Fuel Economy...

[Rob13]

buy mine! I get about 33mpg on a run, and about 30mpg around town 1.8 VVT Sport.

[8Ace]

The 6th gear makes motorway driving much nicer - 70 mph is about 3k RPM and at that speed you'll get 38mpg on a run. I average 32 ish overall but that includes a fair bit of stop start traffic.

[rfn]

Awesome .

Any more opinions etc...? I had a good test drive of a 1.8 Sport yesterday and really liked it. The only thing that concerns me was the position of my foot when on the accelerator pedal, I couldn't seem to get it quite right - though maybe my seat wasn't set right.

[YZF600R]

Evil Edna said:

hcanning said:

MX-5 Lazza said:

If it's 90% motorway driving, keeping to a constant 70-80mph then you'll probably see low 30s, maybe as much as 35mpg if you're careful. If you "enjoy" the drive a bit more it will drop a bit though.

You'll get more than that at 70mph IMHO

No you won't. Lazza is bang on the money. I have never seen more than 34mpg in my car, and that was doing 65-70.

I got 39mpg over about 750 miles this summer, driving on the N roads of France. Easily into the 40's had I not had to slow down for lots of towns etc!

[Evil Edna]

YZF600R said:

Evil Edna said:

hcanning said:

MX-5 Lazza said:

If it's 90% motorway driving, keeping to a constant 70-80mph then you'll probably see low 30s, maybe as much as 35mpg if you're careful. If you "enjoy" the drive a bit more it will drop a bit though.

You'll get more than that at 70mph IMHO

No you won't. Lazza is bang on the money. I have never seen more than 34mpg in my car, and that was doing 65-70.

I got 39mpg over about 750 miles this summer, driving on the N roads of France. Easily into the 40's had I not had to slow down for lots of towns etc!

Well done.

[YZF600R]

Evil Edna said:

YZF600R said:

Evil Edna said:

hcanning said:

MX-5 Lazza said:

If it's 90% motorway driving, keeping to a constant 70-80mph then you'll probably see low 30s, maybe as much as 35mpg if you're careful. If you "enjoy" the drive a bit more it will drop a bit though.

You'll get more than that at 70mph IMHO

No you won't. Lazza is bang on the money. I have never seen more than 34mpg in my car, and that was doing 65-70.

I got 39mpg over about 750 miles this summer, driving on the N roads of France. Easily into the 40's had I not had to slow down for lots of towns etc!

Well done.

Wasn't trying that hard to be honest. My usual average is low 30's but I was just proving better can be had!

[Snoggledog]

Something must be wrong. My average is 20 mpg. If I try really really hard I can get 25mpg. If I'm driving with a little zeal then it can fall a fair bit lower.

That's on a Mk1 1.6 5 speed.

[Howard-]

Snoggledog said:

Something is very wrong.

Fixed

[Snoggledog]

Howard- said:

Snoggledog said:

Something is very wrong.

Fixed

Hmm.. Need to get that looked at methinks.

[MX-5 Lazza]

O2 sensor, water temp sensor (thermistor), brake binding - one of those is the usual culprit but it could be any number of things.

[paulmurr]

I filled up on Friday, 1.8 Mk 2.5 Sport with the six speed box. 43.83 litres to brim it and that took me 254 miles which equals 26.31 mpg. Thats the worst I've done in a long time, but it was fun

[MX-5 Lazza]

I'm expecting to get well under 15mpg on Friday

[rfn]

paulmurr said:

I filled up on Friday, 1.8 Mk 2.5 Sport with the six speed box. 43.83 litres to brim it and that took me 254 miles which equals 26.31 mpg. Thats the worst I've done in a long time, but it was fun

If that is the worst you've had in a while, what do you normally get?

Cheers

[Snoggledog]

MX-5 Lazza said:

O2 sensor, water temp sensor (thermistor), brake binding - one of those is the usual culprit but it could be any number of things.

It's due for a service soon anyway so I'll get those looked at. Shouldn't be the brakes though as the whole lot has been replaced. I'll add it to Steves list of things to look at. At this rate he'll be doing a complete rebuild!

[Howard-]

I average between 32 and 35 in my 1.6 depending on how much hooning I have partaken in over the tank.

[phil_cardiff]

27mpg for me, but that's 99% round town.

[ali_kat]

Mk 2.5 Arizona, 1.8, 5 speed

Averaging 31.8mpg

40l fuel tank happily takes 45.62l - without overflowing

Not that I have pushed the boundaries at all Just wish that there was a fuel light on this one

My advise - buy one

[MX-5 Lazza]

ali_kat said:

40l fuel tank happily takes 45.62l - without overflowing

That's because Mk2/2.5 has a 50l fuel tank

[ali_kat]

MX-5 Lazza said:

ali_kat said:

40l fuel tank happily takes 45.62l - without overflowing

That's because Mk2/2.5 has a 50l fuel tank

Blast it! I can go further

[paulmurr]

rfn said:

paulmurr said:

I filled up on Friday, 1.8 Mk 2.5 Sport with the six speed box. 43.83 litres to brim it and that took me 254 miles which equals 26.31 mpg. Thats the worst I've done in a long time, but it was fun

If that is the worst you've had in a while, what do you normally get?

Cheers

Normally between 29-31mpg but I do have a heavy right foot and there is some stop start town driving and commuting in there. On a run I've once managed 300 miles from a tank but normally I get about 280.