Your Winter Petrol Consumption?

[Rob669]

I seem to be getting less mpg now it's turned colder. Mines dropped from high 30's to mid 30's - 35 mpg last time I checked. Anyone else seeing a drop to match the change in temperature?

Cheers Rob669

 

[Padso]

I normally get 20-25mpg

But this week ive got 180miles to 28litres.

Whats the cnoversion to gallon so i can check my MPG?

 

[Carlos.Leeds]

30mpg more or less. Always been like that.

Would love to get high and mid 30's

 

[PYE21]

Fuel economy drops when temp drops because your engine starts burning fuel more efficiently, colder intake air = better combustion burn means all the fuel will be burnt each cycle. This means that the lambder sensor reads lean and it prefers to read rich to keep the engine safe from detonation. So all this means that the ECU adds extra fuel to each burn to ensure the engine stays within safe stoichemetric (efficent burn) limits.

 

[Karlos182]

I got a fraction under 40 mpg the other day on a trip up to Leicester from Portsmouth. I was well chuffed with myself!

 

[ant_v6]

The car goes quicker when it is cold

 

[clio__chris]

if driven sensibly (slowly) 50mpg is reachable on mine

daily driver to work and back (barely warms up) i get 41mpg ish

good stuff

 

[theduck]

i average 31ish mpg only manage 34mpg when i went down to london, but managed 54mpg when i went to wales :S

 

[nobblebonce]

i manage about 34mpg

 

[Ally]

So I'm not just imagining it then - me too!

I've been averaging (according to the trip computer) 36-38mpg but it's been averaging 34mpg for the last few tankfuls, for similar driving conditions/styles.

Bloody excellent for having such performance though

 

[Rob669]

Thanks folks. By the sounds of it I'm not working it hard enough!

Rob669

 

[edde]

Mines going up at the moment as I''m driving slowly its about 72mpg I think maybe 80mpg. It is about 7% lower if I hammer it when its cold than hot

 

[172 Dave]

172 on Optimax gives me 40 - 47 on a v steady run i can hit 51.2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!