Whats your MPG?

18-11-2012 05:02PM

Green Diesel wrote: »

It gives a bit of context to the figure. My bro has a commute of 40 miles motorway, 2 miles minor rds. He gets 60-65mpg "real world" as a result in a Leon TDI

I get 30-35mpg in 2.0T Volvo s40 (160bhp LPT version), around 30% city, 40% country, 30% motorway

Quoting the motorway mpg is ridiculous.

When you fill up your tank you are putting back in what you took out over the entire tankful not what you used on the "motorway" so it seem ridiculous to quote motorway mpg. and not tank or life mpg.

pete4130 · 18-11-2012 05:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Quoting the motorway mpg is ridiculous.

When you fill up your tank you are putting back in what you took out over the entire tankful not what you used on the "motorway" so it seem ridiculous to quote motorway mpg. and not tank or life mpg.

Not ridiculous if all you do is motorway miles.

If thats the case its just as ridiculous as quoting poor mpg for people only doing city miles...

Green Diesel · 18-11-2012 05:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Quoting the motorway mpg is ridiculous.

When you fill up your tank you are putting back in what you took out over the entire tankful not what you used on the "motorway" so it seem ridiculous to quote motorway mpg. and not tank or life mpg.

60-65 was his tankful / real life mpg.

18-11-2012 05:19PM

pete4130 wrote: »

Not ridiculous if all you do is motorway miles.

If thats the case its just as ridiculous as quoting poor mpg for people only doing city miles...

I do mainly motorway miles From M9-M7-N7 and back but my mpg is not going to be determined by that alone it's the over all miles I do. Before the motorway, traffic, and back that is what determines your real mpg.

If I were your employer and I paid you mileage and you only wanted motorway mileage, I'd be very happy with you. Meaning I could save a lot on your town driving and the rest.

Seweryn · 18-11-2012 05:20PM

pete4130 wrote: »

Not ridiculous if all you do is motorway miles...

Yeah, but there are no filling stations on Irish motorways (or very few), so your mpg is not motorway only.

pete4130 · 18-11-2012 05:29PM

When I pull off a motorway I don't have to drive 50km in traffic to get fuel. Do you?

Seweryn · 18-11-2012 05:32PM

pete4130 wrote: »

When I pull off a motorway I don't have to drive 50km in traffic to get fuel. Do you?

No, but I have to drive few km off and back on, through roads that are not part of motorway.

baz.snn · 18-11-2012 05:39PM

2006 VW Caravelle 2,5 TDI 130bhp, but has a DPF delete and ECU tune.
My overall average is 31MPG on a mix of roads and often doing 130kph on the motorway.
I can get up to 37MPG on some individual fills, but that has gone down to 26MPG sometimes

Elessar · 18-11-2012 05:58PM

Golf 1.2TSI 105bhp

I get pretty close to advertised figures if I have a light right foot and change gears when the dash tells me to. 40 mpg around town, 50 odd combined and 57 motorway.

Real world is 37 MPG average according to the trip computer. All urban, short commute driving.

johnmcdnl · 18-11-2012 06:03PM

Just got myself a 2004 1.4 Ford Focus and in breaking her in I've gotten just shy of 35mpg with about 65% motorway and the rest rural roads.. It's alright considering I wasn't exactly trying to conserve fuel this week.

Will try again though with an effort made to conserve fuel though in the next week or two.

Donnelly117 · 20-01-2013 11:53PM

Seweryn wrote: »

Yeah, but there are no filling stations on Irish motorways (or very few), so your mpg is not motorway only.

Now your just being pedantic...

Seweryn · 20-01-2013 11:59PM

Donnelly117 wrote: »

Now your just being pedantic...

Yep, I alway am

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Sam Kade · 21-01-2013 12:51AM

N17er wrote: »

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....

So you increased your mileage by 22 mpg by doing that. What car do you drive?

Supergurrier · 21-01-2013 12:52AM

I treat my right pedal like it's just headbutted my ma

21-01-2013 09:51AM

Interesting,

I'm getting 30mpg from a 200bhp Accord Sir-T.

I'm sure if I pushed myself I could get 35, might actually give it a try.

whomitconcerns · 21-01-2013 09:56AM

40-43mpg 40% city/small country 60% motorway driving Audi A6 2012. Thats without trying to be economical..ie cruise set to 105kph on m50 or 125kph on m1. I will be trying to do a more economical drive soon just to see what it can do because I believe 59mpg shouldnt be impossible in it.

advertsfox · 21-01-2013 10:10AM

Knocked out 140 miles yesterday to Cavan and back, motorway as much as possible and then some back roads to Ballinagh and managed a healthy 46mpg in the GP (never checked my average speed but I was doing 100-120 most of the time).

