over the 1200 miles my car has covered, 99% of that in 'sport' im on 39.4mpg
Wife potters around in girly mode. I always use the sport mode. Averages 32mpg. Low 40s on a motorway cruise which ain't bad I suppose.
But this will make you all smile....My BMW M5 in full power mode (507bhp) averages 18mpg (but single figures are possible with really spirited driving), but it does go quite a bit quicker than the abarth! I've seen 23mpg on a motorway cruise though....whoppee!!
Regards
Mark
Stopped using fuelly as it was a pain in the arse to fill the details in every 3 days ( wife was in hospital and it was a 90 mile tound trip everyday ), but my mpg is now around 27 mpg going by my trip counter.
Coming back from the airport I averaged 33mpg down the motorway ( average speed around 75mph )
I can live with the low consumption for the sheer fun of it but the range is a right pain!
Been playing around with this myself over the last few weeks. First of all using non-sport mode seems to be a waste of time. It encourages you to be in a higher gear than strictly necessary and when you need to accelerate you have to use more throttle for longer. A bit of self-training helps but it is more intuitive in sport mode.
Driving sensibly on a 30 miles round trip to work with about 60% motorway and I get a healthy 38mpg average. Stick to slower sub-urban roads and that rockets to 50mpg but obviously takes much longer to get anywhere and the MPG sinks like a lump of rock if you have to keep stopping.
In general I've had the best results by accelerating as hard as I need to for getting up to speed and then sitting in the highest gear comfortable and using standard economy methods, letting it run out going up slopes and use the downhill to recover and pick up a bit extra speed.
Most of the journey is then spent looking at 40-50mpg on the instant consumption which leaves plenty of scope for playing as and when needed - just not all the time...
Incidently it was a tankful of shell's nitro fuel that is the number #1 suspect for killing my high compression Seicento engine, problem is I can't prove it but whatever it was the damage was down to high engine speed detonation - exit pistons stage left... most consistent with fuel that didn't meet the required 98RON equivalent of higher.
Shell VP Nitro is surely LESS likely to cause detonation (pinking / pre ignition) as its 99 RON. Detonation occurs with fuel that is lower than recommended.