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[TheBoy]

Day to day, my MV6 auto gets currently around 25mpg with A/C on.  Daily commute is 25m each way on slow backroads, 50mph max (apart from a short section of MK grid road

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Why is mine so rubbish!!   same engine!! unless MV6 is different to normall V6 but I doubt! I get 18 round town when driving normal!! 20 - 21 if I drive like I am carrying an armed bomb with motion sensors!! LOL

 Is yours auto or manual? And when was it last serviced (plugs and iflters)? Checked the tyre pressures?

 Failing that, I'd say there was something wrong in the engine, unless you do a lot of stop-start driving... my town driving tends to be at night so I can at least keep moving...

[richardirv]

Serviced every six months, not checked tire pressures in a while i'll admit that. Its an Auto so I do put some of it down to that! My daily commute is bit of both really ring road to work 5 mile each way in off peak times so not too much stop start! then into leeds to pick the gaffa up through rush hour i'd say another 5 miles each way. but even when I was not going into leeds at rush hour I was still getting around 18.5mpg average in 1 week!!

The engine is sweet as a nut, I just used some Fortec Gas treatment a few tanks ago as recomended by a member. Not noticed any difference really but gonna keep using it every 10 tanks or so!

I can't imagine what could be wrong!!

just turned 46000 miles so its not like its done millions of miles!

I'm baffeled!!

[feeutfo]

Why is mine so rubbish!!   same engine!! unless MV6 is different to normall V6 but I doubt! I get 18 round town when driving normal!! 20 - 21 if I drive like I am carrying an armed bomb with motion sensors!! LOL

 Is yours auto or manual? And when was it last serviced (plugs and iflters)? Checked the tyre pressures?

 Failing that, I'd say there was something wrong in the engine, unless you do a lot of stop-start driving... my town driving tends to be at night so I can at least keep moving...

vac pipes to plenum and bag pipes solenoid thingys... daw what are they called??? blip engine to above 4k and you should see them actuate, if they dont work you have to press the peddle harder to get the car to go, hense bad mpg, might be that, try 4 electrode plugs as well

[richardirv]

I'll hopefully be at the West Yorkshire Meet (when it gets sorted out)!! Maybe someone can have a look at it there? I aint a clue really!!

[feeutfo]

Serviced every six months, not checked tire pressures in a while i'll admit that. Its an Auto so I do put some of it down to that! My daily commute is bit of both really ring road to work 5 mile each way in off peak times so not too much stop start! then into leeds to pick the gaffa up through rush hour i'd say another 5 miles each way. but even when I was not going into leeds at rush hour I was still getting around 18.5mpg average in 1 week!!

The engine is sweet as a nut, I just used some Fortec Gas treatment a few tanks ago as recomended by a member. Not noticed any difference really but gonna keep using it every 10 tanks or so!

I can't imagine what could be wrong!!

just turned 46000 miles so its not like its done millions of miles!

I'm baffeled!!

although 18 not unusual accross town

[Kevin Wood]

Serviced every six months, not checked tire pressures in a while i'll admit that. Its an Auto so I do put some of it down to that! My daily commute is bit of both really ring road to work 5 mile each way in off peak times so not too much stop start! then into leeds to pick the gaffa up through rush hour i'd say another 5 miles each way. but even when I was not going into leeds at rush hour I was still getting around 18.5mpg average in 1 week!!

The engine is sweet as a nut, I just used some Fortec Gas treatment a few tanks ago as recomended by a member. Not noticed any difference really but gonna keep using it every 10 tanks or so!

I can't imagine what could be wrong!!

just turned 46000 miles so its not like its done millions of miles!

I'm baffeled!!

although 18 not unusual accross town

.. and in a 5 mile journey (or even 10 miles) a significant amount of the journey will be with a cold engine.

Kevin

[richardirv]

Yeah It was only with other people saying they get 25 round town which made me think! but that could be manual box maybe?

I did manage 21 once but it takes too much concentration to do it!! LOL  

[richardirv]

Serviced every six months, not checked tire pressures in a while i'll admit that. Its an Auto so I do put some of it down to that! My daily commute is bit of both really ring road to work 5 mile each way in off peak times so not too much stop start! then into leeds to pick the gaffa up through rush hour i'd say another 5 miles each way. but even when I was not going into leeds at rush hour I was still getting around 18.5mpg average in 1 week!!

The engine is sweet as a nut, I just used some Fortec Gas treatment a few tanks ago as recomended by a member. Not noticed any difference really but gonna keep using it every 10 tanks or so!

I can't imagine what could be wrong!!

just turned 46000 miles so its not like its done millions of miles!

I'm baffeled!!

although 18 not unusual accross town

.. and in a 5 mile journey (or even 10 miles) a significant amount of the journey will be with a cold engine.

Kevin

True!! although temp is ussually up about half way to work!!

[BruceT]

Thats good.

My 2.0 CD has no Cruise but I try and keep it round an indicated 75mph and I average 39.1MPG over 205 miles which I was impressed with.

I think If I did an indicated 70 (Around 65-66mph real) id get around 40, maybe 41mpg which is good I think considering the weight.

[Jay w]

i managed to get 210mpg this morning out of my 2.6 CDX, i thought that was pretty good  
I did do the journey on LPG so i sippoes that's cheating a bit  

Mid was showing 28.7mpg , that was a mix of Motorway and fast A roads, air con on all the way, on LPG i reckon i was getting 20-20 mpg

[psychnurse]

Serviced every six months, not checked tire pressures in a while i'll admit that. Its an Auto so I do put some of it down to that! My daily commute is bit of both really ring road to work 5 mile each way in off peak times so not too much stop start! then into leeds to pick the gaffa up through rush hour i'd say another 5 miles each way. but even when I was not going into leeds at rush hour I was still getting around 18.5mpg average in 1 week!!

The engine is sweet as a nut, I just used some Fortec Gas treatment a few tanks ago as recomended by a member. Not noticed any difference really but gonna keep using it every 10 tanks or so!

I can't imagine what could be wrong!!

just turned 46000 miles so its not like its done millions of miles!

I'm baffeled!!

My consumption was greatly increaed recently by having the timing kit put back as intended (NEW kit) The difference id from around an average of 24 to now 32.

On motorways this is around 35ish. and in town a respectable 26 ish. Mine is a manual though. I get a 2.0 auto estate this week so will be interesting to see how that compares.

[Neil_MV6]

I use my 3.2MV6 for business and find it averages about 34mpg at 70mph and up-to 38mpg if cruising between 50-60mph (average speed on a Friday ride home on the M6 or M1).

Working in London for the week, I reset it and saw the average drop to 11.5mpg during the 8 mile round trip between hotel and place of work with an average speed of 12mph!

Don't you just love London.

[psychnurse]

I use my 3.2MV6 for business and find it averages about 34mpg at 70mph and up-to 38mpg if cruising between 50-60mph (average speed on a Friday ride home on the M6 or M1).

Working in London for the week, I reset it and saw the average drop to 11.5mpg during the 8 mile round trip between hotel and place of work with an average speed of 12mph!

Don't you just love London.

NO!  

[Tony H]

It's the town driving that really nails the V6. I do a lot around town and only get 21-22 according to the MID that with an average speed of 23 . How ever I've been doing a lot more M- way driving lately and have been experimenting with different cruising speeds, I've found that setting the cruise at 67 mph it returns an MPG figure of circa 38. Not bad especially with the price of fuel now. I used to "give it the bifters" on the M-way conditions permitting, O.K. it takes a bit longer to get there, driving at sub speed limit but I find it more relaxing. A bit worrying really, Is It a sign of getting old?