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Posts: 6,041 Thanks: 135 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( Coincidentally I did a 200mile motorway journey the other day in my 1.4 8v Dynamic (no idea if theres a difference between that and the 'Active Sport'. I averaged (according to trip) 47.1MPG ![]() When I drive motorway journeys I usually do 68 the whole way, this keeps the revs just under 3500rpm. If I accelerate to just 70 the mpg plummets and I end up averaging about 44mpg. Really wish I had a 6th gear, the gearing in this car is too low for motorway cruising. ![]() On motorways I tend to do an indicated 75 as I know in my car that is a GPS 70. Dom
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Posts: 450 Thanks: 10 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( I have a 1.4 16v which is a slighlty different engine but I get 50mpg easily when going on 50 mile round trip each day to work, the mPG can be achieved you just need to be every careful with braking aswell as accelerating also look ahead and brake slowly if you know your going to need to stop. Works well for me ![]()
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Posts: 6,041 Thanks: 135 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( I have a 1.4 16v which is a slighlty different engine but I get 50mpg easily when going on 50 mile round trip each day to work, the mPG can be achieved you just need to be every careful with braking aswell as accelerating also look ahead and brake slowly if you know your going to need to stop. Works well for me ![]() ![]() ![]() Dom
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Posts: 3,114 Thanks: 52 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( When I try (note 'try') and drive economically I really concentrate on where my throttle is, gear changes don't play a huge part in fuel economy, for example, if I changed up to 5th at 35mph but then had to floor the accelerator to get up a hill I would get much worse consumption as opposed t staying in 4th gear, revving higher but only having say 70% throttle. I always generally shift up and down gears when I know I'll need the same or less throttle in the next gear, changing up and needing to put your foot down harder defeats the point of changing up to save fuel. Thats just my take on things, generally works, when I do eco runs I get around 4 - 5mpg higher than I do on a normal day. |
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![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( dom the fuel mpg calculators are not very accurate if you don't use them properly. I doubt any of this is going to make any sence but; in order to get best results with the mpg make sure your inputting around the same amount of fuel for example 10th feb - 20litres (imput millage) 15th feb - 20litres (imput millage) If you put the same amount of fuel in when you can from your previous fill up you will have a more accurate result. another example is where it can go wrong with the calculator you put 20litres in on 10th feb then go and put a further 15litres on the 12th for example (like a top up) if you where to put data into the calulator it wouldn't be accurate and show something around 20-25mpg (depending on the milage) this is because the calc will never actually know how much you already have in the tank and will think you have used all the 20litres from the previous fill.
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Posts: 175 Thanks: 5 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( i do hope these on not trip computer readings as i would love my well sorted 2.2tdci to hit 60mpg at 74mph, but in 4 years have never got it to average that fill up to fill up none build up area travels.....
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Posts: 6,041 Thanks: 135 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( dom the fuel mpg calculators are not very accurate if you don't use them properly. I doubt any of this is going to make any sence but; in order to get best results with the mpg make sure your inputting around the same amount of fuel for example 10th feb - 20litres (imput millage) 15th feb - 20litres (imput millage) If you put the same amount of fuel in when you can from your previous fill up you will have a more accurate result. another example is where it can go wrong with the calculator you put 20litres in on 10th feb then go and put a further 15litres on the 12th for example (like a top up) if you where to put data into the calulator it wouldn't be accurate and show something around 20-25mpg (depending on the milage) this is because the calc will never actually know how much you already have in the tank and will think you have used all the 20litres from the previous fill. Dom
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![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( with you saying you do start stop all the time thats going to be the killer in mpg unfortionatly
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Posts: 175 Thanks: 5 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( driving smoothly anticipating traffic/lights so as not to accelerate harsh and trying not to stop or brake...
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![]() | Re: Sh*te MPG. :( Rubbish, loads of fun annoying everyone following! ![]() No, you fill to the same level (ie brimmed and about to dribble out of the tank) not fill with the same number of Litres as thats not going to tell you much.
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