Petrol Barge for £4k which does more than 40mpg on motorway?

[HannsG]

I don't think one exists?

I'm talking Volvo S60 size or maybe golf. Something bigger and more refined than the Panda 100 I own.

I've had BMW 6 cylinders and I don't think I've seen any of them hit 40mpg+

[GroundEffect]

MY2010+ Mondeo Estate 1.6 'Ecoboost'...

Example A: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Edited by GroundEffect on Monday 20th February 22:08

[anonymous-user]

Barge/40mpg/petrol

Choose 2

[Mr E]

NewRulesPaul said:

Barge/40mpg/petrol

Choose 2

Our old Aero might have done 37ish.
Was a lot less than 4K.

[HannsG]

GroundEffect said:

MY2010+ Mondeo Estate 1.6 'Ecoboost'...

Example A: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Edited by GroundEffect on Monday 20th February 22:08

Wow

[rallycross]

Forget it you need a diesel or just accept you won't get 40 av mpg from a petrol barge.
My old Volvo S60 D5 barge does 50 mpg, it's a 5 cylinder so not too rattly and cost £1k.

[HannsG]

rallycross said:

Forget it you need a diesel or just accept you won't get 40 av mpg from a petrol barge.
My old Volvo S60 D5 barge does 50 mpg, it's a 5 cylinder so not too rattly and cost £1k.

Would love one, but I am really put of with the DPFs.

My Saab TTID had a Dpf and even a short drive led to problems.

[Escapegoat]

Should be possible; even my 20yr-old LS400 manages 33-35mpg on a free-flowing motorway cruise. (caveat: flat East Anglia, Belgium, Holland, etc).

But if you're doing hills and/or congestion drop the barge requirement.

[ZX10R NIN]

It's not a barge but the 2.5T Mondeo is a good shout it's still a fair size & will just about do 40mpg if you drive like a granny 37mpg if not.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

[OldGermanHeaps]

GroundEffect said:

MY2010+ Mondeo Estate 1.6 'Ecoboost'...

Example A: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Edited by GroundEffect on Monday 20th February 22:08

Photos are of a diesel and way underpriced. Probably a scam.
Genuine 40+ petrol on your budget is overambitious. Go lpg if you dont like the heavy fuel.

Edited by OldGermanHeaps on Tuesday 21st February 00:50

[ANJ91]

I don't know if these can be classified as barges.

passat
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

avensis - can get estate version also
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[Defcon5]

ZX10R NIN said:

It's not a barge but the 2.5T Mondeo is a good shout it's still a fair size & will just about do 40mpg if you drive like a granny 37mpg if not.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Doesn't that engine struggle to top 30mpg in the smaller, lighter Focus?

[Glasgowrob]

my diesel Mondeo has averaged 43mpg over the last 63k miles, no hope in hell of getting that with a 2.5T

[Escapegoat]

Glasgowrob said:

my diesel Mondeo has averaged 43mpg over the last 63k miles, no hope in hell of getting that with a 2.5T

On the motorway; do keep up.

[ZX10R NIN]

Defcon5 said:

ZX10R NIN said:

It's not a barge but the 2.5T Mondeo is a good shout it's still a fair size & will just about do 40mpg if you drive like a granny 37mpg if not.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Doesn't that engine struggle to top 30mpg in the smaller, lighter Focus?

Different gearing helps it on the motorway which is where the OP's main concern lies, on a motorway run my tuned Focus ST would see 34's on the motorway.

[anonymous-user]

I can 100% guarantee that you will never see anywhere near 40mpg from the 1.6 ecoboost. I rented a focus with that engine recently, and it was badly geared, noisy, and did about 32mpg.

[GreatGranny]

3 series

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Says 46mpg average so should do 40mpg in the real world.

Seems a bit cheap but lots available in SE trim around £4k.

[rallycross]

HannsG said:

rallycross said:

Forget it you need a diesel or just accept you won't get 40 av mpg from a petrol barge.
My old Volvo S60 D5 barge does 50 mpg, it's a 5 cylinder so not too rattly and cost £1k.

Would love one, but I am really put of with the DPFs.

My Saab TTID had a Dpf and even a short drive led to problems.

If you get an older S60 D5 there is no DPF, the change over year is around 2006 (I think).

My car is a 2005 D5 non DPF model with the older 163 bhp motor. I got a cheap remap and its given it a bit more boost and a lot more economy hence now 50 mpg (measuring it tank to tank refills, over 5,000 miles in the last 3 months).

[MrTom]

Defcon5 said:

ZX10R NIN said:

It's not a barge but the 2.5T Mondeo is a good shout it's still a fair size & will just about do 40mpg if you drive like a granny 37mpg if not.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

Doesn't that engine struggle to top 30mpg in the smaller, lighter Focus?

My daily is a mk4 2.5t Mondeo, 30.4mpg. Best long run mpg was 36mpg.

[otolith]

My 9-5 Aero estate would do high 30's to very low forties on a motorway cruise at 70. My E-class diesel estate (E320cdi) does low to mid forties in the same usage, but doesn't plummet like the Saab if you start using the performance.