suzuki swift sport 06-11

[dieseluser07]

Supercell said:

My mpg display on my Swift sport has been reading 38.3mpg all summer. It's now dropped to 38.1mpg due to colder weather/more heaters/lights being used. Last winter it hovered around 34mpg. I can categorically say I do not drive economically, I drive it in anger at times, and sometimes "extend" the rpm down dual carriageways, and sometimes I potter about, so a good mix.

I think you will struggle to do less than 30mpg, and the engine is as solid and reliable as anything out there in my opinion.

-Use 98ron petrol,
-You have to really get up it and use all the revs to make good progress, saying that it is forgiving to being left in the wrong gear at times, because the ratios are that short, so motorway driving becomes noisy after 60mph.
-Cornering is a giggle as well, turn in and theres little body roll, but make sure you can put up with the firm ride.
-It's a car thats put a smile on my face many times,is cheap compared to many cars, and is extremely reliable.

have you the newer swift or 2006 version?

[Supercell]

Mine is a 2011, but it's the "old" shape made from 2006.

[dieseluser07]

Supercell said:

Mine is a 2011, but it's the "old" shape made from 2006.

have you tried it on 95ron or do you stick to the 98 ron?

What rpm does it sit at in fifth at 70/75/80/85??

[Supercell]

dieseluser07 said:

have you tried it on 95ron or do you stick to the 98 ron?

What rpm does it sit at in fifth at 70/75/80/85??

I try to use 98 ron all the time, but it runs on 95 ron fine, it just seems less eager to gain speed. At 70mph it's doing 3500rpm, and because of that I tend to stick to 60mph on a motorway cruise.

[dieseluser07]

Supercell said:

I try to use 98 ron all the time, but it runs on 95 ron fine, it just seems less eager to gain speed. At 70mph it's doing 3500rpm, and because of that I tend to stick to 60mph on a motorway cruise.

ahh thats not as bad then all the reviews make out its doing 4000rpm at 70

[JonRB]

On motorway driving, on 98 RON, at an indicated 70mph (which is more like 65mph according to my GPS) I can get around 42mpg*. The important thing is to keep the revs below 4000rpm, I have found. I suspect this is when the VVT switches over.

Round town, you should expect low 30's.

dieseluser07 said:

ahh thats not as bad then all the reviews make out its doing 4000rpm at 70

That is my experience also. At a true 70mph (75mph indicated) it does indeed do 4000rpm.


* - according to the car itself. My own calculations suggest it's optimistic by as much as 6%

Edited by JonRB on Friday 31st October 09:18

[dieseluser07]

JonRB said:

That is my experience also. At a true 70mph (75mph indicated) it does indeed do 4000rpm.


* - according to the car itself. My own calculations suggest it's optimistic by as much as 6%

Edited by JonRB on Friday 31st October 09:18

low 30's round town driving carefully or with a bit of stick aswell?

[minky monkey]

Mine's on a 57 plate and averages 32 mpg. It's driven relatively hard, and does a mix of roads - no motorways - on it's daily 20 mile run.

[JonRB]

dieseluser07 said:

low 30's round town driving carefully or with a bit of stick as well?

The latter. As others have said, you have to have a particularly leaden foot to dip below 30mpg.

[gingerbeard]

Supercell said:

My mpg display on my Swift sport has been reading 38.3mpg all summer. It's now dropped to 38.1mpg due to colder weather/more heaters/lights being used. Last winter it hovered around 34mpg. I can categorically say I do not drive economically, I drive it in anger at times, and sometimes "extend" the rpm down dual carriageways, and sometimes I potter about, so a good mix.

I think you will struggle to do less than 30mpg, and the engine is as solid and reliable as anything out there in my opinion.

-Use 98ron petrol,
-You have to really get up it and use all the revs to make good progress, saying that it is forgiving to being left in the wrong gear at times, because the ratios are that short, so motorway driving becomes noisy after 60mph.
-Cornering is a giggle as well, turn in and theres little body roll, but make sure you can put up with the firm ride.
-It's a car thats put a smile on my face many times,is cheap compared to many cars, and is extremely reliable.

^^^ this sums up my experience as well. I have an '09 SSS, now on 56k, never had anything but consumables go wrong. I drive it very hard and also have a mixed commute as well as multiple short journeys from cold during the day. Computer currently reads 37.2 MPG but that is dropping now it is colder and I run it on super unleaded.

