What you getting economy wise?

[sierraman]

48 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Same issue here. Indicated 70 is about 3,600rpm in 5th on the Fabia. Gets pretty feckin grating after some time on the motorway.

It’s not so much grating but a damned missed opportunity to add a cruising gear that hacks me off. Wife’s mums Astra 1.8 is the same, 5 low speeds, but it’s revving it’s tits off at 80. 

[SiC]

Civic is 3k rpm at 70mph in 6th. Wish it was lower revs at that speed but being a N/A Honda tuned for economy, you need those revs to have any punch without changing down. 

[GeordieInExile]

Economy? What is economy?

My T5 struggles to get to 30MPG even on a run. Newcastle to Coventry and back was over £100 the other day. 

Still, 2000 RPM at 60mph ain't bad at all for a 25 year old auto.

[AxWomble]

On 4/15/2022 at 12:21 AM, brownnova said:

Condolences for having to set foot in Prestatyn. 

But congratulations for managing to escape, however briefly! 

[colino]

Due to covid and with WFH, my Jag s type ( 3 .0 petrol auto) has barely turned a wheel, but taking a turn out today showed an embarrassing 19.9 av mpg  and comical ride from its flat spotted tyres.

[Cooper1]

 

😅

[Bren]

The vectra gave us this from Warrington to Prestatyn. We left it until the rush hour was over.

Good for a big old bus with 153k.

[Sham]

A record, for me, average across a tank. 1.6 CR TDi Octavia Wagon.

58.7mpg calculated over just under 600 miles.

Not bad for a 12 year old 121k mile estate car.

[dsp resto]

very low 20's unless i boot it, then it's single figures, Audi S4 4,2 v8

[Six-cylinder]

[Quintus]

My 2012 Jazz 1.4ES has averaged 46.5 MPG since I bought it nearly five years ago. The best I've ever seen from a tankful is 51. I've run it mostly on Shell VPower, but switched to Tesco 99 more recently, with the odd tank of E10 here and there.

Wife's 2017 Picanto 1.2 auto averages about 37 MPG, which increases to around 40-42 on a long run.

[uk_senator]

My daily "free road tax" 500 Twinair is always between 32.7 & 33 no matter how I drive it (mostly in town), that's about the same as my Mk1 Uno with its X1/9 1.5 engine & XR3 carb, & around 12mpg worse than my 1990 1.1 Mk2 Uno (twinair is much quicker mind).


Not great, but significantly better than my Jaaaaag...

[myglaren]

Civic's grand average for the past 20 months is 33.5 mpg.

Lots of very short  journeys, interspersed with a few long ones. The Accord was the same although there were lots of longer trips with that.

Disappointing, I was expecting it to be better than the C5 and it isn't.  C5 was around 42 mpg.

[ETCHY]

Our Picanto 1.2 torque convertor automatic rarely gets over 40mpg ( usually mid to high 30s) a decent no traffic run and it will do but it's rare.

I often refer to it as Oliver Reed as it clearly has a drink problem..

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Alison is returning 59.9 mpg. Motorway and urban mixed. TBH, I'm not trying to be economical. When I do, I get 67 mpg. 😎

[MikeR]

the old Focus 1.6 is doing about 35mpg when ploding along the M6

and about a pint of oil every  600 , the recent oil change to Redex 10/40 semi seems to have reduced the oil burning a bit ..

along with unblocking the crank and cambox breathers ..

A new air filter has just gone in ready for the next   M6 run to see if it changes things .

[hairnet]

Did 300 miles today and anything with an M was despatched  at 145 kmh

Thing said 72 mpg

Above 65 if I worked it out

 

[Bren]

21 hours ago, dsp resto said:

very low 20's unless i boot it, then it's single figures, Audi S4 4,2 v8

Any pics of your S4?

[dsp resto]

1 hour ago, Bren said:

Any pics of your S4?

nothing flash, standard 2004 B6 avant with miltek exhaust.

[Cento16v]

Just done Legoland in the XF.

