I know there have been many threads but would like another opinion before I purchase said type car. At present I drive a Fiat 20V TURBO (not modified like Dr Fragg's) and on a long motoway run with some sprited driving get 35mpg, close to the quoted extra urban cycle of 37. Reading about EVO Lancers, their fuel efficiency looks very poor. I know the Subaru's are 4WD and that alone soaks up some fuel. 6th gear in the UK Sti is just slightly less than Fiat's 5th but I do not really want a car under motorway/lonish runs that will return less than 30. If I buy a standard Sti I will look to a power upgrade eg 333 pack, so under steady driving will consumtion go up? I know, and expect under hard driving to get less but needto have a compromise as well. Please advise. Many thanks, Melvyn

 

I run a 333 STi and get around 170 miles per tank on a long run. Never more and often less

Gary

 

I run an 04STI and struggle to get 200 miles on a brimmed tank of optimax,even seems worse on other fuels

 

Hi Melvyn,

I now have an 02 Sti Prodrive with PPP , and agree with the other posts here ..
Standard Sti you'll be lucky to get 26/27 mpg .. with PPP prob same or a bit less ! I fill up for £40 and get average 200-220 miles with mixture of motorway and the odd fun burst .. These cars are not economical .. even the WRX is meant to get 28/29 to the gallon .. didn't get that either!

Cheers,

Steve

 

300 miles on my last tank, got 58 litres in it after this (60 litre tank), 2.5 STi engine, 440 BHP/400 lbft. Just not driving like a tit everywhere for once. 80mph cruise to work was 90% of this. Record low for road use is 120 miles on a tank.

 

I get more than that in a 500bhp RS500....... and thats with a nice big T4 and EIGHT fuel injectors!!!

Regards,
Shaun.

 

Wrong car then I'm afraid mate

I get 22mpg from my STI. I used to get about 25mpg from my old UK turbo normally - the best I ever saw was 33mpg and that was during the Sept 2000 fuel crisis.

 

Yea Shaun but most of your miles clocked up are 'make believe' as you are wheelspinning everywhere

Andy

 

ROFLOL

I actually got this all wrong as I infact do about 10 months to a gallon! It only comes out when the humidity level is 0% so the panels dont rust and fall off.

 

I get around about 400 miles to the gallon at 3 in the morning when i visit neverland (no thats not holland). Really though, they are brutal on consumption (no not TB) but the joy of it all more than makes up for it. Forget frugality go for funality (its in the neverland dictionary) hey who knows tomorrow you could ?????????.

 

I have a 04 STI PPP and most of my driving is motorway and I only manage 22 mpg. Had it up to 26mpg once and that was really driving like a grandad.

 

Bollox to the mpg, just enjoy the motor - drive around with an empty wallet and inane grin on your face all the time...

Just like me!

Ed

 

I sure as hell wouldnt be able to afford the scoob as an everyday car ......... once a week and the weekends costs enough.

 

MY02 STi PPP.

I get 200-240 miles (20-22 mpg) from a tank (refilling just after petrol warning light).
Adding PPP made little difference to mpg. When I first got the car, I drove 700 miles on a motorway round trip. Since I was running the car in, revs never exceeded 4000. I got 310 miles out of one tankful. This is the best you'll ever get.

D.

 

for fuel economy these are the last cars you should ever consider, with a right foot like a feather they'll still do at best about 27mpg

 

as above , only had it three weeks , 1st tank 22, 2nd 20, 3rd 21 mpg

04sti ppp

 

As said i have an 02 sti and get around 22mpg average

 

I run a 03 sti with ppp & always get around 200 miles maybe more on a full tank of optimax (not motorway) sometimes blasting it as much as i can.

 

i own a 02 sti and as everyone else has said i think 20-22 if driving like a fairy, well under that if you are having fun, as someone said ealier in this thread about using it as an eveyday car it doesnt realy matter to me as my other everyday car is 3.0 v6 shogun which does about the same so needless to say visits to petrol station are pretty frequent i my household, not so bad in summer when bike is on the road tho, thats a lot faster and more fun than the scoob and returns about 35 even when being hammered, just lucky me n mrs dont have to travel far to work.

 

STi02 prior PPP 16mpg and after PPP 18mpg 95% town/A&B roads Doing Motorway runs I can get 24+mpg.

Tony

 

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ive got a wr1 and lucky to get 15mpg,a fair bit of that is driving in town though,id say i average about 10-12mpg generally!!
not good but heyb when im in the car im having fun
QUOTE=eng622]I know there have been many threads but would like another opinion before I purchase said type car. At present I drive a Fiat 20V TURBO (not modified like Dr Fragg's) and on a long motoway run with some sprited driving get 35mpg, close to the quoted extra urban cycle of 37. Reading about EVO Lancers, their fuel efficiency looks very poor. I know the Subaru's are 4WD and that alone soaks up some fuel. 6th gear in the UK Sti is just slightly less than Fiat's 5th but I do not really want a car under motorway/lonish runs that will return less than 30. If I buy a standard Sti I will look to a power upgrade eg 333 pack, so under steady driving will consumtion go up? I know, and expect under hard driving to get less but needto have a compromise as well. Please advise. Many thanks, Melvyn[/QUOTE]

 

I don't get much above 20-25mpg, maybe more on a long trip, but pretty much all my journeys are short, and I like to have some fun on my short commute, so fuel economy suffers

hmmm performance car that gives more than 30mpg on a run, not that many, unless you go for something small lightweight, maybe an Elise might do, or a Clio172/182?

Otherwise, an alternative, woulbe be one of these new 'Power' diesels, don't shoot me down, but a A Golf GT TDI, with an AMD remap can do 0-60 in 6.5 and 300 lb/ft??, and still get you 40+ mpg on the run?

Joe

 

work out how many miles you do and work out the actual cost difference between 22 and 30 mpg, its not much, when you compare it to depreciation servicing ect.

you just might think twice about some journeys you do.

My wrx used to get upto 35mpg when new, now it is modified and driven on weekends when I know there will be no traffic ect i get about 20mpg. the rest of the time the company car goes out.

 

You're all making me feel like a right nervous nun...
Black* MY03 STi
Best: 29.2mpg (Motorway run ... you don't want to know how slow)
Worst: N/A
Average: ~23mpg

*You know colour affects mpg, yes you do.

 

long journeys about 250 to a tank, normal driving (+ some spirited ) about 180-210, full out driving (mainly) i once did about 150 miles to tank

04 sti ppp