Drivers seat is a bit high and seats wear easily but mine has leather so not a problem. Noisy on the motorway (in general really) as needs a 6th gear. Quite a firm ride as mentioned by others but I have more fun in it than I did my E46 M3 and at much lower speeds.

Fast? - nope, not at all. But feels fun and gives some illusion of speed.

[Supercell]

JonRB said:

That is my experience also. At a true 70mph (75mph indicated) it does indeed do 4000rpm.


* - according to the car itself. My own calculations suggest it's optimistic by as much as 6%

Edited by JonRB on Friday 31st October 09:18

On second thoughts you may well be correct. 60mph indicated is approx 3300/3400rpm.

[dieseluser07]

Supercell said:

On second thoughts you may well be correct. 60mph indicated is approx 3300/3400rpm.

shame theres no sixth gear like the new one

[JonRB]

Supercell said:

On second thoughts you may well be correct. 60mph indicated is approx 3300/3400rpm.

Just to make sure, I verified it on the M3 on the way home this afternoon. At 4000rpm my car was doing an indicated 75mph which, I know from past experience, is a GPS-verified 70mph.

dieseluser07 said:

shame theres no sixth gear like the new one

It is, but TBH you tend to learn to live with it in the end.

Since the Mk1 and Mk2 have the engine code, it would be theoretically possible to fit the 6-speed from the Mk2 to the Mk1, but it wouldn't really be economically viable to do so unless you just happened to have one and you had the DIY ability to swap it yourself Edd China style.

Edited by JonRB on Friday 31st October 16:34

[Supercell]

JonRB said:

Just to make sure, I verified it on the M3 on the way home this afternoon. At 4000rpm my car was doing an indicated 75mph which, I know from past experience, is a GPS-verified 70mph.

Thanks for the clarification. I remember when I had to commute in mine for a month on the motorway, and found myself in the fast lane due to a lorry in the inside and middle lane. I got hustled along by the German saloon mob, and was greeted by ever increasing engine noise, and glancing down saw 5000rpm being approached on the dial! I made my way back into the middle and then inside lane when I could, to avoid seeing my 16 valves being littered across the M6.

Dieseluser, I find mine sits quite sweetly at 60mph returning a shade over 40 mpg, despite the rpm. Or if your budget can stretch, the new shape swift is depreciating nicely:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[JonRB]

I've found that if you cruise with the flow of the outside lane then mpg absolutely plummets to around 34mpg.
By contrast, if you find an artic lorry to draft and hypermile, you can see 45mpg. The latter is dreadfully dull though. I've settled for a 70mph cruise keeping it just below 4k revs which turns in around 40mpg.

Frankly, Swift Sport is entirely the wrong car for the amount of motorway cruising I'm currently doing but I love the car too much to trade it in for something more appropriate.

[dieseluser07]

JonRB said:

I've found that if you cruise with the flow of the outside lane then mpg absolutely plummets to around 34mpg.
By contrast, if you find an artic lorry to draft and hypermile, you can see 45mpg. The latter is dreadfully dull though. I've settled for a 70mph cruise keeping it just below 4k revs which turns in around 40mpg.

Frankly, Swift Sport is entirely the wrong car for the amount of motorway cruising I'm currently doing but I love the car too much to trade it in for something more appropriate.

i do about 28 miles on the motorway 3-4 times a week, do you think it will be unbearable?

[JonRB]

dieseluser07 said:

i do about 28 miles on the motorway 3-4 times a week, do you think it will be unbearable?

I'm currently doing 500 miles a week on motorways and I find it entirely bearable. Obviously, though, you're not me and I'm not you. So who can say?

[caterhamboy]

Interesting read about the sss.

http://www.bridgetogantry.com/2/index.php/home/new...

We've got a 1.5 glx and its on 55,000 fault free miles, the engine seemed to really loosen up at about 45,000 miles and seems a lot more urgent and returns more mpg is that the same with the sss?

[dieseluser07]

caterhamboy said:

Interesting read about the sss.

http://www.bridgetogantry.com/2/index.php/home/new...

We've got a 1.5 glx and its on 55,000 fault free miles, the engine seemed to really loosen up at about 45,000 miles and seems a lot more urgent and returns more mpg is that the same with the sss?

thats good reliability