51.4 Empeegees.

I've never done the speed limit before, being sat at 1400 RPM makes a difference seemingly 😂

[Rustybullethole]

Mk7 Transit 2.2 fwd mwb semi high top did 26 to the gallon. Not bad four up with baggage.  Worked out on miles and fill ups from south east London to North Berwick a few months back. I do respect this van it earns me a living though Scotland’s a long way away so 80 cruising speed when traffic allows and did crack a ton on the A1 at one point. 
08 plate 1.8 focus got a pasting to Devon bank holiday weekend. Again four up with baggage was riding low at the back as we’re all fair big lumps in this family. Turns out it will still crack 110 though needs caining off the roundabouts to keep pace up. Found a menu button in the stalk on the way home which indicated 24.7 mpg! The fucker drank 2 ltrs of oil too! On the plus side the newly fitted 17’s gripped lovely on the twistys. Not sure if I need to change my vehicle or my driving style but hey smiles per gallon are high.

[uk_senator]

Did a Heathrow run last Sunday, about 150 miles total, in the Corolla 1.4 auto, 3 up + luggage, used about £45 worth, @£1.59 p/ltr, whatever that equates to..

[Spurious]

1 minute ago, uk_senator said:

Did a Heathrow run last Sunday, about 150 miles total, in the Corolla 1.4 auto, 3 up + luggage, used about £45 worth, @£1.59 p/ltr, whatever that equates to..

25ish MPG

[uk_senator]

59 minutes ago, Spurious said:

25ish MPG

Marginally worse than I thought, the Jag would probably do the same overall in fact,  but hammering round the M25, loaded, a tad** over 70 isnt ideal for a large 1.4 auto.

[sierraman]

6 hours ago, MikeR said:

the old Focus 1.6 is doing about 35mpg when ploding along the M6

and about a pint of oil every  600 , the recent oil change to Redex 10/40 semi seems to have reduced the oil burning a bit ..

along with unblocking the crank and cambox breathers ..

A new air filter has just gone in ready for the next   M6 run to see if it changes things .

Redex is about as effective as paracetamol on a gunshot wound. It was alright for decoking a Suffolk Punch Mower but these days it’s usurped by most fuel additives. Those earlier Zetec E would usually get smoky by 150k, invariably it was the rings. Which you pretty much either live with or chuck a used engine in. 

It’s a shame you aren’t closer I’ve got 20 odd litres of used 5w30. By the time it’s burning it you can chuck anything of vaguely the correct grade in. 

[Spurious]

8 hours ago, uk_senator said:

Marginally worse than I thought, the Jag would probably do the same overall in fact,  but hammering round the M25, loaded, a tad** over 70 isnt ideal for a large 1.4 auto.

No, not really too bad, but you're right, it's the kind of driving that's probably not the most efficient for a little 1.4 in a bigger car. And probably an old skool auto sapping some of the power anyways.

[DVee8]

A 170 mile run out yesterday 

 

58.9 mpg 

[Jewel25]

Motorway run in a 1.4 petrol i20 - 53 mpg. It'll do 45 when doing the b and a road commute with some suburban driving. 

[wuvvum]

On 4/23/2022 at 12:37 AM, uk_senator said:

My daily free road tax 500 Twinair (mostly in town) about the same as my Mk1 Uno with its X1/9 1.5 engine & XR3 carb, around 12mpg worse than my 1990 1.1 Mk2 Uno (it is much quicker).

Not great, but significantly better than my Jaaaaag...

I found the Twin Air engine in the Ypsilon to be rather thirstier than I expected, and a great deal thirstier than the official figures.  I used to get 48mpg on a run, I think the official figure was something like 76.

The most economical car I currently have on the road is the Doblo, which managed 50 on the run to Somerset and back last weekend.  Laguna does about 45 on a run, Carina E does low 40s (although that's petrol so works out cheaper than the Laguna).  The 75 did (according to the computer) 38.7 on its first run out yesterday, but that was on a road with rather a lot of roundabouts which always kills the economy on the Rover (it's a heavy bastard to drag up to speed) - on a longer steady run I reckon it should do low 40s, which isn't brilliant but it's a 19-year-old diesel automatic with a 160bhp remap so never going to be the most economical vehicle out there.  It used to do mid-40s with the original ECU and the Ron Box on a sensible setting.

The Renault 6 manages about 40 on a run if I cruise at 60, which I tend to do as anything above that it sounds like it's about to put a rod through the block.  When the Innocenti was on the road and didn't have a slipping clutch that was doing low 50s - again I tended to cruise at 60-65 in that, not because of the gearing but because it only has 30bhp.

[Crackers]

Around 26-27 mpg on the 230 mile round trip to the FoD the other weekend. In a 1 ton, 1.8-litre car.

 

That'll teach me not to cruise at [REDACTED]mph.