpg - 2001 Toyota Yaris 1.0, 30% Town 70% A Roads

* actual MPG not computer or guestimate

Chuck_Norris · 04-11-2012 07:27PM

06 Octavia 1.9 TDI (remapped)

Urban: 5.8 l/110km
Combined: 5.2 l/100km
Motorway: 4.8 l/100km

Max Power · 04-11-2012 07:28PM

Computer says 50mpg but it's more like 30-35mpg. :mad:

George Dalton · 04-11-2012 07:31PM

2000 Audi S4 2.7 25mpg mostly long journeys
2006 Merc E280CDI 3.0 39mpg mostly long journeys
2003 Ford Focus 1.8TDDI 40mpg mixed driving

Bpmull · 04-11-2012 07:32PM

2008 Astra van 1.3cdti 54mpg mainly main roads,motorways, 20 percent city driving.
2011 Octavia 1.6 tdi 53mpg. 30 percent town, 10 percent motorway, 60 percent main roads.
2005 1.9tdi Octavia 55mpg all main roads, motorway.

gollywog · 04-11-2012 07:33PM

2006 mk5 gti - Normal daily driving, 70% town 30% longer drives is around 30mpg

Go for a fun drive and its below 24/25mpg

kilogram95 · 04-11-2012 07:38PM

2008 Toyota Corolla Verso 1.8 petrol auto 9.5L/100KM

Mainly poor side roads and B roads

Absolutely drinks it but most automatic's do.

However, when you put the foot down, she goes.

N17er · 04-11-2012 07:38PM

I have an interest in this lately myself.

Honda civic 2006 ep1 (old shape) 1.4l

I took some tips off an American hypermiler website called cleanmpg.com and have gone from 7.9 l/100km (36mpg) to 4.9 l/100km (58mpg).

All i changed was driving habits, i don't go over 100kph unless necessary, i go 80kph mostly, pumped tyres to maximum sidewall px, treat accelerator like an egg. Lots more small things all on that website.

Just to clarify im not driving like a granny with lines of cars behind me, its just anticipating better. Since i started doing this its actually incredible the amount of people who speed and get pissed off behind people who do the speed limit. not on a high horse or anything i used to constantly break the limit and get angry with 'slow' drivers.

Forgot to say its approx 60% urban and 40% motorway. Also im not relying on the trip computer mpg reading i fill the near empty tank and divide in km's....

dgt · 04-11-2012 07:42PM

Peugeot 406 D-Turbo 55+mpg long journeys + normal driving
Fiat Bravo 1.2 van 49.1 mpg long journeys + normal driving
Fiat Bravo 1.2 45mpg normal driving + normal driving
Fiat Seicento 1.1 55 mpg normal driving
Fiat Tempra 1.6ie 39mpg normal driving
BMW 525i 12v 30 mpg long journeys
Alfa 166 2.5 22 mpg normal driving
Mercedes 280SE 18 mpg normal driving
Iveco Daily 2.8 24mpg long journeys (diesel economy my arse)

Others have come and gone but those are the ones around the house that work I can relate to

All brimmed at some stage and tested (some cost a fortune to fill

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bladespin · 04-11-2012 07:44PM

06 VW Golf Plus 1.9 TDI automatic 45mpg (mostly motorway and main road), driving style doesn't seem to have any effect on it as I've tried several different kinds and it still returns roughly the same.

03 E270 petrol 30 mpg mostly motorway, can drop severly if you put the foot down though so gentle is the key.

03 Mondeo TDCi 50mpg mostly motorway and main road.

05 156 JTDm 35-50 mpg depending on how it was driven, loved staying at 70+ mph.

daRobot · 04-11-2012 07:46PM

2004 LS430

16-18 mpg in city

28-30 motorway

Green Hornet · 04-11-2012 07:47PM

08 Accord iDTEC 2.2 - 47 mpg, 70% motorway driving.

TheBazman · 04-11-2012 07:50PM

2007 535d (remapped)
30 -35 mpg 70% motorway / 30% city

dredg · 04-11-2012 07:53PM

07 BMW M6 (5l engine, 400/500bhp)

Normal everyday driving (mix of motorway and city) @400bhp: 16mpg
Careful motorway driving @400bhp: 20mpg
Driving it was meant to be driven @500bhp: 6mpg

Seanieke · 04-11-2012 07:57PM

05 Caddy SDI loaded with tools 53mpg
06 Golf TDI van lightly loaded 54mpg
01 110 Defender TD5 loaded with tools 26mpg
about 80% A Road driving for them all

Gingernuts31 · 04-11-2012 07:59PM

Used to drive 3 or 4 times a week for work from Laois to wicklow doing 100kph the whole way in a fiat punto 1.2. Got 56mpg out of her.

N17er · 04-11-2012 08:00PM

dredg wrote: »

07 BMW M6 (5l engine, 400/500bhp)

Normal everyday driving (mix of motorway and city) @400bhp: 16mpg
Careful motorway driving @400bhp: 20mpg
Driving it was meant to be driven @500bhp: 6mpg

€7 approx for 6 miles..... ****in hell

650Ginge · 04-11-2012 08:01PM

Piriz wrote: »

I want to explore the MPG of different cars to get an idea of whats efficient and whats not; not an exact science but hopefully will yield some interesting reporting...please include: MPG, year, make & model, engine size, type of driving e.g. country, city, traffic, motorway etc.

i'll start:

27MPG, 99 Rover 214, 1.4ltr, city and motorway.

