least fuel efficient car? nothing 'obscure'

[STW2010]

stackmonkey said:

edo said:

rx8.

+1 for this. Every owner I've spoken to has said mid teens mpg.

I managed single figures once!! And no, nothing was wrong with the car- I just gave it a proper and long trashing!

[Chapppers]

This Shirley?

[STW2010]

Chapppers said:

This Shirley?

That's just about the most obscure car suggested yet!

[Herman Toothrot]

doug1e1972 said:

i get 28 mpg average out of my sportka

That st, so far for me its the most impressive figure quoted. A car that small with so little power returning such a poor figure.

[RockoA5]

Hummer H2 did 8mpg when we had it for a weekend doing some livery. Horrendous piece of sh*t it was too.

[davepoth]

Win.

[markcoznottz]

Murcielago LP640 driven hard about 6/7 mpg. Worst supercar ever has to be the Ford GT. Absolutely ravenous thirst maybe 3/4 mpg driven hard.

[read5458]

4.2mpg from Jezz Clarksons GT40

[stabilio]

C63 AMG. Mid teens for daily driving and even lower when driven hard.

[STW2010]

read5458 said:

4.2mpg from Jezz Clarksons GT40

What does the Veyron do? Can't be worse than that surely?

[whoami]

davepoth said:

Win.

Not at all obscure then.

[christofmccracke]

kambites said:

I think the Veyron does 11mpg on the combined cycle, if that counts.

Things like Rolls Royces and Maybachs are in the teens, too.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 30th December 18:47

friend has a Ghost and it does nearly 25mpg on a motorway run at speed!

[otolith]

acricha3 said:

I average about 22-25mpg every fill up, nice mix of motorway into and out of London and awful stop start on the way to work (this is what kills it). I can get 28-30mpg on a long run (driving around 75mph (keep it less than 4k RPM is the key!) all the way, boring but doable).

192, by any chance? That's pretty good going if a 231.

[tali1]

Herman Toothrot said:

doug1e1972 said:

i get 28 mpg average out of my sportka

That st, so far for me its the most impressive figure quoted. A car that small with so little power returning such a poor figure.

Nah WAYYYYY OFF -try mine - urban mpg over last 20 years- and that's dawdling along(although thrashing had no effect whatsover -in fact nothing increased/decreased mpg)
33 mpg Nissan Micra 1.0 (4 of them) 55BHP
23 mpg -94pug 405td 92BHP
22mpg -87mg montego turbo
18-22mpg -83toyota camry 1.8 90BHP
18mgg 03 peugeot 307 1.6 110bhp
17-mpg -91citroen ax gt 85BHP
17 mpg -80 toyota starlet 1.2 55BHP
16mpg -85montego 1.6 90BHP
15mpg -99mondeo 2.0auto - 12 mpg with a/c on 125BHP
14mpg - 01 rover 75 2.5

Edited by tali1 on Thursday 30th December 20:32

[Blackwedge]

My VXR8 is currently showing an average of 18mpg over the last 1000 miles

[Rollcage]

tali1 said:

Herman Toothrot said:

doug1e1972 said:

i get 28 mpg average out of my sportka

That st, so far for me its the most impressive figure quoted. A car that small with so little power returning such a poor figure.

Nah WAYYYYY OFF -try mine - urban mpg over last 20 years- and that's dawdling along(although thrashing had no effect whatsover -in fact nothing increased/decreased mpg)
33 mpg Nissan Micra 1.0 (4 of them) 55BHP
23 mpg -94pug 405td 92BHP
22mpg -87mg montego turbo
18-22mpg -83toyota camry 1.8 90BHP
18mgg 03 peugeot 307 1.6 110bhp
17-mpg -91citroen ax gt 85BHP
17 mpg -80 toyota starlet 1.2 55BHP
16mpg -85montego 1.6 90BHP
15mpg -99mondeo 2.0auto - 12 mpg with a/c on 125BHP
14mpg - 01 rover 75 2.5

Edited by tali1 on Thursday 30th December 20:32

You are doing something wrong.

23mpg out of a 405TD isn't achievable in the real world, unless it was terminally sick or you were towing a small house.

[MondeoMan1981]

tali1 said:

Herman Toothrot said:

doug1e1972 said:

i get 28 mpg average out of my sportka

That st, so far for me its the most impressive figure quoted. A car that small with so little power returning such a poor figure.

Nah WAYYYYY OFF -try mine - urban mpg over last 20 years- and that's dawdling along(although thrashing had no effect whatsover -in fact nothing increased/decreased mpg)

18mgg 03 peugeot 307 1.6 110bhp

Edited by tali1 on Thursday 30th December 20:32

I had one of these and even with 2000 miles on the clock it would happily average 36-39mpg in my driving, which at the time was a good 80% urban.

[Chris71]

An MG ZT260 must be in with a shout - didn't Evo's long termer record single-figure MPG?

[Cost Captain]

MondeoMan1981 said:

tali1 said:

Herman Toothrot said:

doug1e1972 said:

i get 28 mpg average out of my sportka

That st, so far for me its the most impressive figure quoted. A car that small with so little power returning such a poor figure.

Nah WAYYYYY OFF -try mine - urban mpg over last 20 years- and that's dawdling along(although thrashing had no effect whatsover -in fact nothing increased/decreased mpg)

18mgg 03 peugeot 307 1.6 110bhp

Edited by tali1 on Thursday 30th December 20:32

I had one of these and even with 2000 miles on the clock it would happily average 36-39mpg in my driving, which at the time was a good 80% urban.

my 250bhp, 3.2 v6 1700 kg audi a3 will do 16mpg crawling in traffic through central london. so you're either lying, driving like a tt, or the car was about to die a horrific death due to massive overfueling (not that overfueling is worse than underfueling. but still. my god, that's just not right).

Edited by Cost Captain on Thursday 30th December 22:39

[FranKinFezza]

read5458 said:

4.2mpg from Jezz Clarksons GT40

Dam you beat me to it with this.

My own worse would be

Dodge W200 (late 70s yank pickup) 5.2 with a 4bbl saw me with about 6mpg (if i was lucky)

80s classic range rover janspeed turbo 9 mpg if i drove like your gran
Land rover 101 forward control between 9 and 14 "less off rd"
various other V8 range rovers and Discoverys between 10 and 22 mpg in mixed driving
Subaru impreza turbo 2000 wagon 280bhp and 26 ish normal use a LOT less when driven
properly