MPG

[Revolution]

Just to answer a question that the wife has been asking me about lately as I noticed someone selling his cabby due to MPG costs and reminded me to raise the question.

What is your MPG on these weapons.

Around Town...................16?
Motorway 85mph.............25?
Nailing it & track days...... 10?
Average..........................23?

My past Impreza 2008 model managed 6mpg on track and up to 33mpg on motorways if I kept it at 85 on c/control and it averaged around 23-25 mpg.

Am I in for a fright?

Glenn

[mac4RS]

My average in 3.5 years is about 20.7...

10 on the track!? That's good...I'd call that spirited driving - you can get less than that

On the European roads recently, I acheived 25.8 @ a steady 85 carrying some weight - PAD125 did over 28.

[P_G]

Selling his RS4 cab due to high fuel costs and opting for a 911 turbo which of course is far more fuel efficient.....

for my trip to Europe I averaged 22.7mpg on DIS2, so that was motorway driving, 4 laps round the Ring, maxxing out on the Autobahn and more alpine pass driving / stop start than anything else.

Since I have been back I reset DIS2 and my average drive is returning 22.3 mpg.

Equivalent to 300 miles per tank on average and £75 per fill.

HTH.

[adsgreen]

cruise control kills fuel economy - can get far better without it if you put your mind to it.
Around town is hard to say - at 30 it's not bad at 20 something but stop start traffic kills it to sub 10.
70 is about 30
Average I'm getting is 24 but thats alot of 50mph roads.

[Revolution]

Sounds like its going to be more fun and better mpg than living with a subaru - could be motoring nirvana.

300 miles is okay for a 4.2 me thinks too

[Steve_C]

a mixture of town and A roads gives me 19-20 mpg

[MARTINSSUNSET]

300 miles to a tank!!!!!

The most I get is about 230 miles and was really pleased the other day with 260 miles.

The WR1 I had before was marginally better so I do not think it will be a major shock to the system.

[P_G]

300 miles to a tank!!!!!

The most I get is about 230 miles and was really pleased the other day with 260 miles.

The WR1 I had before was marginally better so I do not think it will be a major shock to the system.

300 miles is using the full tank and a full 65 litres, not driving to 10 or 0 on the DIS. I have however had 340 miles from a tank which is bordering on the range of my remapped S4 which did 365 miles.

[ChrisCSL]

Quote: "Selling his RS4 cab due to high fuel costs"

The cab is much heavier than a saloon or avant so will be less fuel efficient. With my saloon I get an average of 22mpg combined. On longer motorway runs 25-26mpg.

[P_G]

Fair enough Chris but he's opting instead for a 911 Turbo. How much more fuel efficent? 1-2mpg (circa 10%)? Not exactly much when you own that grade of car is it?

[neckarsulm]

I can top 30 with gentle driving (usually when low on fuel), drove from Bham to Bromyard, Herefordshire and got that figure so not just coasting downhill

[Outtlaw]

Yep, highest i ever got was 29mpg but like driving Mrs Daisy! most of the time its 23mpg,
but these cars are 4.2s so i think that they are pretty good on the fuel.
Just get one and enjoy it.

[ArthurPE]

Around Town...................16-18 (do little city driving, so just a guess)
Motorway 75mph..............24 (if I avg 70 I can get 25 or so)
Average...........................19 to 20
al in US gallons

[parlee-king]

Averaging 24 ish .....often see 27/28 on my 45 mile commute

By comparison that's way better than the V8 M3s return....circa 16/17mpg

[Revolution]

16/17 is poor - even for a v8!!