172 Petrol consumption?!

[beatjunkie]

Right after a big hard LONG think i need to get a more up to date car, looked at a Willy 3 last night, but i think i should get a more reliable car.........maybe a bad move, sooooooooo

gonna be driving 30 miles a day 5days a week so 150 miles a week how much should that cost in petrol in a 172, roughly, mainly 60ish all the way, bit of traffic too

currently costs around 25-30 in my current car, which ive had for 4yrs i think, any help much appreciated!

Ryan

 

[Wards]

Right after a big hard LONG think i need to get a more up to date car, looked at a Willy 3 last night, but i think i should get a more reliable car.........maybe a bad move, sooooooooo

gonna be driving 30 miles a day 5days a week so 150 miles a week how much should that cost in petrol in a 172, roughly, mainly 60ish all the way, bit of traffic too

currently costs around 25-30 in my current car, which ive had for 4yrs i think, any help much appreciated!

Ryan

bloody hell mate, you must be leakin petrol . 150 miles is about £15, thats about what i get anyway.

 

[Rob's172]

yer seem a bit steap i get 150 miles from £20ish and i dont drive like a granny, all the time

 

[edde]

Assuming 35mpg and 97p a liter it would cost you. £18.89
If you get 40mpg at 97 a liter then its £16.50

I'd say use about 35mpg if your going to put your foot down a bit

Whta about a diesel though as they'll get say 55mpg vs 35ish (clio 1.2 petrol vs similar hp diesel driven the same) so its £12 a week instead on fuel.

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

Just worked it out with my avg. of 36mpg using my usual 101.9p a liter fuel.... about £19.50

 

[Timmay]

i average 36mpg at 102.9 a litre.

costs me a fortune cos i cant stop myself putting my foot down! lol

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

i average 36mpg at 102.9 a litre.

costs me a fortune cos i cant stop myself putting my foot down! lol

36mpg is quite ecconomic IMO

 

[Laura]

costs me about £35 a week same sort of distance

 

[Christophe]

£40 for me gets 260 miles. Which is shite and i hardly floor it. dont know why so expensive.

I know 80 miles on motorway is about 10-15 quid for me

i have 172 ff

 

[Laura]

the FF deff used more fuel than the ph1

 

[beatjunkie]

thinking about it i only put that in a week and use it weekends too so maybe ive over estimated it!just thought a 172 would leak it out, but thats cool!

really dont want a diesel not a fan to be honest

cheers for the comments just gotta find one now!

Ryan

 

[Rob_Willow]

The other week i got 365 miles to a tank of optimax. Averaged 37 ish MPG. Which i think is good for a 172. If you floor it alot though expect high 20's. Once you had it a while you will end up driving it like a 1.2 anyway. It's just nice to have the power there

 

[Fletcher]

Mines on around 34mpg atm, but do alot of motorway miles.

 

[TrannyB]

mines been running about 30mpg lately gone really crap but just been serviced new full filter etc and gone back to standard airbox so might improve:S

 

[JPandDeb]

I used to have a Cup and I got 35 to 42 mpg. But £30 for 150miles!!!!! Crikey, you've got a leak! I get 350miles out of £40 in my 12 year old 2.5 litre, 1.8tonne BMW (around town)!!!

 

[Nigel]

I get about 25mpg on my commute to work with heavy traffic. I reguarly see 40mpg on the motorway at 70ish.

 

[Sarah]

i do about 40 miles on my commute......use about fiver a day at 107p a litre

 

[16vMK2 to 172Sport]

use about fiver a day at 107p a litre

OUCH!!! thats harsh!!

 

[Sarah]

use about fiver a day at 107p a litre

OUCH!!! thats harsh!!

harsh but this has always been the way.......wen england were striking a few years back we were paying more than wot they were striking for at the time.

i think that iom gov take a cut and the transporting over here puts the costs up a bit.

but i love the 172 so wudnt change the car for the world atm well untill it gets to 115p!! lol

 

[GarethM]

i put in about £45 every 10 - 11 days can get about 370miles out of that thats at 98p a litre

 

[chef]

He he!
i`m getting my 172 tomorrow, when i had my Alfa 2.0 i used to average about 27 so 36 will be an economy car for me, less weight and over 20 bhp more than the mp too!

ha ha i`m so happy!

edit: mp = money pit!

 

[chef]

i put in about £45 every 10 - 11 days can get about 370miles out of that thats at 98p a litre

£1.00 per litre is £4.50 per gallon, £45.00 = 10 gallons, 370 miles is 37 to the gallon.
It`s only approximate but on your figures it works great.
the figures you quoted made it easy to work out.

.....rah, the 172 is a bloody economy car, my wifes old zetec escort 1.8 never did 37 mpg!

 

[GarethM]

they are surprisingly economical and i dont drive like a granny either