WHAT!!! Boxster better fuel economy than family saloon ??!!

[monkeytaylor]

Hello all,
I finally took the plunge and picked up my Boxster from the Porsche Centre in Glasgow last weekend.
I live in the Peak District so am looking forward to some fantastic summer motoring.
The car is great and the Glasgow OPC were brilliant - really friendly and I got a decent discount off the Boxster (05 plate 2.7) with a great trade-in price agreed over the phone for my BMW 1 series.
The car came with all the usual 'Porsche Approved' benefits + full tank of fuel + full year's tax (most OPCs were only offering 6 months) + other bits and bobs like some spare oil, paint stick, new key fobs etc etc.
I could bang on for hours about how much I'm enjoying the car, but to cut a long story short I would be interested to hear what fuel economy other owners are getting.
I've done about 600 miles so far, mostly on 'A' roads with 30 - 50 speed limits (and loads of cameras!).
The on-board computer is giving me a reading of just over 38 mpg with an average speed of around 36 mph.
That's better fuel economy than the car I traded in, a BMW 1.6 family saloon.
I'm struggling to believe the computer as I had expected to be hit in the pocket by the fuel bills compared to my previous car.
Is this normal fuel consumption?
Cheers.
ps - if anyone knows of any recommended Porsche specialists in the Derbyshire / South Yorkshire / North Nottinghamshire area pls could you let me know? I live midway between the Sheffield and Nottingham OPCs but will probably go to a specialist for tyres etc.

[James4492]

Try Millbrooke Cars in Sheffield, they look after my 996 and they are superb (all ex Porsche sheffield techs).

[Don]

I have a 986 3.2 S Boxster. On the motorway if I feather the throttle I get 31-32mpg. If I drive about like a granny on other roads I get 28mpg. Real world driving: 24 to 26 mpg.

The 2.7 always did get better fuel economy and yours is a 987. Its a little hard to believe that its 10mpg better, though.

Reset your computer. Then go for hoon. See what you get then.

On track I get 11 to 13mpg - can't quite get it down to single figures.

[Chris71]

It's probably lighter and lower drag than the saloon, why not? You can get 40mpg out of an elise driven gently.

[phelix]

and compare what the OBC says to the petrol you're actually putting in over the miles you're driving...

[Thorny]

I think that has to be wrong, I get 23mpg round town and 26-30 on a motorway run in my 'S'... 38 just sunds too good to be true!

How many 'miles to empty' do you get on your trip computer from a full tank?

While we're on that - when I picked up my boxster it only had half a tank of fuel and was told that this is Porsche policy now! Ridiculous penny pinching when I've just given them £50k!

[LeoSayer]

Next time you fill up, note how many miles you did and how much fuel you put in then work out miles done / litres in x 4.546.

Computers can sometimes be way out.

[Rich-UK]

I get an average of 32mpg (2.7 986, pre-facelift) on mine but have seen up to 40mpg taking it easy on motorway runs. Pretty impressive for a sports car if you ask me.

Using super unleaded increases the mpg (and performance) for me.

[onomatopoeia]

Don said:

I have a 986 3.2 S Boxster. On the motorway if I feather the throttle I get 31-32mpg. If I drive about like a granny on other roads I get 28mpg. Real world driving: 24 to 26 mpg.

Same car here, much the same mpg, although mine can get lower on the commute if I get a run of bad mornings - 15+ minutes queuing for a roundabout on a 12 mile drive does not do wonders for the economy.

[chrishall260779]

Also have a 986S and i sometimes struggle to get 18 around town and 12-15 on a 'spirited back road jaunt! 25-27 on a run though.

[shoestring7]

I have a Cayman 2.7, and yes, in gentle A & B road running it seems possible to get well over 30mpgs.

My usual mix of urban (not in heavy traffic though), m/way and rapid A road stuff gets around 28mpg according to the car - but its still pretty new and expect this to improve.

SS7

[hutchingsp]

The computer is pretty accurate in my experience, though it seems to like being left to average itself out over time vs. say over a single journey.

I've a 2.7 987 and do a mix of town and single/dual carriageway to/from work and using V-Power seem to average 27-28mpg, oddly I seem to get better economy from ordinary Shell, and right now I'm trying a tank of Total Excellium to see how that fares (sorry despite all the "you can afford a Porsche" comments fuel aint cheap so if I can get more MPG I'll try).