Anyone not know / care about their MPG?
Discussion
If the car tells me I know, if not I dont really care. It either needs fuel or not.
Depends really though doesnt it.
If your on a 500k a year and do 50k miles I bet you dont give a s
t beyond the comfort of the car. If your on £200 a week but only do 10 miles a week I bet you dont give a st really either.
My dailys arent purchased based on their MPG. Its nice to know purely for if im driving a friend somewhere and they are paying the fuel for example. Not had a car that does over 35 mpg since my first car despite doing 25k a year.
Depends really though doesnt it.
If your on a 500k a year and do 50k miles I bet you dont give a s
t beyond the comfort of the car. If your on £200 a week but only do 10 miles a week I bet you dont give a st really either.My dailys arent purchased based on their MPG. Its nice to know purely for if im driving a friend somewhere and they are paying the fuel for example. Not had a car that does over 35 mpg since my first car despite doing 25k a year.
Edited by Slow on Monday 16th January 14:54
Digby said:
Is it just me and a few of my friends who have no real clue what their cars (current and older) do MPG wise?
What I mean is, sure, I have had things which I know will be much better on fuel, but I never really cared what the actual figures were.
I have never tried to work it out in almost 30 years of driving.
They are always "Pretty good", "Not so good" or "Not too bad" etc.
Someone once told me "real" petrolheads never know and never try to figure it out.
I definitely think "real" petrolheads like to know what their cars are doing and wouldn't enjoy being in ignorance of how their cars are performing. If you enjoy driving and choose to drive a lot, I think range is an important factor too.What I mean is, sure, I have had things which I know will be much better on fuel, but I never really cared what the actual figures were.
I have never tried to work it out in almost 30 years of driving.
They are always "Pretty good", "Not so good" or "Not too bad" etc.
Someone once told me "real" petrolheads never know and never try to figure it out.
I do find it curious thought that handing over lots of tax is seen as a sign of rebellion. HM govt must absolutely love such people, win-win all round for them.
"I don't care about my mpg, but I do care enough not about it to comment on a PH thread about that..." 
And so it begins.
I do care, to a degree I also use the "Road Trip" app as others have done.
Whilst I don't drive for the MPG, I do keep track of the pence per mile, as a mildly useful tool when discussing a payrise I showed my year-long tracking of the cost of fuel every time I had filled up and the cost had risen by a few % and my boss put me in the next car allowance band up, as the best way to increase my take home pay overall. Wasn't the only factor, but I believe it helped the negotiations.
Still, idle curiosity tells me that my boring diesel Skoda gets better MPG than my 1 litre Rascal van. This tells me the Rascal van, is not running properly as it should be getting rather better mileage than it does.
And so it begins.
I do care, to a degree I also use the "Road Trip" app as others have done.
Whilst I don't drive for the MPG, I do keep track of the pence per mile, as a mildly useful tool when discussing a payrise I showed my year-long tracking of the cost of fuel every time I had filled up and the cost had risen by a few % and my boss put me in the next car allowance band up, as the best way to increase my take home pay overall. Wasn't the only factor, but I believe it helped the negotiations.
Still, idle curiosity tells me that my boring diesel Skoda gets better MPG than my 1 litre Rascal van. This tells me the Rascal van, is not running properly as it should be getting rather better mileage than it does.
Used to run several vans and trucks doing do up to 50k miles a year each and they were bought primarily for reliability with economy in mind but never seriously checked mpg.
Personally used to do about 25-30k miles a year but down to only about 8k now I'm retired and I've never ever checked or cared about mpg in any of my vehicles.
My philosophy is to get where I'm going as fast as possible and fill up when the gauge gets to the red line, my wife likes me to use Sainsburys though so she gets the Nectar points.
Personally used to do about 25-30k miles a year but down to only about 8k now I'm retired and I've never ever checked or cared about mpg in any of my vehicles.
My philosophy is to get where I'm going as fast as possible and fill up when the gauge gets to the red line, my wife likes me to use Sainsburys though so she gets the Nectar points.
My E39 M5: don't really care as it's more of a toy and not my daily driver.
Worst MPG = 18.27; best 29.7. Always measured brim to brim rather than relying on the digital read-out thing.
My E39 530d (manual): it's pretty economical on fuel and averages 46.3mpg.
Worst = 29mpg when driving 4 up with ski gear etc. plus a roof box driving to/from Alps for a family ski holiday involving fast autoroute work; best 50.5mpg - open road bimbling during the summer up here in the Highlands
Worst MPG = 18.27; best 29.7. Always measured brim to brim rather than relying on the digital read-out thing.
My E39 530d (manual): it's pretty economical on fuel and averages 46.3mpg.
Worst = 29mpg when driving 4 up with ski gear etc. plus a roof box driving to/from Alps for a family ski holiday involving fast autoroute work; best 50.5mpg - open road bimbling during the summer up here in the Highlands
I do. Just over 48 on the last tank. No point pissing money up the wall while pottering around town. besides, like most normal people, not the PH directors obviously, I have a finite amount of money and like it to go as far as possible. Really, even he rich directors on here aren't as affluent as they'd have you believe or they'd all be running around in chipped Veyrons, with automated Redbull launchers.
I don't really care to be honest, it's not a consideration when buying, though it often should be! I had a Honda Insight hybrid and visiting fuel stations in that was such a rare occurrence I almost forgot what it was all about Don't know what it actually did to the gallon but it was cheap to run.
My first Turbo R did about 10 ish. Didn't care. My 'new' one does 14 which I consider impressive. But it uses full fat petrol so the extra price puts the savings on mpg to a decent use.
MX5, no idea.
Bloody Kia, no idea but it's bad. I seem to spend half my life in petrol stations with the rotten thing so I suppose I DO care, just not when it's for fun motoring.
Don't know what it actually did to the gallon but it was cheap to run.My first Turbo R did about 10 ish. Didn't care. My 'new' one does 14 which I consider impressive. But it uses full fat petrol so the extra price puts the savings on mpg to a decent use.
MX5, no idea.
Bloody Kia, no idea but it's bad. I seem to spend half my life in petrol stations with the rotten thing so I suppose I DO care, just not when it's for fun motoring.
im not sure what defines a "petrol head" but people of a serious technical persuasion would and undoubtedly do have at least a passing interest in the fuel usage of a vehicle as it is a key technical characteristic and as other have mentioned, a major change in consumption could highlight a failure in the system. the genuinely posh folk that I have associated with tend to be quite savvy with their money, fuel economy bravado has a whiff of new money to it!
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