Focus ST Fuel Economy
Discussion
My mums had her Focus since about june and has done over 3000 miles in it. Performance wise it's been great and my mum loves it.
Now we know fuel economy was never going to be great but the car proceeds to read 19-21mpg all of the time. Town driving and motorway driving give exactly the same result.
So the question is, will the fuel economy get better as the engine "loosens up" or is this what you would all expect?
Although it is more of a sporty car, my mum I would imagine won't be driving it like most of the people on here with it very rarely getting close to the redline, so we don't know whether there is a problem with it or not.
Any help is much appreciated.
Now we know fuel economy was never going to be great but the car proceeds to read 19-21mpg all of the time. Town driving and motorway driving give exactly the same result.
So the question is, will the fuel economy get better as the engine "loosens up" or is this what you would all expect?
Although it is more of a sporty car, my mum I would imagine won't be driving it like most of the people on here with it very rarely getting close to the redline, so we don't know whether there is a problem with it or not.
Any help is much appreciated.
Cheers for the info.
The mpg is reset with every tank, so going on what you say about the average for the people on the owners club, it is obviously just a poor car on fuel economy. My mum loves driving it though, and other than its fuel useage it does everything else she needs. Just need to wait an age before I can get on the insurance.
The mpg is reset with every tank, so going on what you say about the average for the people on the owners club, it is obviously just a poor car on fuel economy. My mum loves driving it though, and other than its fuel useage it does everything else she needs. Just need to wait an age before I can get on the insurance.
D1MAC said:
All depends on how you drive & where you drive so to me it sounds like your mum needs to think about her driving style. Knowing how much throttle to apply, when to apply the brakes (and when not to apply them) can make a fair old difference to mpg, amongst other things.
I'm always surprised by tales of low 20s and worse, even more so when these figures are supposed to be across a range of driving & conditions.
Mine's 100% std and I've never managed less than around 23-24 mpg, have seen 33-34 on an M-way run and probably average about 26 mpg overall. Oh and no I really don't hang around at all when necessary/desirable.
That average includes lead boots, local stuff, crawling rush hour m-way and freer flowing m-way.
As a reference point, same conditions and same driving style gave about 29mpg in a CTR so the ST numbers are hardly disastrous by comparison.
Now you say it, maybe it is driving style. Even though she doesn't 'rag it' it may come down to all the other aspects of driving. It is strange though as we've got a 5.7ltr v8 yank tank that she happily gets high 20s and even 30s in. Obviously all cars are different so it might just take time to being more used to driving it.I'm always surprised by tales of low 20s and worse, even more so when these figures are supposed to be across a range of driving & conditions.
Mine's 100% std and I've never managed less than around 23-24 mpg, have seen 33-34 on an M-way run and probably average about 26 mpg overall. Oh and no I really don't hang around at all when necessary/desirable.
That average includes lead boots, local stuff, crawling rush hour m-way and freer flowing m-way.
As a reference point, same conditions and same driving style gave about 29mpg in a CTR so the ST numbers are hardly disastrous by comparison.
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