Bexlee

'Buyer's Profile' features a MY00. The owner says he "...can cope with the 28mpg fuel economy." If everywhere I went was in 5th gear at 3000 revs I could cope with that too!

kevin stanton

28 mpg, i'm lucky to get 18 mpg.

Scotsman

iTrader: (3)

I get around 26-28 in my Dawes MY99. To get under 20 does everyone drive on boost all the time?

Bexlee

I suppose it's the price I have to pay for all the extra tonnage of a MY01 [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Tony_W

Just done over 250 miles to a full tank in my MY02..

Pretty pleased with that. Drove steady for a lot of it with a few smiles per gallon thrown in..

Bagpuss

Just got my MY99 with PPP. Exclusively using Optimax at the moment.

On my daily commute (round tip of 152 miles), I'm averaging 27mpg.

This is a combination of twisty B-roads (for the smile factor), single carriageway and motorway.

I reckon that's pretty good.

Andy.

SWRTWannabe

Average about 34mpg on my country lane route to work, even with some "spirited" driving.

That's in my Tavia RS though

SiPie

Posted this before but did a bit of an anorak on this one and kept fuel receipts for 10k miles (for my my99 with few subtle mods)........

Mixed driving, mostly country roads with daily commute into Edinburgh but not very much motorway.

16.7mpg on SUL/Optimax.....!

And yes, the car's running fine!!

MATTeL

I did mostly motorways (small amount of town driving) yesterday and raked up 172 miles, filled up this morning and put 32 litres in!

That is with a MY01, on the motorways I was keeping up with the flow of the traffic for the most time and maintained a fairly constant speed.

ProperCharlie

Surely some people's calculators are not working properly? I can accept +/- a few mpg for different driving styles, but I can't see how some people can be averaging 27/28 mpg. I was lucky to get that out of my old 1.8 Mondeo (and yes, it was better to drive than a Vectra!)

Charlie.

ZIPPY

Mattel remove your lead boots man,LOL, i get 280 at least with trips from Liverpool to Manchester most days (motorway)and some stick on the way to and from the motorway.MY01.

Driving Miss Daisy.

MATTeL

It is about 21.5mpg not too bad considering I got stuck in traffic for a while and then used boost for a prolonged time!

Bexlee

As I said, steady 3000rpm in 5th (ie motorway cruising) = at least late 20's mpg. However, my commute is mainly B roads, average 22mpg.

To clarify, my original point was not intended to relate to a surprise that 28mpg could be achieved, rather to surprise at the idea that it could be 'coped' with - I should bloody well hope it could be as it sounds very good! (but not impossible)

^Qwerty^

Normally I get ~200miles per fill up.

I stick a trailer on the back of a the car, complete with fully fueled up motorbike, a boot full of tools, and a back seat full of clothes etc, and now Im getting nearly 275miles between fill ups.

So if you want better fuel economy, stick a trailer on the back of ur car