Realistic MPG for a 182

[GazCB]

i got 36mpg on a 180 mile motorway drive sat at 80mph

thats bad, i can get 40 at 90 :S

I think I'm quite an economical driver when I want to be, though admittedly it's kind of out of your hands anyway travelling at constant speed on open motorway. But I never achieved over 40mpg doing 90mph in my ph2 172. It was a little while ago now but I used to do shitloads of motorway driving in the middle of the night and my memory of the economy figures were approximately:

70mph - 45 mpg
80mph - 40 mpg
90mph - 35 mpg

 

[Rich]

28-32 in the real world, I hardly do m/way miles in mine though and only ever drive it for fun.

 

[Munson]

Mine's reading 25mpg

 

[nosluom]

say for example you all put £40's worth of petrol in, how many miles are you all getting from that?

 

[Baby D]

I tested last night always thought i was on 28.9 and was upset But i got up to 36.5 doing 40mph through towns!

 

[S7HXX]

23.6 to be fair though mines sat idling for 10 mins 2-3 times a day waiting for the engine to warm up and once its warm economys the last thing I think about when I'm behind the wheel.

 

[d-anie-l]

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Mid 37s. I had a 38.1 average for 4 days but the weekend brought it down.

 

[realnumber 1]

5 miles each way to work in town and getting 31-33. Went from Hudds to north Wales last month with some town driving/short trips and some heavy footed moments on the M way and got 38mpg. It aint bad for what it is

 

[LegoHead]

I was getting 35 without trying before the emissions went a bit dodgy then the car started drinking like a fish.

 

[d-anie-l]

TBH i am pretty impressed. Most of that is sitting between 70-80 on cruise as well.

 

[Josh@Renparts]

say for example you all put £40's worth of petrol in, how many miles are you all getting from that?

if you were doing 35 mpg. fuel is 99.9 around here so about 5 quid per gallon

8 gallons in 40 quid...

35MPG X 8 = 280 miles

 

[Ja5on]

ur best mpg moniter it your rightfoot lol.

Just buy one and enjoy it

 

[tillu11]

27.4 mpg, for me, consists of motorway driving occasional slow town driving but alot of driving around Milton Keynes which is not very good for mpg. so i would imagine low to mid 30's

 

[DNP182]

Hi,
I am looking at getting a 182 but dont know if it going to be sensible enough to use for work. Basically i will end up doing around 6-8 miles of A road and then around 32-24 of motorway each day. Bearing this in mind what kind of mpg would you expect? I will obviously be driving pretty sensible on the way to worth so revs will be kept down etc.
Thanks
daniel

Ok...this is virtually the same as what i do each day and i tend to get around 33-36mpg. I just depends how heavy you are with the right-foot

 

[Diesel_Power]

I managed 36mpg at 70mph on cruise control on motorway. If i drive normally i avarage 22-24mpg. Realistically the commutes usually dont have clear runs and stading in traffic destroys your mpg so expect high 20s.

 

[Ian_182]

90mph - 35 mpg.... i doubt that very much

 

[john lloyd]

since adding mods mine is about 27-29 mpg (btb cat back, yozza decat and air filter) i reset it everytime i fill up and always use superunleaded.

 

[*Clare*]

Driving to work and around town about 32-34
Longer distance at weekends about 38 +

 

[A13EX F Trophy No70]

30mpg mines had quite a bit of work done and a chip though, plus all my driving to work is on b roads so that obviously lowers the mpg

 

[imperial04]

funnily enough the difference between motorways and driving on normal roads is about 3mpg!

 

[dangerous dave]

my 106 1.4 xsi just did me a 37 mpg since my last fill up, and thats with a nasty 1 & a half hours stuck in gridlock traffic one day...

clio seemd to do 30'ish

5gtt does the same but i drive that playfully

 

[Steve]

30 ish mpg.

 

[sam_mcn]

Don't get a diesel...false economy IMO unless you're doing loads of miles.
They're expensive when they break down, diesel is now a lot more expensive than petrol, they soon get boring to drive and worst of all even the newest diesels still sound like small tractors...
I've tried diesels a couple of times - Golf Gt Tdi (was crap) then replaced my 182 with a BMW 320d (turbo just been replaced at cost of £2k!) - 8mnths later I'm selling up to be reunited with the 182 exerience
182's have fantastic fuel economy for what they are.

 

[richy]

my 182 does around 30-33mpg when driving to work (a-roads) and can do 40mpg on motorway runs!