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[Magwheels]

My 2.2 DTI saloon averages over a daily run (up and down some big hills) a princely 39.3 (with air-con on) and the best I have seen is on a run up the A12 to Lowestoft when I first reset the computer of......Wait for it...49.1. That was cruising at or around 70 ish. I knew there was a reason I bought a tractor. My old 2.5td estate used to do on the same runs 31 and 43. Which I thought was pretty good at the time.

[biggriffin]

Getting 23mpg at moment, doing about 18mpg around town.climate never off.
 going to Warwick castle bank,hollyday Monday so that give it a good clean out and run with a/c on full chat(if still sunny) see if can,get 30mpg on a good run.

[YZ250]

Regardless of how hard I try (and that's not very hard  ), my 3.2 always settles back to 22 mpg. Yes I can kid myself by resetting the display as I'm doing 70mph on a motorway and see the display hit 30 mpg, but it will always come back down to 22 mpg, or less, when I come off the motorway. If it was used mainly in towns, you'd be looking at around 18-19 mpg tops. 

[05omegav6]

2.6 auto, just go to work on country roads, 10 miles per day, and the average when I reset it is 22.7 

That's your problem in fact I would go as far as to say I'm suprised you're getting that much out of it tbh
If you doubled or even tripled your commute, it probably wouldn't use much more fuel... would be better for the car too

[05omegav6]

Manual 3.2 manages 22ish blatting around town, but capable of topping 30 on a decent run

[aaronjb]

There's a couple of good pages about this very topic over on Pistonheads .. but only one entry for the Omega:

Pistonheads Real World MPG Wiki - A to L

Vauxhalls are on this page: Pistonheads Real World MPG Wiki - M to Z

[Magwheels]

Seems all the posts are from petrol's, where's all the diesels?

Just to clarify my figures are for averages and the 39+ mpg is for over 500 odd miles locally and its the hills where I live that hurt that figure. The A12 run was reset before we left and was the average mpg shown when we got there, I had only just got it then and was still playing with all the buttons etc. I was mighty impressed with the figures but as usual would always like more. Has anybody had any experience with a remap on the 2.2 Dti? If so does it give more poke and power in the real world ie not advertising speak. Pro's N cons?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My 400 mile round trip from Lincolnshire to Powys showed 30.5 MPG on the trip computer yesterday.

12.2 gallons......£71.

Oh.....and for those who don't know. My car is a 2.6 MV6 auto.

[aaronjb]

Oh.....and for those who don't know. My car is a 2.6 MV6 auto.

It's hard to keep up when the landed gentry such as yourself change cars like we change our socks

[omega3000]

3.0 mv 38mpg on a run back from bristol 

[taitinson]

Too scared too look 

[Simon270172]

Round trip to work of 22mls combo urban/dual and town driving with a very light foot I get between 19-21 but in the past I've had 500mls out of a tank on a run whatever that works out at.

Oh, its a 2.5v6 estate btw.

Simon.

[Magwheels]

I make that about 31 and a bit (cos you never use the whole tank) on a run, not to shabby considering, depends very much on how quick you were going because as soon as you get into the 80's OUCH its gonna hurt. I even notice it on my old wagon.

[Simon270172]

I make that about 31 and a bit (cos you never use the whole tank) on a run, not to shabby considering, depends very much on how quick you were going because as soon as you get into the 80's OUCH its gonna hurt. I even notice it on my old wagon.

80!! No, it was a nice steady run only touched  those speeds once or twice. Mostly 60's I seem to remember.
31mpg,is that all?? Blimey, thought It'd have been higher than that, wishful thinking me thinks.

Simon.

[Magwheels]

It depends on whether you brimmed it or not to be honest. Do you know how many litres you put in it and was it light to light on the gauge? It makes a lot of difference you know.