Are you the same person that posted about the mpg on the rover yesterday?

If so you don't have a clue what mpg you are getting as there is zero accuracy in the way you calculate it, so pointless posting it.

If u look up any car you like on spritmonitor.de you will see real life mpg. You won't get accurate data from a lot if the users here as they don't calculate it accurately. Some do but you don't know which ones unfortunately. If you use the figures you get posted here to make a decision on which car the purchase you will be disappointed.

Here is mine toyota Prius 2006 59.7 mpg over 45 tanks and 23k miles.

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/650ginge/prius

Amprodude · 04-11-2012 08:05PM

2000 Audi A4 1.9tdi 130bhp. 58 MPG, 35 mile commute.

GE90 · 04-11-2012 08:06PM

99 mazda 323, 1.3 160,000 miles. Averaging between 35-40 mpg. Mostly rural roads with a bit of motor way. Rarely go over 100km/h on the motor way as it really gulps it back.

650Ginge · 04-11-2012 08:10PM

Amprodude wrote: »

2000 Audi A4 1.9tdi 130bhp. 58 MPG, 35 mile commute.

Unlikely to be accurate see the linked below for 181 a4 diesels no 130hp near that figure.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overview/3-Audi/21-A4.html?fueltype=1&constyear_s=1999&constyear_e=2000&powerunit=2

Piriz · 04-11-2012 08:11PM

650Ginge wrote: »

Are you the same person that posted about the mpg on the rover yesterday?

If so you don't have a clue what mpg you are getting as there is zero accuracy in the way you calculate it, so pointless posting it.

If u look up any car you like on spritmonitor.de you will see real life mpg. You won't get accurate data from a lot if the users here as they don't calculate it accurately. Some do but you don't know which ones unfortunately. If you use the figures you get posted here to make a decision on which car the purchase you will be disappointed.

Here is mine toyota Prius 2006 59.7 mpg over 45 tanks and 23k miles.

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/650ginge/prius

yea its me, i asked people to help me calculate my MPG and they did, thats what i used to come up with 27MPG... if you care to use spritmonitor.de to tell me the MPG of my car id be grateful, i personally cant figure out that website...or how reporting on other cars tells me what my car does? correct me if im wrong... to find out a rough estimate of what MPG i get i divide the total of miles driven* by the amount of fuel consumed...

*total miles driven is based on my daily commute to work over 5 days per week and an average spend of 45euro to cover this.. consideration to average petrol prices used to calculate...

650Ginge · 04-11-2012 08:14PM

Piriz wrote: »

yea its me, i asked people to help me calculate my MPG and they did, thats what i used to come up with 27MPG... if you care to use spritmonitor.de to tell me the MPG of my car id be grateful, i personally cant figure out that website...

Not too many on the site but they all get very similar mpg average is 35.76mpg.

Which is approx what I got from the two I had.

deckycoop · 04-11-2012 08:16PM

dredg wrote: »

07 BMW M6 (5l engine, 400/500bhp)

Normal everyday driving (mix of motorway and city) @400bhp: 16mpg
Careful motorway driving @400bhp: 20mpg
Driving it was meant to be driven @500bhp: 6mpg

Would love to be driving it. Hate to pay for it.:-P

N17er · 04-11-2012 08:17PM

650Ginge wrote: »

Unlikely to be accurate see the linked below for 181 a4 diesels no 130hp near that figure.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overview/3-Audi/21-A4.html?fueltype=1&constyear_s=1999&constyear_e=2000&powerunit=2

Hi. any idea why trip computers mpg reading is so inaccurate in many many cars?

Just out on interest the guy on that website cleanmpg.com gets 1.7 l/100km from his prius.... some going...

biko · 04-11-2012 08:18PM

biko wrote: »

At best 33 but more often in the 20s
1993 BMW 320i

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Amprodude · 04-11-2012 08:20PM

650Ginge wrote: »

Unlikely to be accurate see the linked below for 181 a4 diesels no 130hp near that figure.

http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overview/3-Audi/21-A4.html?fueltype=1&constyear_s=1999&constyear_e=2000&powerunit=2

Well my dashboard tells me that, i dont have to calculate it or anything. I just reset it everytime i fill my car and i only fill it to half tank. I also drive very economical with little reving changing through the gears smoothly and light use of accelerator and still doing the speed limit.

bladespin · 04-11-2012 08:25PM

Amprodude wrote: »

Well my dashboard tells me that, i dont have to calculate it or anything. I just reset it everytime i fill my car and i only fill it to half tank. I also drive very economical with little reving changing through the gears smoothly and light use of accelerator and still doing the speed limit.

Don't believe the dash, I was getting 80+ mpg according to one I had lol :eek:

Alanstrainor · 04-11-2012 08:28PM

e46 325ci, computer reads a pretty consistent 25mpg...in reality a lot worse.

Mostly urban driving, and driving it as it's supposed to be driven:D

Have never bothered to calculate the real MPG, sure what's the point at all.

Whats your MPG?

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