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What MPG Do You Get????
« on: 15 August 2009, 21:58:35 »
Evening All.

Just had to tell you the sort of MPG im reguarly getting on long journeys and see if its the norm.

Mines a (ex The Boys) 99/T 2.5TD Elite Auto(AR35) saloon which has been chipped.

Now I understand the chip will have made the trip computer slightly out but on A road and motorway jouneys of 250+ miles I am reguarly getting 52mpg.

Even allowing for a 10% error that still equates to over 45mpg. Thats bloody amazing in a car as big as this with 300KG of tools in the boot.

I don't drive it like I stole it or anything, but I don't hang around out of junctions and sit at 80 on the motorway.

Had a 1.8 Corolla Verso before and never got over 37mpg, although that was a company car and I wasn't paying for the fuel which may explain that. ;D

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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #1 on: 15 August 2009, 22:01:02 »
That's bloody good, your car must be running tip top to get that sort of mileage, well done
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #2 on: 15 August 2009, 22:04:51 »
i can safely say TheBoy never got that kind of mpg  ;D

I get 29/30 average at the moment, but in colder weather its 25. My commute is only 11 miles so most of the journey its not hot.

On a run to holland fully loaded can average 34/35
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #3 on: 15 August 2009, 22:09:18 »
I get 24 local from my tractor and about 34 on a run, but I do like to play a bit,  ;D
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #4 on: 15 August 2009, 22:27:59 »
I get very good value on a run, but spend a lot of miles in town nowadays.  I have never heard of the chip putting the comp out.
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #5 on: 15 August 2009, 22:37:50 »
Average of 35 round town in the BM, 55-60 MPG on the motorway  :)
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #6 on: 15 August 2009, 22:44:25 »
You could always check consumption the old way, brim tank, zero odometer, drive a few days, brim again & work it out..
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #7 on: 16 August 2009, 03:08:05 »
My average is running at about 23 mpg with little motorway working at the moment, and too many A road jouneys in the congested south east 8-) 8-) 8-). 
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #8 on: 16 August 2009, 05:51:43 »
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My commute is only 11 miles so most of the journey its not hot.
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Your car mus be the slowest car to heat up in the world then  :-?. I'd consider 11 miles to be a fairly long comute and the car to be warmed up in the first couple of miles.  :y
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #9 on: 16 August 2009, 06:51:12 »
2.6 V6 auto........

Averaging 27 mpg over a month, with a daily 18 mile round trip to work, tootling around at the weekends and a monthly run over to Caernarfon in North Wales......,

Car warms up within 5 mins easily in the mornings.........!!!

Can get up to about 40 mpg indicated on the display if I drive a 60mph going to wales.....

Happy with the overall though considering the joy of driving it...........!!!!

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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #10 on: 16 August 2009, 08:01:56 »
42 urban & easily 50+ on the motorway from my DTi & that's giving it some occasionaly :y :y
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #11 on: 16 August 2009, 10:08:00 »
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Evening All.

Just had to tell you the sort of MPG im reguarly getting on long journeys and see if its the norm.

Mines a (ex The Boys) 99/T 2.5TD Elite Auto(AR35) saloon which has been chipped.

Now I understand the chip will have made the trip computer slightly out but on A road and motorway jouneys of 250+ miles I am reguarly getting 52mpg.

Even allowing for a 10% error that still equates to over 45mpg. Thats bloody amazing in a car as big as this with 300KG of tools in the boot.

I don't drive it like I stole it or anything, but I don't hang around out of junctions and sit at 80 on the motorway.

Had a 1.8 Corolla Verso before and never got over 37mpg, although that was a company car and I wasn't paying for the fuel which may explain that. ;D

Wayne
I managed to get high 30s (genuine calculated, not fuel computer reading) out of it on a run driven not exactly like Miss Daisy, but not exactly ragging it either.

Being an auto, economy below 50mph when the gearbox goes into lockup isn't great.

That said, I would be impressed if anyone got a genuine 40mpg average from any auto Omega, so may be worth doing a manual check - eg, as soon as fuel light comes on, pop in 22.7l (5g) and see how far you get before it comes on again :y


How is the old tractor, we miss that car
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #12 on: 16 August 2009, 11:33:17 »
I'm fairly surprised that mine is averaging 30mpg at the moment. On a trip to bonnie Scotland I got 35mpg with 4 adults and luggage.
I find it's worse if I don't let it warm up before getting on the M27 though, and the computer says it's more economical at 85mph than at 70mph. Somehow I doubt that the local constabulary would accept this as an excuse though!!
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #13 on: 16 August 2009, 13:07:48 »
According to my OBC I am getting around 24mpg, thats a 25 mile round trip each day to the office with a combination or rural, A road and 6 miles of motorway, having just been convicted of speeding and getting 6 points I am driving like a vicar!!
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Re: What MPG Do You Get????
« Reply #14 on: 16 August 2009, 13:09:40 »
I'm averaging just under 30 round town and recently got 44 average on a 1200 mile round trip to scotland but that includes local pottering whilst up there.
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