MPG and your reasons!!!

[JamesD1]

I want to know if MPG bothers you or not and why?

I'll start; I think a car should have the ability to do reasonable mpg when your foot isn't welded to the loud pedal, why? because I personally hate going to the petrol station and find it a chore.

[JamesD1]

great first reply, this the answers i'm after. seems a very boring question but its on PH that seems to start arguments.

do you have a fun vehicle to use or did you have to compromise on 1 vehicle?

[JamesD1]

I have the same view as you giz, I expect a certain type of car to return decent mpg.

I'm happy if a supercar gets 6mpg but if its your daily run around it should have some respect for your pocket.

my oh's juke does 53mpg and is a nice place to be, its quick enough for her and £20 tax cant ask for much more really.

my mr2 averaged around 27mpg and I found that more than exceptable.

[JamesD1]

seems most people have a similar view on mpg.

I agree it doesn't always matter and I see it as a horses for courses thing.

nice to see people got weekend toys aswell, my ideal situation would be a daily driver and a bike (which may happen).

[JamesD1]

ORD said:

It's strange that people are so obsessed with mpg when:

(1) it is a tiny fraction of the total motoring costs for most people.

(2) The real world differences between a lot of cars are minimal. For example, dull turbo four pots get about the same as NA six cylinders in actual driving by actual people. The lab tests tell a different story, of course, and people buy on the basis of tests that they know to be bks.

Trying to get the mpg up or down does make a boring drive less boring, though. My record s are an indicated 38mpg from Oxford to London with a 3.4 l NA engine and an indicated 37mpg from Cheltenham to Newcsstle

Hence why i asked the question to see people's reasons.

I'm sure everyone knows that lab tests are toffee as for the cost part I suppose milage really dictates that.

my personal view towards mpg is that it is a factor in costs e.g. insurance (my main concern being 22), tax (i will not pay above £280), purchase price then mpg.