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[BazaJT]

Talking today to the chap I posted about a while ago who has a 2.6 "daily driver"along with a F/L and M/F/L stood on his drive.The M/F/L [a 2.5]he's on about getting rid of and reckons only thing wrong with it despite being stood for above a year is that he has to manually release the gear selector from "park" as it doesn't do it from the break pedal.However talking of his 2.6 he says that around town he's getting 25mpg and on a run at motorway speeds he's seeing 38mpg[he's still complaining of its heavy fuel consumption ]Are these figures achievable?Or is he spinning a yarn?

[Nick W]

My 3.0l estate averages about 25mpg in normal daily use, which is mainly round town. Over 400miles out of a tankful of fuel is easily acheivable  on the motorway, and doesn't require driving like a granny.


38mpg does sound very high though!

[Steve Brookman]

My 3.0 struggled to get 19mpg around town-the 2.5 was a little better but nowhere near 38mpg on a run-more like 29-both autos.

Steve

[zirk]

2.6 Auto around london gets me about 22mpg, and a motorway run about 33 - 36mpg, my older 3.0 Manual used to do 27mpg London and 38mpg on Motorway, my 3.0 Auto would do 24mpg London and again around 38 on Motorway, should add both the 3.0 were Chipped).

The 3.2's Ive had seem to do, Auto 19 - 28mpg, Manual 23 to 33mpg.

Ive always maintained that 3.0 is the best V6 all rounder for economy and performance (especially if Chipped) and has more top end grunt over the 3.2's.

[05omegav6]

Manual might at a push

[plym ian]

I need a bigger engine omega then

I get 17-19 round town and about 30 on a run 2.2 petrol

[baggers]

3.0 I always get high return, when I want to 

[Andy B]

The worst I ever had was 16.6 when towing in torrential rain to Devon/Cornwall
Best was about 35 driving south on a quiet Sunday morning with cruise set to about 70

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Around 24 mpg average, most I've seen was 30 mpg which was a few years ago now, mid 20s seems the norm now.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Around 16mpg round town on a 2.5 Auto. That's with an un-ruddy-traceable vac leak, but cotton wool and love lavished over everything else mechanical. Climbs to about 35, just nudging 40pmg, on a long, cruising run. Display reading 19.3mpg at present, that's about 80% round town, the rest countryside/longer stretch. Average speed 17mph, if that helps.

My TD ran at about 20-22mpg average

[Marks DTM Calib]

My 2.5 Manual used to get 38 every week on the commute.

[Mister Rog]

3.2 Auto
If I really REALLY try I can just about get 32/34 on a decent run. By "try" I mean mostly slow/middle motorway lane and feather light right foot

Normally around 26, flooring it you don't wanna know

My last 2.6 Auto. I could just about manage 35 at best

PS: This all assumes that the calculated consumption figure is correct. I do zero it at the start of a long trip.

[TheBoy]

38mpg should be achievable *IF* you can keep constant speed, and above TC lockup.

Not maintaining TC lockup destroys auto economy

[Kevin Wood]

38mpg should be achievable *IF* you can keep constant speed, and above TC lockup.

Not maintaining TC lockup destroys auto economy

That means not getting stuck behind any retards doing less than 45, so just a memory these days.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

AH, yes, in partial response to Mister Rog, the on-screen mpg average is currently 19.2mpg, however the real world comes in at closer to 16/mid-teens. Longer runs, again, calculated myself at mid 20s.