F type V6S motorway MPG

[Waitey]

Evening all,

I'm just looking into the viability of the V6S being my daily.

I currently do 90 miles a day of which 85 are on the M1 at a steady 70ish.

So at these speeds what does an V6S return? I know cost shouldn't come into it for these cars but when you are doing 18000miles commuting a year it all adds up!

[bunyarra]

On my 70 mile run up the M5 2-3 days / week, the trip shows 32mpg by the time I park up.

If I an "enthusiastic" on the drive, I get 27-29.

Oh, this is with Shell V Power stuff. When I dropped back to Morrisons regular, it went down by 3+ mpg.

[comrie]

My car has 1700 miles on it......on a motorway run it is returning 31.4 mpg


cheers stv

[Sitticus]

Looking at the V6S Coupe as well. 32 mpg for moterway travel sounds impressive to what I estimated, how does that change when you have a bit of fun down the b-roads? If you spent 80% on moterways and 20% on b-roads making all that noise what do you think it would come out at?

[comrie]

In my V6S.........I seem to be getting between 19-21 mpg giving it the beans but also remembering it is a public road

steve

[Sitticus]

Thanks Steve. My estimate of around 27 average sounds about right. You getting many miles to a tank?

How you finding the car overall, would you recommend it as a first sports car for someone which it would be for me? Deciding between the f type or an M4.

[comrie]

I have never really worked out what i get out of a tank.......when i fill it up it reads 365 miles available....what i actually get i couldn't tell you.

I came from a Jaguar XKRS to the F-Type and in my opinion i would take the F-Type all day long....i know everyone loves the way the ftype looks but under the looks is a really really good car......jaguar did well with this one...so much so i considering getting the AWD version towards the end off the year

steve

Edited by comrie on Friday 16th January 15:00

[wellzee]

Sitticus said:

Thanks Steve. My estimate of around 27 average sounds about right. You getting many miles to a tank?

How you finding the car overall, would you recommend it as a first sports car for someone which it would be for me? Deciding between the f type or an M4.

Sitticus have you test driven both? I have been thinking of changing my F-Type for something a little more 'practical'. The M4 was my choice until I drove it. I was so underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong it's a very good car, but I found it completely void of excitement and theatre; the main difference being the noise. Some would probably say the 2 aren't necessarily that comparable, but seeing as you're comparing them, there's no competition imo. That said, nothing has been any competition, I've been looking for months but the F-Type is still on my drive.

[Sitticus]

wellzee said:

Sitticus said:

Thanks Steve. My estimate of around 27 average sounds about right. You getting many miles to a tank?

How you finding the car overall, would you recommend it as a first sports car for someone which it would be for me? Deciding between the f type or an M4.

Sitticus have you test driven both? I have been thinking of changing my F-Type for something a little more 'practical'. The M4 was my choice until I drove it. I was so underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong it's a very good car, but I found it completely void of excitement and theatre; the main difference being the noise. Some would probably say the 2 aren't necessarily that comparable, but seeing as you're comparing them, there's no competition imo. That said, nothing has been any competition, I've been looking for months but the F-Type is still on my drive.

I was going to have a test drive in the M4 this weekend, but it appears my local dealership isn't so good at reading e-mails.

To be honest I think my head is going to say M4, but my heart will say F-Type. I almost want to hate the M4 so I can make the silly but more fun choice of the F-Type and forget practicality. The lack of noise concerns me, the looks of the car whilst not bad it's no F-Type. And fundamentally I don't spend hours looking at M4 pictures and youtube videos, but I do with the Jag.

I think the two are comparable because they're both cars you desire and want. A 5 Series is cheaper, bigger and a perfectly good car, doesn't mean you WANT one though. An F-Type or M4 is very little about getting from A to B, like a Rolex has very little to do with telling the time. And with that in mind the F-Type is winning so far. If only I didn't have to do the weekly shop to Tesco in it, then it would be an easy choice.

[a8hex]

Sitticus said:

And with that in mind the F-Type is winning so far. If only I didn't have to do the weekly shop to Tesco in it, then it would be an easy choice.

Just think positively, if you can't fit the whole weeks shopping in in 1 go you'd get to drive to Tescos more than once. More than that there are Tescos all over the country. With an F-Type you'd suddenly be finding reasons why you just had to visit a branch that just happened to be at the end of some nice twisty country A-roads.

[LanceRS]

Tesco deliver.

[Rick Cutler]

Get the F-type and a hack for the mileage runs?

[tobinen]

Buy the Jag and order your food on-line for delivery. Easy.

[Sitticus]

Got the M4 test drive on Friday, followed by a second drive of the f-type on Saturday so I'll decide then.

[Sitticus]

Sitticus said:

Got the M4 test drive on Friday, followed by a second drive of the f-type on Saturday so I'll decide then.

F-Type was much nicer in my mind than the M4. The M4 was a bit OTT for me, not nearly as fun as the V6S, with no real personality either. The Coupe was also a lot better than the convertible which surprised me. Much more planted and fun to drive, and it felt much more solid.