200 Cup MPG from new

[Sargara]

Well thanks to reading the various doom sayers on here i was surprised with what i found. I collected my 200 cup yesturday from Crawley Down Renault (cheers Richard1) with roughly 9 miles on the clock. A tank full of Shell Vpower and 180 miles later to get it home this is what ive found:

34.4MPG on the cars first thirsty tank. Not sure where all this hate for the 200s MPG is coming from, this is on par with what i used to achieve from my 172.

Queue the: "I drive it like a loon and get 20MPG" crew.

 

[172boost]

55mph down the motorway was it? :rasp:

 

[AdsDori]

On my daily drive to work i get 33mpg and a fair bit of that is fast twisty lanes. I think you would really need to give some to take it down to 20mpg

 

[Soot1e]

Mpg on new cars should improve as the engine gets run in.

 

[ForceIndia]

I've been getting 30+ from day one. But ignore the trip computer, mine currently says 26mpg, but calculating mpg is still over 30mpg.

 

[richard1]

Good work James! Thats the most I've seen on mine on a run.

Glad you got back safely - and thanks for your business, it is very much appreciated

 

[KMB]

Said it many times before on here, mine is averaging 34mpg over 5k miles, plenty of mixed driving and the trip computer always under-reads compared to calculation on tank to tank fill....

 

[dsvirus]

Mine read 31.4 on the journey home. Although I havent really booted it yet. Taking it easy for the first six hundred miles or so.

 

[Curley]

Was going to say there are plenty of threads on clio200 and RSUK showing the computer is wrong.. You'll probably be getting more than what you've shown in the picture

 

[KMB]

What's the web addy for this Clio 200 forum?

 

[Bubbles]

What's the web addy for this Clio 200 forum?

www.clio200.net ?

it's just a re-direct to www.clio197.net anyway...

 

[Gabi]

Hmmm, interesting.

 

[Curley]

What's the web addy for this Clio 200 forum?

www.clio200.net (as bubbles said, just a redirected 197.net)
www.rs200.eu (New forum, not a massive amount of activity yet but set up by a member on here and 200.net)

 

[gaz44]

Assuming it's your first gentle drive, running the car in. On a similar drive in a 172 it would be more than 40mpg.

Hate all the way.

Plus it's still a horrid looking car!

 

[Sargara]

Traveling 180 miles from near Gatwick airport, around the M25 and up the M1 at rush hour is anything but a gentle drive lol.

 

[KMB]

www.clio200.net ?

it's just a re-direct to www.clio197.net anyway...

Cheers - Now on there also

 

[Fred@BTM]

www.clio200.net ?

it's just a re-direct to www.clio197.net anyway...

same bloody car anyway!

 

[ForceIndia]

Assuming it's your first gentle drive, running the car in. On a similar drive in a 172 it would be more than 40mpg.

Hate all the way.

Plus it's still a horrid looking car!

Only takes 15mins (max) to warm the oil. Then gun it. Job done.

 

[LEEMJONES]

same bloody car anyway!

Owned both and no its not.

 

[gaz44]

Only takes 15mins (max) to warm the oil. Then gun it. Job done.

Perhaps but not everyone does this. Some people follow the manufacturers guidelines.

 

[wildtrak]

done bout 4k in mine ,mixed driving, take it gentle 37mpg , gun it 28mpg always do it on the tank not the comp, so av 32 approx