AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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I have a heavy right foot and normally manage about 350miles to a tank embarassingly, manage alot more when I'm not driving round town and not caning it everywhere lol
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Been driving a 1.4 for a while now and getting returns of 50 mpg, and 90% is sensible driving however down country roads so a lot of revving etc.
Wouldnt go to a diesel, not just yet anyway.
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Was quite please with my 39 mpg I got this morning when sitting at 80 with cruise control this monring 
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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220 miles to 50 litres
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Just under 2,000rpm in 6th at 70mph
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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52mpg or 550 miles to a tank
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ChazSXi
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Waterlooville, Hampshire
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gotta remember a diesel will be quicker through the gears nicer to drive and get that MPG...hence a derv IMO beats a 1.0!
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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my polo tdi has 150 bhp and 267 ft/lb of torque and gets driven hard, I still manage 48 mpg.
id rather power + economy than just economy.
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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Had 42mpg on a long motorway drive in my 2.0 8v
Still want a diesel though 
Get on your bike deano, thats even cheaper 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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lol I will get rid of the 12v sooner or later. And of course I would love more power.
BUT, I had panicking thinking "oh shit I need to get a diesel, fuel costs so much and they are better economy" when, I'm getting good returns on the 12v. About 15 months to wait, then it'll be gone 
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DarkBahamut
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Registered: 4th Jun 06
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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My 1.4 8v used to average a steady 48mpg at 70mph also, which i was rather happy with, but its still not match for a diesel.
My 1.7 CDTI averages 58.5mpg at 60-70 MPH on mixed motorways/A roads (so this includes speeding up from and slowing down for roundabouts) with the aircon on in a car with twice the power and pulling an extra 250kgs.
No match to be fair.
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