mpg king!
 

Before I ruffle anyone's feathers I want to add I didn't buy the car for the economy, but this weekend I worked out that to take the scooby for the weekend over the ibiza would cost about £50 extra in fuel ( 20 mpg vs 47) anyway as the sun was out I couldn't help taking the scoob at the thought of my old local roads over the weekend! Anyway..... Out of interest, I drove very very sensible/gentle for 100 miles home and managed 33.5mpg! How good is that!

On just the motorway, there and back it will save me around 26 quid, and I still can enjoy some scooby fun on the roads around here!

they can give good mpg when you drive like every else and keep it off boost.

my record is 36MPG.....i wanted to see what i could get so put all my best fuel saving tactics to use and never once let the turbo come on boost, kept a steady 65MPH. It was late one Sunday evening so no traffic.

I was driving back to Sheffield from Essex so the entire trip (bare about 10miles at each end) was dual carriage way or motorway which does help a lot. but it was rather :sleep: and not something i'm keen to repeat. Like the OP we also have a more sensible car for longer trips.

On the way down the day before I managed 23MPG for the exact same trip :D

I get about 30mpg on my commutes, 300 miles out of a 50l tank. Usually doing 70-85 off boost, improved a lot since I de-catted.

Edit: Saying that, I've got a mate with a 172 Cup, who's trip computer says he gets 50mpg doing 65 in 5th...

I get around 23mpg most of the time and can squeeze about 260 out of a tank.Quite chuffed with that.:thumb:

Danny.

i managed 28 to the gallon in stop start school run and commuting to work without any steady extra urban driving.