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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: saltyone on 22 June 2010, 20:41:03

Title: around town MPG
Post by: saltyone on 22 June 2010, 20:41:03

i drive a 4cly 2.2gls 2002 (51 plate) 5 speed



love the room and comfort it offers but the mpg is in the mid 20s around town i was getting low 30s out of a old 2lt mondeo . i know the omega is a solid heavy car and i have a heavy foot of the lights .
 so i am thinking off getting a 2.6/3.2 sal/est in auto as the 2.2 is gutless to be honest the gear changing is driving me mad so auto is needed 
what i need to know is what mpg is common from the v6s .
or are 2.2 autos a nicer 4cly to drive than the mans

thanks for any input  :y

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: webby23 on 22 June 2010, 20:46:45

I get 27mpg to and from work, which is a 18 mile round trip town driving

On a run i get 36mpg if I keep it around 65-70mph

Our old 2.0CD auto wasnt much better to be honest

For the extra power the small mpg loss is worth it

 :y

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: YZ250 on 22 June 2010, 21:18:30

Based solely on the car display and with no mathematics my 3.2 Estate does around 18mpg around town and on a mixed road run it does about 23mpg.
Best I've ever achieved was 31mpg and that was going to Gatwick which for me is constant motorway and even then I confess to zeroing the computor as I entered the motorway. My journey to work is 15 miles, 6 of which are by-pass and the remainder are good 'A' roads and regardless of how gentle I am with the accelerator I still only manage an average of 23mpg. It does get a move on when prodded though.   ;D ;D ;) :y

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: Radar on 22 June 2010, 22:59:34

A 2.2 auto will give you less mpg than your current manual. I get around 20 around town and 30 on the motorway. The v6s are a little bit less but not by much. There is a link somewhere on the site which shows the mpg for each engine size

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1168647356

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: henryd on 23 June 2010, 11:44:57

my 2.5 v6 auto gives around 23mpg driving around locally and around 28mpg on a good run

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: davethediver on 23 June 2010, 11:50:54

I drive a 2.2 auto and would say that the V6 is by far the beter option if you want the power. Not much difference in MPG problem with the 2.2 is that its a big car to get moving resulting in shite not that good returns around town.

However much easier to work on a four pot in the engine bay  :y :y

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: saltyone on 23 June 2010, 17:38:19

thanks guys  :y

that helps a lot . time to flog the 2.2 and get a v6 auto  :D 8-)

Title: Re: around town MPG
Post by: karlc on 23 June 2010, 17:50:26

My manual 3.2 does around 25mpg which is same as my old 2.5v6 manual can easily put it into single figures though!!!