MPG Shock

Chris205 · May 24, 2011

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 · May 24, 2011

Decent!

DrR · May 24, 2011

:boring:

Day · May 24, 2011

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

Tunst · May 24, 2011

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

Stu_350z · May 24, 2011

Ive seen 45 out of mine ....

Vowed never to be such a pussy again lmao

aldo_87 · May 24, 2011

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 · May 24, 2011

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 · May 24, 2011

Day said:
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.. · May 24, 2011

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 · May 24, 2011

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 · May 24, 2011

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 · May 24, 2011

Sounds about right. I did similar numbers yesturday to JMS

jezcharger · May 24, 2011

@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 · May 25, 2011

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- · May 25, 2011

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

The Chubby Pirate · May 25, 2011

Loves an MPG thread.

SC03OTT · May 25, 2011

A spreadsheet? A spreadsheet?!?

DanielJames · May 25, 2011

+1 for the spreadsheet.

My first tank average from the Ph1 was 38

indicated 39.4 - not that accurate at all lol

Goodj · May 25, 2011

SC03OTT said:
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 · May 25, 2011

lol at speadsheet, just use the iPhone app

Matt W · May 25, 2011

Hugo- said:
I keep a spreadsheet for my mileage

FLOL.

Goodj · May 25, 2011

I keep a spreadsheet on repair bills.

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

DanielJames · May 25, 2011

DrRollo said:
lol at speadsheet, just use the iPhone app

Huh?! Which apps this?

DrR · May 25, 2011

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

Hugo- · May 25, 2011

SC03OTT said:
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- · May 25, 2011

Matt W said:
FLOL.

What's funny?

SC03OTT · May 25, 2011

Hugo- said:
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 · May 25, 2011

Hugo- said:
What's funny?

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

jimjim150 · May 25, 2011

Matt W said:
I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

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

Goodj · May 25, 2011

Matt W said:
I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

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

Hugo- · May 25, 2011

SC03OTT said:
I'll let you off then, if it is in fact for mileage claims.

Matt W said:
I assumed it was a hobby, rather than conpany milage.

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

Bramley · May 25, 2011

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

Steven103 · May 25, 2011

Goodj said:
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 · May 25, 2011

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

Chris205 · May 25, 2011

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 · May 25, 2011

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.. · May 25, 2011

Gt rob said:
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 · May 25, 2011

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

.Kev. · May 25, 2011

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

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