T5 mpg

[TheT6Kid]

Who said owning a T5 has to cost the earth. Have a look at this Average MPG figure for a very relaxed motorway journey!
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/davescott699/T5MPG.jpg
Found this photo I took a while back, it is my T5 Estate manual.

[PHIL V70R]

show off..lol..

[p fandango]

http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy196/pedro-fandango/Volvo/mine/Bonny/Photo0201.jpg
ok thats a D5, think my T-5's doing about 20mpg if your lucky lol

[lance]

My T5 currently averaging 32.5 MPG and I have only been on congested A roads the odd B road blast and mainly round town no motorway cruising. If it was an old T5 driven like that it would be around the Mid 20s!

[britten_mark]

A manual box seems to make things a lot better.

[siamblue]

A manual box seems to make things a lot better.

It sure does Mark, my ph 2 classic V70R AWD was 16 around town, my ph 1 V70R FWD does 24.
i couldn't get above 30 in the awd on a long run but the fwd i can get 35.

Gary

[claymore]

Mine averages about 9mpg with the SC running, or 25mpg without

[The Flying Moose]

I usually average around 29mpg but on a run 38 is achieveable.

[Joolz_850R]

I usually average around 29mpg but on a run 38 is achieveable.

I hope thats right emelyn:) Im taking mine on hols and gonna be covering 5-600 miles.

Now my cat sorted im averaging 25ish on a 50 mile round trip on A roads. Not sure how this compares with everyone else??

[The Flying Moose]

I hope thats right emelyn:) Im taking mine on hols and gonna be covering 5-600 miles.

Now my cat sorted im averaging 25ish on a 50 mile round trip on A roads. Not sure how this compares with everyone else??

Well thats on a Rica'd manual. Not sure about tuned auto's but when I borrowed an 854R Auto I averaged 25 and could push to 28 if I tried really hard. Hopefully as yours has a HLM chip (if I remember rightly) you should get a little higher.

[T5frankie]

you should average around 28 on an auto mate

[Porcine_Aviator]

My 850 T5 has managed to go for the last 12 months on a single tank. Mind you she's only moved twice in the whole time :)

[Joolz_850R]

Well thats on a Rica'd manual. Not sure about tuned auto's but when I borrowed an 854R Auto I averaged 25 and could push to 28 if I tried really hard. Hopefully as yours has a HLM chip (if I remember rightly) you should get a little higher.

mine is standard apart from a 100 cell cat. i will be 5 up so 28 would be good:)

[p fandango]

My 850 T5 has managed to go for the last 12 months on a single tank. Mind you she's only moved twice in the whole time :)
i've actually gone thru £20 just making sure it still starts between cutting the wiring out, did manage 100yards for the pics next to Bonny but she's totally empty now lol

[Brett855tdi]

I know you quys wernt asking for the derv figures but hey
38mpg racing round the ring road all day
45 on a normal day
but i bet over 60mpg could be done with some anal driving
ive done 52mpg from glasgow to birmingham at 80-90mph all the way glasgo and back on a tank still take the kids to school all week

[Nealevo]

my 850r AUTO manages a respectable 25mpg normal driving or 32mpg on a slow 65mph drive yawnnnnn
but as im LPG and it 55p a litre it works out to 65ish MPG cost comparrison

[AndysR]

On my 850R auto when I had the Rica 28mpg was the average but 32 mpg was quite achievable on a run without having to feather the throttle. Now I average around 37, I did a run at the weekend which consisted of mainly motorway driving so I reset the computer to see what the computer thought it was doing and I got it just over 40mpg overall which I was quite impressed with. On a recent trip to Scotland with a car load I managed to average around 34 mpg across the entire 2,000 miles of the trip not bad I thought as it wasn't an easy time for the car....

[LiamT4]

My s70r auto is currently getting 22.5mpg, mostly short journeys (about 10miles). Long trips it gets between 31mpg and 36mpg, depending on how heavy your right foot is.

[Joolz_850R]

On my 850R auto when I had the Rica 28mpg was the average but 32 mpg was quite achievable on a run without having to feather the throttle. Now I average around 37, I did a run at the weekend which consisted of mainly motorway driving so I reset the computer to see what the computer thought it was doing and I got it just over 40mpg overall which I was quite impressed with. On a recent trip to Scotland with a car load I managed to average around 34 mpg across the entire 2,000 miles of the trip not bad I thought as it wasn't an easy time for the car....

So what has changed to get 37MPG? Are these the sort of figures coming back from chipped cars?

[britten_mark]

My missus loves her auto T5, at 40 odd thousand miles it's hardly run in, but am seriously jealous of the above figures; she gets 24mpg and drives like a pensioner :-(