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[Ken L]

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?

[Ken L]

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.

[JamesV6CDX]

About right for short runs really.... the V6 economy is killed by town driving...

[albitz]

Im doing mostly short runs at the moment,driving gently Im struggling to get 23mpg.

[Andy B]

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.

[tigers_gonads]

my old 2.5 manual did ( acording to the mid )    28.4 mpg at average of 19 mph
33 - 35 on a run 

and thats with alot of tools and cable in the boot

[tunnie]

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.

Blimey! 

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

[Andy B]

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.

Blimey! 

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 ...... 

[Richard A]

My 2.5 petrol auto returns 32mpg at 70mph over 100 miles or so, manuals do better.
regards
richard a

[Ken L]

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).

[Ghost]

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.

[MickAP]

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