997 fuel consumption
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Recently traded in my non-S 997 for a lovely 997 Carrera S.
The car is amazing and I love it to bits. I commute to work through London and use the car as an everyday drive otherwise. Mixed in have been quite a few longer weekend trips on motorways, etc. Driving style is 'rapid' but not especially brutal.
After two months I checked the mpg figure as provided by the on-board computer. 16.2mpg..!! Bloody hell...!!
I did notice that my 997C2S needs filling up more regularly than my non-S did but was a little shocked at this figure - I was expecting at 18-20mpg even with my mostly city driving...
The car is amazing and I love it to bits. I commute to work through London and use the car as an everyday drive otherwise. Mixed in have been quite a few longer weekend trips on motorways, etc. Driving style is 'rapid' but not especially brutal.
After two months I checked the mpg figure as provided by the on-board computer. 16.2mpg..!! Bloody hell...!!
I did notice that my 997C2S needs filling up more regularly than my non-S did but was a little shocked at this figure - I was expecting at 18-20mpg even with my mostly city driving...
Have to admit that I do probably drive my manual a bit more aggressively than the Tip. Especially in London driving the Tip was so easy just to cruise around in with low rev lazy gear changes. Nice smooth easy way of getting around.
I traded to a manual to get a bit more 'involved' in the driving experience and so probably rev higher, etc. Will probably end up going back to whatever Porsche replaces the Tip system with.
Saying that I was still surprised at the mpg differences even taking into account the bigger engine and Tip vs. Manual.
I traded to a manual to get a bit more 'involved' in the driving experience and so probably rev higher, etc. Will probably end up going back to whatever Porsche replaces the Tip system with.
Saying that I was still surprised at the mpg differences even taking into account the bigger engine and Tip vs. Manual.
JEBLondon said:
BliarOut said:
Is yours C2 or C4? Someone suggested that C4's are very slurpy... After I bought the car 
C2S - Really didn't see the point in paying the premium for the C4S when the C2S is so good.
I have the same car and have a similar driving style to you; rapid but not brutal.
Mine averages 19.5mpg
I get between 14 and 24 - had a Tubi fitted and spent a while with window down and revving hard in low gears which dropped the consumption down to 14!!! when I cruise on motorways it can return over 24
just did 2100 miles in 4 days in europe - average from autobahn blasts and cruising and a number of mountain passes in low gears was 21.9
just did 2100 miles in 4 days in europe - average from autobahn blasts and cruising and a number of mountain passes in low gears was 21.9
Recently turned the aircon off on my boxster and the improvement in mpg around town is fantastic from approx 25 to 29 as read by the computer, on a run it has very little change on or off,The 997S has the extra weight in the four wheel drive system which will add to your mpg.Think yourself lucky a friend of mine has a 6 series bmw convertable that at best returns 12mpg and will not pass a petrol station.the dealer has offered him 30K for the car a drop of over 18K in a year.
How are you calculating mpg, by reading the computer?
Mine is a March 05 997S. a full tank gives me approx 240 miles with normal driving. The current tank has fuelled some hi-spirited accelaration jaunts and I need to re-fuel today having only got 175 out of the full tank, the lowest ever.
Sound about right to folks?
my 3.6 997 regularly does 30+ MPG if I have the AC off. best I've had is a consistent 38MPG on the M1 being driven by my light footed girlfriend with the Cruise on - which is amazing for a Porsche ! Saying that she wasn't sticking to the speed limit, so even more impressive ! Driven 'enthusiastically' by me it dips to more like 15-19MPG.
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