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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Ken L on 11 November 2009, 16:01:19
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Hi Guys, what miles per gallon should I realistically expect from my car normal urban driving, I've had this car just under a couple of months, my first Omega, it's just failed the test, but only on two exhaust rubbers missing and a small section of corroded brake pipe O/S front and rear, examiner said it was all pretty solid and in good condition.
He was asking about the petrol consmption, which is why I ask the above question, I put a tenner a week of V.Power in it, and I'm averaging about 30 miles or a little over each week, not quite using all the tenner, but this seems bit high to me.
On a run, motorway, I'm getting about 35MPG, any thoughts please?
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I'll just also mention, it's been mostly quite short runs, the temperature gauge hardly moving of the zero position most of the time.
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About right for short runs really.... the V6 economy is killed by town driving...
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Im doing mostly short runs at the moment,driving gently Im struggling to get 23mpg. :'(
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Im doing mostly short runs at the moment,driving gently Im struggling to get 23mpg. :'(
My 3.0 is on 20.4 at the moment. :y
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my old 2.5 manual did ( acording to the mid ) 28.4 mpg at average of 19 mph
33 - 35 on a run :y
and thats with alot of tools and cable in the boot
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Im doing mostly short runs at the moment,driving gently Im struggling to get 23mpg. :'(
My 3.0 is on 20.4 at the moment. :y
Blimey! :o
Booting it away when someone pulled in all the time comming back from work, large sections at 3 numbers on the dash ::)
I averaged 23mpg in the 3.0 Estate
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Im doing mostly short runs at the moment,driving gently Im struggling to get 23mpg. :'(
My 3.0 is on 20.4 at the moment. :y
Blimey! :o
Booting it away when someone pulled in all the time comming back from work, large sections at 3 numbers on the dash ::)
I averaged 23mpg in the 3.0 Estate
I don't drive it very much so do have a tendancy to make up for it when I do. I haven't reset the average consumption for a while, so a lot of what is averaged has been while a caravan has been on the back.
A decent coat of looking at wouldn't go amiss eitehr ...... ;D
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My 2.5 petrol auto returns 32mpg at 70mph over 100 miles or so, manuals do better.
regards
richard a
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I've just checked the trip computer, and re-set it to see how it goes over the next week or two. Trip read 734 miles, average speed 24.1, consumption 27 mpg, thats about a 70/30 urban and motorway, about a third of that trip miles was on when I got the car, so not sure if it was mostly urban or what, but I think it probably was, the guy said he had only used it for short trips to the university and back (local).
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With my saloon I get 25,7 mpg round the doars and on a run it sits at 37,6mpg. And i have a fairly heavy foot.
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If it's averaging 27mpg mainly short journeys that's not bad at all.
Only had my 2.2 just over a week and I reckon going on the display I'm getting around 23mpg, that's doing very short journeys, stop start traffic. Just done a long journey in it and (120 miles) 50/50 motorway/A roads it returned 36mpg.
Mick