197 fuel consumption...

[Bluebeard]

The car is a 2006/06 pre-improved-gearbox 197.

Filled the tank right to the top from empty on xmas eve. £56 @ £1.04 per litre. (regular unleaded)

On way home this evening, the light came back on and the trip counter was reading 282 miles. (motorway driving, about 80 ish mph)

Now from my experience, the car will still travel about 25 miles on the light before it conks out...

Can anyone work the fuel consumption from that? The car is reading 21.3mpg average and that to me sounds f**king horrendous!

Incedently My Dad did was following in his Saab and used well under half a tank.

 

[Dafthead]

22mpg on the nose :-O jeeez

 

[Tim172]

25.9mpg

 

[Dan@SJM]

lol, mine was averaging 23mpg on a high speed run/drive(upto 155 indecated!)

 

[Dafthead]

P.S.

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php

 

[philmots]

shocking...

 

[duncansharp]

Thats terrible, worse than my bros scooby 2.5T !!!

 

[Alan]

Christ...i get between 26-33mpg in my 'pre new gearbox' 197..

 

[Steve]

Christ...i get between 26-33mpg in my 'pre new gearbox' 197..

Driving like a granny

 

[Ian_182]

Top gears long term test 197 went back reading 22 mpg for the 12k or whatever it was in theres

 

[Bluebeard]

Ian, that sounds right to me.

Its shockingly bad for a 2.0 NA car in my opinion.

A 225 will do better mpg than that!

 

[DrR]

Do a proper MPG test it's not hard.

 

[Bluebeard]

Enlighten me...

 

[DrR]

Fill it up to the brim, reset millage, drive it about till it's empty, then fill it up to the brim.
Record millage
Record Ltrs of fuel on refil.
Then put into one of these
http://www.route2030.co.uk/mpg-calculator/

 

[Bluebeard]

Then clearly that is hard...

Its a company car, and other people drive it at work so i'm not filling it up so other people can use my fuel! lol

See what you mean tho.

 

[fmp_]

seems pretty poor! as said thats Evo & scooby MPG!!!

does the car run well? do you brake hard and accelerate hard at any given opportunity?

very strange!

 

[seb]

Rollo: i'll do it on my next tankful if you like... see what i get.

 

[Bluebeard]

seems pretty poor! as said thats Evo & scooby MPG!!!

does the car run well? do you brake hard and accelerate hard at any given opportunity?

very strange!

I don't 'drive' economicaly so to speak. but I very rarely go above about5/5.5000 rpm either.

It runs absolutely fine. Apart from costing me a small fortune! Glad when it goes on the 2nd jan! Start saving some money! lol

 

[Leeshez]

That is real poor.

 

[Fletcher]

One of the main reasons i decided aganist the R27, was that it's not any quicker then a 1*2, but a damn sight more thirsty.

 

[Iridium]

I get 23mpg average in the Vee Worst ever was 19mpg over a tank. Rockin

Dan

 

[paul g]

mine usually sits at 27 mpg then drops to 23 24 if driving hard, its about the same as my mapped 225 lol , but i dont have to run it on optimax so its bearable

 

[GinandGasoline]

Christ...i get between 26-33mpg in my 'pre new gearbox' 197..

likewise... driving hard it's the lower figure but can get low 30's quite easily now... thats with just over 2k on the clock and using decent petrol

 

[Jezzer]

I'm getting about 24mpg in my 197. That's pretty poor but better than my last couple of cars - an Audi S3 and a BMW 320i (and yes the Clio is way more entertaining to drive than these two German cars but not as well built).

 

[TomTom]

Whats the mileage on the car Dan?

 

[daydotz]

another plus point for a rs dci clio :lolup:

 

[Bluebeard]

Whats the mileage on the car Dan?

Just about to turn 11,000.

 

[JR]

Whats the mileage on the car Dan?

Just about to turn 11,000.

is this one of the ex op cars ?

 

[Bluebeard]

Couldn't possibly comment...

 

[JR]

lol

 

[R20 CWH]

mid twenties is the norm on 197s i thought?

 

[dandycaptain]

I got 28 average out of a brand new, tight-engined one. The dealership tells me that you should expect well over 30 when the engine beds in... I'm not so sure.

 

[lemonnobby]

Should be better than that Dan that is crap. if i borrow it i could get more.

 

[Ian_182]

They are shat.Just get used to it

 

[Bluebeard]

They are shat.Just get used to it

No need, its going on Jan 2nd!

Can't wait, my wallet will certainly feel the difference!

 

[lemonnobby]

are you getting another dan?

 

[Bluebeard]

LOL! no mate, i'm leaving!!

 

[seb]

i've almost run my tank out... i'll tell you my consumption tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Bluebeard]

Will be interesting. To see how different actual consumption is to what the computer tells us.

 

[lemonnobby]

Are you serious?