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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bumblefoot80 on 09 April 2013, 22:07:43
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hi recently got an omega 2.6 elite. Is it supposed to get more than 18 to the gallon? cheers.
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hi recently got an omega 2.6 elite. Is it supposed to get more than 18 to the gallon? cheers.
Depends how you drive it and where ... the car weighs in at around 2 tonnes .. so if you are accelerating it hard all the time it will use a lot of fuel.
If you drive it gently and at around 60 on a motorway around 30 mpg is easily doable
Around town like Fangio ... expect 12-14 mpg or worse.
2 biggest variables in fuel consumption .. geographical position and the owners right foot .. :)
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hi recently got an omega 2.6 elite. Is it supposed to get more than 18 to the gallon? cheers.
Probably not much more, especially if an auto. A good service might eek your mpg out to low 20s around town. Low to mid 30s should be possible if on a steady run. :y
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the car weighs in at around 2 tonnes .. ...
Only if you have a load of steel work in your boot ........ normally around 1700kg ;) ;)
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A 2.6 at a (legal) constant motorway cruise should easily be mid 30s. Ragged around local Cumbrian roads, esp if auto, you're probably not far off.
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Depends on type of driving, if its an auto and only used in town and short trips? Yup sounds about right!
Manual and only doing long runs then no, should get close to 30mpg on a run like that.
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cheers guys. must admit have been giving it some stick as i've just got it! :P
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i average 24 mpg out of my 2.6 auto ;)
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you must be steadier than me then! :y
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All very true,but a good service might help matters a bit. :y
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you must be steadier than me then! :y
not really,i find the sport mode button regualry ;), but i do look after her :y
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the car weighs in at around 2 tonnes .. ...
Only if you have a load of steel work in your boot ........ normally around 1700kg ;) ;)
My old Omega estate with tow bar and a half tank of fuel weighed 1930kg on the weighbridge at a landfill site :o
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my mv6 2.6 manual managed 31mpg on the 500 mile trip back from when i got it, that was at a constant 70 on cruise control, not sure on service so going to have lot done in next few weeks now its off road
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My old Omega estate with tow bar and a half tank of fuel weighed 1930kg on the weighbridge at a landfill site :o
According to Mr Haynes ...... kerb weight is anything from 1400kg for a 2.0 saloon to 1675 for a 3.0 estate
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My old Omega estate with tow bar and a half tank of fuel weighed 1930kg on the weighbridge at a landfill site :o
According to Mr Haynes ...... kerb weight is anything from 1400kg for a 2.0 saloon to 1675 for a 3.0 estate
Well the weighbridge is a calibrated affair so can't be wrong,mind you it was an Elite with the leccy seats etc so spose that adds up,I printed the ticket at the time but damned if I can find it now :-\
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Rust must technically weigh more than sheet steel with all that added oxygen ::)
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Well the weighbridge is a calibrated affair so can't be wrong,mind you it was an Elite with the leccy seats etc so spose that adds up,I printed the ticket at the time but damned if I can find it now :-\
I believed you, just didn't think they weighed as much as that in the metal ..... ;)
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hi recently got an omega 2.6 elite. Is it supposed to get more than 18 to the gallon? cheers.
Check your 2.6 Elite against my test figures for my 2.6 Elite: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=108869.msg1362683#msg1362683 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=108869.msg1362683#msg1362683)
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hi recently got an omega 2.6 elite. Is it supposed to get more than 18 to the gallon? cheers.
Check your 2.6 Elite against my test figures for my 2.6 Elite: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=108869.msg1362683#msg1362683 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=108869.msg1362683#msg1362683)
thanks, gives me a better insight on how other peoples are doing and a good comparison :)
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The 2.0 auto I used to have did about 18 mpg round town, on a run it did about 35 to 38. Its a big heavy car and the 2.6 engine works hard to move it.
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According to the handbooks that come with the car the heaviest(kerb weight)is the Elite saloon with auto box,which comes in at 1808KG,this is for either the 2.5TD,2.5V6 or 3.0V6.The permissable vehicle weight then becomes 2340KG for the same vehicles.Please note that in the handbooks I have the 2.6V6,or the 3.2V6 are not listed.
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According to the handbooks that come with the car the heaviest(kerb weight)is the Elite saloon with auto box,which comes in at 1808KG,this is for either the 2.5TD,2.5V6 or 3.0V6.The permissable vehicle weight then becomes 2340KG for the same vehicles.Please note that in the handbooks I have the 2.6V6,or the 3.2V6 are not listed.
The estates come in slightly heavier :y
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i drive my 3.0 like i stole it a lot of the time but never seen less that 17mpg out of it around town
but then again never had it above about 26mpg on motor way ether