Fuel consumption

4.2 V8 40v biturbo - 450 bhp
4.2 V8 40v biturbo - 480 bhp (plus)

what fuel consumption do you average?

10-15
6
10%
15-20
31
53%
20-22
15
26%
22-24
3
5%
24-26
2
3%
26-28
1
2%
29-30
0
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Fuel consumption

Post by raceman » Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:41 am

Hi all,

Was just wondering what sort of fuel comsumption you guys are getting and what i can expect in mixed driving, motorway etc?

And before anyone says it, i know i know, if i have to ask, i can't afford it........lol

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RE: Fuel consumption

Post by Cornishmoocher » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:51 am

I hope no one answers! You would never drive it if you thought too much about it!

But for the record I get 172 mpg......
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Post by MartynC » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:56 am

Cornish that's brilliant, mine is MUCH worse than that. Are you using a spinnaker?

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Post by grizz » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:16 am

If i drive like my mother i'l get 20+ , Most of the time i get 15-18 ..
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Post by swilkins » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:45 am

yeah, I get 19mpg pretty much all the time, whether spanking it or just taking it steady. I do find that motorway consumption is better at 90 than at 70 - not sure why but on a 200 mile trip to manchester I went there very slowly, sticking to 70, no air con on and driving really gently - 19mpg, then on the way back drove like I normally do (bit fast!) and got 19.5 mpg....go figure.

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Post by tartan_rob » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:56 am

With an engine and gearbox remap and driving sensibly upto 90 ish I can get 30/31mpg. Normally it is high 20's due to always doing motorway miles and using Tip all the time.
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Post by Doug_S2 » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:07 am

high 20s on motorway fast cruising - 85 to 90mph.

18-20 on the school runs.

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Post by ecain63 » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:34 am

drove poole to glasgow at 68mph with econ mode and on cruise and got 31.2mpg over 500 miles. got there on 1 tank. normally though its around 19mpg
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Post by Rilla » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:44 am

ha you should all be really happy, im getting about 11mpg if im lucky, no motorways and always up a hill!

I do tend to tank it about tho lol

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Post by HYFR » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:53 am

yep, on motorways, use cruise at bout 70mph to get around 30mpg - which is bl**dy good for 450bhp !

for every other type of driving you soon wont care once you have THAT power & THAT sound

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Post by posterboyj » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:41 pm

Depends where you live, city centre then a 1.6 petrol will average 20MPG

Buying this type of car based on MPG is pointless, you might as well buy a Prius.

Most people report an average of 20mpg
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Post by GardinerG » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:47 pm

My average is 16.7 (going by the computer).

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Post by GregR1 » Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:44 pm

I found that you can't actually try to drive the car economically - whenever I've tried using the real-time mpg thing it is depressing! I just drive it how I like and it seems to actually even out.

I'd make one change to the OP comment, it should be "if you care about it then you can't afford it!" ;)

16.4 for the record :D

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Post by el_ringo » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:17 pm

I can 'hypermile' for all of 5 mins and then have to give it a blast :)
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Post by MoRS6+ » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:25 pm

My current average is 16.8mpg but that is with virtually no motorway driving at all. I fill up the tank (costs approx. 70-75 quid) and that will last me a surprisingly long time as I'm not doing that many miles.

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