My manual R is better than my auto t5 which drinks it,R has rica Ecu,t5 tim Williams.. I don't worry to much bout figures tho light comes on time to fill up and repeat...... Lol
37 mpg at 70 on a run.
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About 30 at 70mph drops to about 28 at 80mph, driving round town and country roads on short trips where i live get about 25 tops, thats all off the trip computer.
The modded v70 2.5lpt would do 42 mpg on a run and about 28/30 round town .
merc85 (Sunday 25th August 2013)
every time i have driven to spain and back in a t5 i have averaged 28mpg for the round trip
i love these threads lol
19.1 from mine but thats due to regular short journeys.
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This thread reminds me of how sh*te the old t5s are on juice..........
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mr shifter (Monday 26th August 2013),smithy (Monday 26th August 2013)
I have an 850 t5 manual i must have a heavy foot because i normslly average around 23 mpg even on a long run i average 27.5 am i doing something wrong lol
i drove the same country route as my brother followed, i was in my mapped, and modded s70r manual and got 33mpg his was an auto 850 t5 he got 28mpg on the exact same run and speeds, every car is different, manuals are better
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Nottingham to Heathrow and back 41.1 mpg and I hit 90 a couple of times! Long term average over 3000 plus miles is 30 mpg but I haven't done any track days this year!
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