Post your trip counter average MPG readouts...
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chris333 said:
RammyMP said:
On the commute to work at 60 mph round the M60 and M62 I can raise the average a bit but I've averaged 35 mpg over 2 years. Car is a 2.0 tfsi A5, it's a bit off the 45 mpg Audi recon it should do!
I"m guessing it's an S-Line ? 
Origin Unknown said:
2005 e60 530d. A bit disappointing considering my commute is 70 miles a day with 60 of those motorway. But that motorway is the M4 into London. Not really more economical than the e39 530i it replaced when you offset the extra cost of diesel.
91.2 over the 38 mile to commute the other morning.
main trip computer resets every 20 hours driving, so cant show absolute historic figures but typically shows around 71mpg before it resets, which translates to 65.24 MPG when i brim to brim it over the last 15,000 miles or so.
main trip computer resets every 20 hours driving, so cant show absolute historic figures but typically shows around 71mpg before it resets, which translates to 65.24 MPG when i brim to brim it over the last 15,000 miles or so.
Edited by daemon on Saturday 21st June 15:20
Just returned from Holiday in Lake Garda via a few stops
Home -> Dieppe
Dieppe -> Nancy
Nancy -> Lake Garda, Italy
Lake Garda -> Interlaken, Switzerland
Interlaken -> Zurich
Zurich -> Nancy
Nancy -> Home
The car was loaded with the 5 of us, a 580L roof box that was rammed full, bike rack and more stuff in the boot. When we travelled from Lake Garda to Interlaken, we took the scenic route using Gotthard Pass (I really noticed the weight on the roof round those hairpins) and when travelling from Interlaken to Zurich, we used another winding pass over the alps.
45 hours and 1960 miles of driving with a lot of weight and the aircon permanently on, 28.2MPG seems reasonable.
Home -> Dieppe
Dieppe -> Nancy
Nancy -> Lake Garda, Italy
Lake Garda -> Interlaken, Switzerland
Interlaken -> Zurich
Zurich -> Nancy
Nancy -> Home
The car was loaded with the 5 of us, a 580L roof box that was rammed full, bike rack and more stuff in the boot. When we travelled from Lake Garda to Interlaken, we took the scenic route using Gotthard Pass (I really noticed the weight on the roof round those hairpins) and when travelling from Interlaken to Zurich, we used another winding pass over the alps.
45 hours and 1960 miles of driving with a lot of weight and the aircon permanently on, 28.2MPG seems reasonable.
300bhp/ton said:
That's pretty awful fuel consumption for a car of that power and weight.
The Busso V6 isn't exactly known for its fuel efficiency, the official combined cycle is only 23mpg. That said, the car does very low mileage, circa 2500miles per annum and gets used most days so it is predominantly stop/start city traffic. On a run, it'll do mid 30s quite comfortably.That said, I really don't care much about the fuel economy, it was definitely not high on the list of priorities when I bought the car!
SimianWonder said:
The Busso V6 isn't exactly known for its fuel efficiency, the official combined cycle is only 23mpg. That said, the car does very low mileage, circa 2500miles per annum and gets used most days so it is predominantly stop/start city traffic. On a run, it'll do mid 30s quite comfortably.
That said, I really don't care much about the fuel economy, it was definitely not high on the list of priorities when I bought the car!
/Offtopic and a long postThat said, I really don't care much about the fuel economy, it was definitely not high on the list of priorities when I bought the car!
Precisely my attitude. Fuel consumption is at the bottom of criteria when it comes to car choice. Something that so many people I know cannot comprehend.
I only do 3-4k miles myself and our family car does around 8-9k miles a year. I look at overall costs and general affordability including the purchase cost of the vehicle.
One of my mates criteria was a brand new car which could safely transport him, his missus, 1 year old baby and his dog for daily duties. He ended up with a Peugeot 2008... 1.2 petrol turbo thing. Horrid he hates it. Does 40-45MPG though as he likes to tell me. I think he's paying £199 a month there or thereabouts over a 36 month term.
When I pointed out that's £7k on a car that he'll never own which he doesn't particularly like after a week of ownership I think it sank in. Yes you get the peace of mind of reliability (even though its a modern Peugeot so that questionable) and frugal running costs but when you sit down and work it out you can sometimes end up with a better car that's second hand and may have someone elses farts embedded into the seats, a compromise I am always willing to accept.
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