Cee-Jay-Cee · 21-01-2013 10:29AM

05 Subaru Legacy 2.0L permanent AWD

On a run 7.6l/100km = 37mpg
On very long runs 7.0l/100km = 40mpg
Around town 9.2l/100km = 30.5mpg

I once done a round trip of 130km and filled before I left, i drove at 80kmph average with no hard acceleration or low gear driving and the fuel computer showed 6.0l/100km which is 47mpg which is pretty spectacular for a 2.0L petrol AWD car!

bijapos · 21-01-2013 11:31AM

01 SAAB 9-3 185bhp 2.0 turbo auto, city and M50 10l/100km (28 mpg), motorway @ 140-150 km/h 9l/100km (32mpg).

01 Hiace 2.4D, manual, 10l/100km, mostly motorway and N roads, ca. 300kg payload

07 Golf 1.4 petrol,manual, 8l/100km country roads and N roads.

From the past:

06 Renault Master 10.5l/100km, city and motorway.

91 W124 300TE auto, 10l/100km easy, 14l/100km with the foot down.

86 BMW E28 524td manual, 6.3l/100km on a run to south of Italy and back, avg 120 km/h on motorways.

82 Porsche 911SC 204 bhp, manual, 10l/100km driven easy on N roads and motorway, 14l/100km driven hard, 18l/100km driven flat out on all roads.

81 W123 280TE auto 12l/100km driven easy, 17l/100km driven hard.

80 W123 200D manual 10l/100km no matter how or where it was driven.

Mr Benevolent · 21-01-2013 11:58AM

Um... Corsa B 1L, urban run, 40mpg
Alfa 156 1.8, urban run, 30mpg, heavy footed
Corsa C 1.2 auto, urban run, 35mpg
(next car) Saab 95 auto 2l, urban run, 28 mpg.

My girlfriend now owes me so much money (she's unemployed) that I'm going to have her pay for converting the next car to LPG.

bally2009 · 21-01-2013 02:39PM

'87 Mk2 Golf 1.6D.. 61mpg 70% A Road 30% country/town driving

vectra · 21-01-2013 03:14PM

Only bought this last Sat.

2002 Mk1 Octavia vRS.

1.8 Turbo petrol = 180bhp

Driven in eco mode.

Motorway

This is average display : 49.4 mpg.

TheDriver · 21-01-2013 03:24PM

2012 Opel Insignia,
country roads getting 5.8L/100km (49mpg). For a longer trip on main roads, 5.2L/100km (55mpg)

Seweryn · 21-01-2013 09:32PM

bijapos wrote: »

07 Golf 1.4 petrol,manual, 8l/100km country roads and N roads.

Is that driven hard or is the Golf so bad in general? It is hard to believe that a 10-year older and more powerful 1.5 petrol engined similar size Honda would be that much better (my 1997 Civic averages 5.83 l/100km).

21-01-2013 09:40PM

Seweryn wrote: »

Is that driven hard or is the Golf so bad in general? It is hard to believe that a 10-year older and more powerful 1.5 petrol engined similar size Honda would be that much better (my 1997 Civic averages 5.83 l/100km).

I believe weight was a significant factor, older cars were lighter and got heavier due to stringent safety requirements hence the increased efficiency of modern engines was out weighed by the weight of the car.

coolisin · 21-01-2013 09:44PM

I'd say it wouldn't be far off.

My 05 1.4 Mazda 3 will do around 33mixed if very lucky.
Heavy car little engine.

My 06 330i does 31mpg motorway, 22 mpg sitting in traffic.

hi_im_fil · 21-01-2013 09:44PM

I average 20-21mpg in a Nissan 200sx :O

I have roughly 230+ bhp though

Seweryn · 21-01-2013 09:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I believe weight was a significant factor, older cars were lighter and got heavier due to stringent safety requirements hence the increased efficiency of modern engines was out weighed by the weight of the car.

True, but it shouldn't matter that much when driving on N-roads. In city - yes, when you constantly accelerating or braking, but not so much on a long journey.

pred racer · 21-01-2013 09:47PM

08 alfa 159 jtdm 150bhp. 6.2L/100 km or 45mpg (mix of every type of driving)

Thats with a very heavy right foot;)

bladespin · 21-01-2013 09:49PM

Seweryn wrote: »

True, but it shouldn't matter that much when driving on N-roads. In city - yes, when you constantly accelerating or braking, but not so much on a long journey.

Gearing too, have a golf plus and can't figure out what VW had planned when they designed the ratios.

Whats your MPG?

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