MPG Shock

[Chris205]

Just driven the cup down south, covered 300 Miles average MPH was around 65 on the trip, although seemed to be sitting more between 70-75 on the motorways.....

and the returned MPG? ............43MPG!!!

I'm genuinely shocked, the car is well looked after and serviced very regularly so not sure if that has anything to do with it

 

[Advikaz]

Decent!

 

[DrR]

:boring:

 

[Day]

Sounds like you need to sell it to someone who will drive it as intended

 

[Tunst]

Thats good.. I get about 38 on long trips..

 

[Stu_350z]

Ive seen 45 out of mine ....

Vowed never to be such a pussy again lmao

 

[aldo_87]

if im stuck in traffic on my way home, sitting at 55-60 i can get 47.8! i was proper shocked when this happened!

 

[Matt W]

That's one of the reasons why i'm keeping my car for a while, drive it like a nutter and it's hugely fun, drive it slowly and get decent mpg.

 

[Chris205]

Sounds like you need to sell it to someone who will drive it as intended

Oh it gets used properly dont you worry Just thought I'd see what I could get out of it, not much fun to be had on motorways anyway

 

[Dave..]

I did 2 hours up the M1 last friday, the diffs fucked on my car so I stuck the cruise on at 60, and had a nice drive up.

Got 48mpg?! Normally I only manage 26.

 

[Rob]

It must be something about the m1 dave, I did Sidcup to Luton and back the next day, got 45.1MPG, honestly my best yet.

 

[Jonff]

My record was 55.5mpg in the Cup, mind that was driving like a complete tart, 50mph all the way Derby lol. Best I've seen in the ph-1 is 43mpg.

 

[aucky]

Sounds about right. I did similar numbers yesturday to JMS

 

[jezcharger]

@30MPH in fifth mine used to read 80mpg on the dash on a 3mile stretch of road I used to go to work on, prob b****cks but strangely pleasing

 

[Jimbo_M]

Jesus mate my record is only 34 lol...maybe ive got a heavey foot lol. I'll see what it does on the way to/from the FCS...You still going down pal??

 

[Hugo-]

I keep a spreadsheet for my mileage and I consistently average around 42mpg. And that is calculated.

 

[The_Pirate]

Loves an MPG thread.

 

[SC03OTT]

A spreadsheet? A spreadsheet?!?

 

[DanielJames]

+1 for the spreadsheet.

My first tank average from the Ph1 was 38 indicated 39.4 - not that accurate at all lol

 

[Goodj]

A spreadsheet? A spreadsheet?!?

Commitment to budgeting there.

If I'm not in the mood for bean-deployment, I can pull 40mpgs out of the 172 on decent-length runs (or if the pay day is a way away and the low-fuel light is near)

 

[DrR]

lol at speadsheet, just use the iPhone app

 

[Matt W]

I keep a spreadsheet for my mileage

FLOL.

 

[Goodj]

I keep a spreadsheet on repair bills.

Had to export it out to Access though, Excel ran out of room

 

[DanielJames]

lol at speadsheet, just use the iPhone app

Huh?! Which apps this?

 

[DrR]

Road trip, got all my MPG info from march 2010.

 

[Hugo-]

A spreadsheet? A spreadsheet?!?

I know I know. Its company mileage and I spend about £500 a month on fuel so need to keep a check on it.

 

[Hugo-]

FLOL.

What's funny?

 

[SC03OTT]

I know I know. Its company mileage and I spend about £500 a month on fuel so need to keep a check on it.

I'll let you off then, if it is in fact for mileage claims.

 

[Matt W]

What's funny?

I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

 

[jimjim150]

I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

A hobby lol! I don't know why but that tickled me...

 

[Goodj]

I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

Some people really do just do this for 'fun'.

 

[Hugo-]

I'll let you off then, if it is in fact for mileage claims.

I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

That's ok. Trust me, it's not a hobby!

 

[Bramley]

Ive just had a similar MPG doing a 200mile round trip, average 42.3

 

[Steven103]

Had to export it out to Access though, Excel ran out of room

That's taking things too far. Not the spreadsheet, the fact that you reckon you used all 60k odd rows in excel :/



On topic: I saw 50.0 MPG once but then had to stop at some traffic lights. There are plenty of threads if anyone wants to brag.

 

[DrR]

You lot must drive like boring old farts to get that sort of MPG.

 

[Chris205]

I think the thing that shocked me most was this was over 300 miles, not just a quick reset whilst going down a hill off the throttle for a mile. They are really good on fuel but I can't help squeeze the loud pedal.

 

[Gt rob]

how often does your mpg change on dash? mine just keeps going up every week by 0.1, no matter how i drive. is this right??

 

[Dave..]

how often does your mpg change on dash? mine just keeps going up every week by 0.1, no matter how i drive. is this right??

It's an average figure over however long it's been since you reset it.

 

[Gt rob]

how do i reset it? thought itd do that every time i turn it off

 

[.Kev.]

Spread sheets, you guys want to get a grip, and a life by the sounds of things.