Happy with MPG!

[Godzilla]

Went to Eastbourne today, 129 miles from my house. I had her on cruise control at 70mph then a bit of town driving through Eastbourne, I got a healthy 28.8mpg, most happy with this!!

So T5's are not that bad on the fuel when on a run!!

[timbo_1975]

Oh come on!!!! Get her properly set up in conjuction with a stage 0 tune, and get 5-6 more!

[p fandango]

they can be good if you can resist temptation, my best is 32.3mpg on a (long boring) run

[PaulZX]

I just did 1073 miles with 650 motorway miles, the rest driving around scotland, along with a wee bit of spirited driving, and got an exact 30 mpg average over the whole trip.

I was well chuffed to tank up as I was heading home, doing 341miles, and still having 145 miles left, the needle being not a whole width below the 5 gallon mark.

340 miles on 2/3rds of a tank, with 5 suitcases the mother in law, a kid and a dog....

[gtiteen]

oooh eastbourne, i live there!! Ive got something in the mid 30s on a run up to gatwick late at night.

[Godzilla]

So they can be better, excellent!!

I had my wife and 2 daughters in the back with the air-con on all the way, had to have this as its just been re-gassed and is freezing cold, lovely!! Also girls had there games thing plugged into the gig' lighter, so maybe that uses a bit more? Once in Eastbourne and I was off cruise we had a nice drive around, covered 32 miles going here and there, a total of 290 miles yesterday at 28.8mpg, most happy!!


gtiteen ....... I could have popped in and said hello, shown you my T5!!


I was asked by a bloke on the way back whilst filling up about how I keep her so clean, I replied...... 'Autoglym products and the previous owner being very particular on keeping her in top condition' Really made me smile, cant beat having good comments about your car!

[AlanG]

In good fettle you can achieve 33-34. If you can resist the loud pedal,they can be very frugal.

[woz]

Guys guys guys.
I have been having troube with a misfire under fu boost over 3000 rpm so as a basic precaution I got my injectros celaned by Jimathon on here (see lots of otehr threads. Having fitted them I had a great improvement although I still get the misfire if Itry hard, and GET THIS. Did 150miles from BRist to Tetebury to Castle Cary and then back not aiming for economy - a cupe of full bore blasts on the M4 and overtaking etc. some country lanes in low gear, etc and a few wife scaring episodes just to see how string the gas pedal was.
Average - 33.4mpg.

BTW thats 212k miles and a RICA 280 so you would expect full bore to use a bit more go juice than in std form. So that is perfectly achievable on an engine still harbouring a problem. I think the injector clean will pay for itself real quick.

Just to set your expectations - you should get your 28mpg up a bit.

Cheers
Woz