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davevans1234
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11th Feb 10 at 12:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any ideas wha mpg a corsa sport 1.4 16v should do as mine is only doing bout 25 theres gota be something wrong
davevans1234
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11th Feb 10 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whas other peoples sport doing
Fro
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11th Feb 10 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends how you're driving it and if it's motorway/around town?
davevans1234
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11th Feb 10 at 13:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well im only using it round town and for work and its doing bout 25
DaveyLC
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11th Feb 10 at 14:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cold weather brings MPG down, but thats pretty bad.
pow
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11th Feb 10 at 15:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cold weather has a 10% difference in economy I've found
moka
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The book says 37. I get about 30.
oceansoul
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I get 25 in the omega
Fro
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11th Feb 10 at 16:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've avgd 25 in the 350 which is 2.5 x the capacity
Rich H
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11th Feb 10 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
And I can get 38 in the XE
Eddx14xe
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11th Feb 10 at 16:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not sure about my mpg but mine done like 270 miles on about £65 worth of petrol, sometimes i will use no petrol then will start it the next day and it will all just go
Eddx14xe
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And i dont race around everywhere either, its also on A roads and motorway not much driving around town
noshua
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quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Not sure about my mpg but mine done like 270 miles on about £65 worth of petrol, sometimes i will use no petrol then will start it the next day and it will all just go


True, they aren't the most accurate of needles/sensors!
steel
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11th Feb 10 at 20:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I get around 20-25mpg, i persume it's just the way i drive trying to keep up with mates in faster cars haha
steel
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quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Not sure about my mpg but mine done like 270 miles on about £65 worth of petrol, sometimes i will use no petrol then will start it the next day and it will all just go


persuming petrol was £1.11 per litre thats 58.5 litres (or 15.45 gallons)

270/15.45 = 17.5mpg!!??

f*kin hell thats worse than me
deano87
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11th Feb 10 at 20:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pow
Cold weather has a 10% difference in economy I've found

You're officially worse than me
Eddx14xe
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11th Feb 10 at 20:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know and i dont even thrash it, not very often anyway, maybe when going down slip roads to match the speed of the other traffic quickly but nothing excessive
pow
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11th Feb 10 at 20:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by pow
Cold weather has a 10% difference in economy I've found

You're officially worse than me


Lol, No I'm not, I'm averaging 38 on this tank
Rich H
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11th Feb 10 at 21:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pow
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Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by pow
Cold weather has a 10% difference in economy I've found

You're officially worse than me


Lol, No I'm not, I'm averaging 38 on this tank


Which makes your modern "ecnonomical" diesel no better than a 17 y/o petrol engine
P1CK4D
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11th Feb 10 at 21:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its an Alfa.. Be grateful it's still going.
Richardhhha
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11th Feb 10 at 21:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
round town i get about 30mpg and thats if i drive it under 3,000rpm over that and im drinking a tank in 100miles..

on a run tho its ace must be getting 50mpg if not more, i get from mine to bornemouth on 1.5 didgets on the fuel gague and thats 122miles..
taylorboosh
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11th Feb 10 at 21:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i get 70 miles to a tenner in the vec
ali_corsa
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11th Feb 10 at 22:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im 54 mpg driving like an old fart
pow
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11th Feb 10 at 22:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
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Originally posted by pow
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Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by pow
Cold weather has a 10% difference in economy I've found

You're officially worse than me


Lol, No I'm not, I'm averaging 38 on this tank


Which makes your modern "ecnonomical" diesel no better than a 17 y/o petrol engine


Mate, I'm hooning it EVERYWHERE. I have no time at the moment for going slowly
Rich H
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12th Feb 10 at 09:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
38mpg for me is a mixture of abuse and normal driving, so quit yo whinging

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