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[Terry_Seyforth]

Hi just wondering, I know these cars are thirsty, but could you tell me how may miles I should be getting to the gallon, I have worked it out that I am only getting about 17/18 miles to the gallon, around town, I have worked this out from my counter the one you can reset, I gather this is in miles or im in the s**t, I put £20 in and used the distance indicator which started on 32 miles left, put the £20 in then waited till it got back to 32 miles, the counter read 71/72 miles....
So with a 2.6 vs, what is the norm amout of petrol usually used, driving carefully.
thanks  

[vegasgo]

That's pretty much what I get from my 2.5 auto with 138k on the clock. Does seem to double on the mways though.

[Tab]

i get about 90- 100 miles to £20 running around town.

[philayl]

However I drive my 2.5 I can only get 19 mpg round town, 34 to 38 on the motorway.

[jonathanh]

agree its about right if auto.  If you have a manual its low, expect close to 30 if treated with care around town

[mantahatch]

Hi just wondering, I know these cars are thirsty, but could you tell me how may miles I should be getting to the gallon, I have worked it out that I am only getting about 17/18 miles to the gallon, around town, I have worked this out from my counter the one you can reset, I gather this is in miles or im in the s**t, I put £20 in and used the distance indicator which started on 32 miles left, put the £20 in then waited till it got back to 32 miles, the counter read 71/72 miles....
So with a 2.6 vs, what is the norm amout of petrol usually used, driving carefully.
thanks  

Hi
I do about 6 miles to work and 6 miles home again, my old 2.0 auto averaged 22.2mpg and now my V6 is averaging 21.4mpg on same journey, and a bit more right foot is used in the V6.
Never really do any morways/dual carraigeways so can't say if either would do more for sure but I would expect both of them to improve on a run.

Mike

[Darth Loo-knee]

i get about 22-24 mpg knocking about but have seen it up to 29 when driving on the motorway

[Jay w]

around town i can get early 20's, on a run early to mid 30's if i take it easy

mines a 2.5 auto

hit the loud pedal and i can easily lose 5-8 mpg off both of those figures

[Golfbuddy]

Check this out. It will give you loads of information about other members' cars.

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By the way, I tend to average between 26 and 29 mpg on day to day driving in my 2.2 Auto.

[Martin_1962]

Running about as low as 15.5, short trips and lots of stop go

Cruising at a moderate speed - a LOT better, seen mile long instant consumption around 50

However this is on LPG, it was a bit better on petrol but that costs too much

[Terry_Seyforth]

Well thanks for all the response. happy it seems around the milage i should be getting, but   it is a thirsty old boy.
Sacrifice consumption for comfort.
It drives lovely but you can feel the power behind the wheel.
It wouldnt be half as bad if I didnt find out someone had emptied my bank account through a hack on my computer, they left me £90 which was good of them and took £1800, enough of my sad story, just will have to push it for a acouple of weeks