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Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Walk to work. Simples.
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
It's probably because it'd being run such a short distance.
I run 7 mile to work with mixed driving (a few roundabouts etc) and mine averages anywhere between 33-39mpg
Depending if i go for fun days
ATM mines reading 33mpg, and it gets driven very hard most weekends.
Doing such a short journey to work will probably only return that MPG figure. Especially if you reset the trip computer first, since it takes a few miles to start getting accurate and the car will use more fuel just after it's been cold started.
Leaving it to "warm up" won't help matters either.
Reset your trip computer, go for a long drive (say 20 odd miles) and check it again. If you drive sensibly I bet it'll be in the high 30's.
Leaving it to "warm up" won't help matters either.
Reset your trip computer, go for a long drive (say 20 odd miles) and check it again. If you drive sensibly I bet it'll be in the high 30's.
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
hi there i am only getting 26 mpg out of my 172. i only drive 1mile to work and then the same home through a quite village. could the short journy time be the reason for this. dont drive it hard save that for weekendoh and i use v power petrol. thanks for any help.
Sounds about right to me !!!
Pug 205 gti
walk or bike you lazy sod!
yeh i no now. just walk to work now only use the car at nite and it back up to 30 mpg. only been driving the 1 mile becase iam getting over a footy injury and its cold in manchester haha thanks for help all
I only drive 1 mile to work in my 182 and i average about 31mpg.
If your leaving it to stand everyday to warm up then that will lower your mpg into the 20's.
Mines never averaged anything lower than 31 mpg even when thrashed everwhere.
I dont let mine warm up. I just drive it straight after startup. According to my old corsa 1.6 manual ur not supposed to leave it to warm up as this adds to engine wear and you should drive it straight after startup.
If your leaving it to stand everyday to warm up then that will lower your mpg into the 20's.
Mines never averaged anything lower than 31 mpg even when thrashed everwhere.
I dont let mine warm up. I just drive it straight after startup. According to my old corsa 1.6 manual ur not supposed to leave it to warm up as this adds to engine wear and you should drive it straight after startup.
CLIO PH1 172
bodied 172 Ph1
because your using petrol but going nowere lol of corse its going to drop
lol. thanks for your input! :rasp: right back at ya!
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
Yep. ticking over at idle it's under barely any load at all, so doesn't get warmed through and sits there ticking away in its most ineffiecient state gently grinding everything away.
Driving it when just started will still wear the engine, but it will heat up far quicker.
The IAM slant is to always park so you can start and drive straight away, do the reversing bit into your drive/space when your engines still warm, not out of it when it's cold and eating itself.
Having said all of that, if you're daily commute is only one mile, long-term it's probably f***ed regardless of what you do.
Clio 172 Cup
i drive 36miles to work every day then back again. at worst i'll use a quarter tank. heavy foot tho.
Titanium 182
As said, driving a mile is your problem - you know what the Clio's like when it first starts? It's chucking petrol in there to keep it from stalling, it hasn't got up to optimum temperature yet.
My drive to work used to be a round trip of 35miles and I'd get an average of 35mpg minimum, and that's with some spirited driving! I could go 11 days without having to fill up
On long journeys if I want to be anal enough, I can get it to nudge 50mpg, but I've seen to get it well below 30mpg before too. Everything depends on how you drive, the conditions and also very importantly, for how long.
My drive to work used to be a round trip of 35miles and I'd get an average of 35mpg minimum, and that's with some spirited driving! I could go 11 days without having to fill up
On long journeys if I want to be anal enough, I can get it to nudge 50mpg, but I've seen to get it well below 30mpg before too. Everything depends on how you drive, the conditions and also very importantly, for how long.
Clio 172 RS2
Live and learn Joyce... i find this a funny thread!
Never look at the mpg only when bored on highways pressing the stalk, i just look at the fuel gauge. To see how many juice is left for spirited driving.
Never look at the mpg only when bored on highways pressing the stalk, i just look at the fuel gauge. To see how many juice is left for spirited driving.
