XFR Question....

[PHOENIXUK]

Would use the search facility but its not working, so;

Thinking of buying a 6 month old 5.0XFR, the idea of averaging less MPG than my F430 is weird, are they really that bad, I know they will maybe do 30mpg at 70 mph but what kind of 'real average' are people seeing in these, sorry if its a regular Question but never thought of one of these before... Thanks.

[pb1695]

It all depends on what you mean by regular, everyones driving is different. Our XKR 5.0 S/C averages around 21MPG, the XF SV8 19 MPG. I would have thought somewhere between the two.

[jagseven]

Around 22 mpg overall for me
Maybe up to 26mpg for longish motorway trips and 16mpg if lots of town driving

[Stickshifter]

yep wife has an XFR....everyday stuff shops, school run about 22 to 25 mpg...I fill it up one every two weeks. -S

[fraserb]

done 3k miles mix of motorway and running around and averaged 23.3mpg.

[steelej]

The 5ltr is supposed to be more fuel efficient than the 4.2, if my 430 is anything to go by it's highly unlikely the XFR will get worse milage My 4.2 is certainly better than the 430.

John.

Edited by steelej on Sunday 29th August 00:27

[steve-p]

My 5.0 XKR claims to have averaged just over 21 MPG over 5,000 miles, but I keep fuel records (there's an app for that) and it's really 19.27 MPG, so I wouldn't trust the car to tell the truth I'm surprised to hear people are bettering this with the heavier XFR though.

[a8hex]

It is so dependent on the driving you do. When the "office" moved my average went from 18 to over 20, according to the trip computer.

[DSLiverpool]

Real world manually calculated I get 17 mpg, weekdays only (used to commute only) little motorway use, padals used all the time to eliminate the useless gearbox.

Make sure the steering wheel is at 12 noon when going straight if its not they cant fix it. (as yet)

[OddCat]

My wife and I have 'his' and 'hers' Bugatti Veyrons that we keep in a secure personalised facility at the airport so we can just 'jump in and drive' when we fly in in our private jet.

I am worried though because, in the Veyrons, we are only averaging 8.5 MPG whereas I was sure we'd see at least 10MPG.

Nightmare. I might have to chop them in for a pair of Daewoo Matiz's...

[StuB]

OddCat said:

My wife and I have 'his' and 'hers' Bugatti Veyrons that we keep in a secure personalised facility at the airport so we can just 'jump in and drive' when we fly in in our private jet.

I am worried though because, in the Veyrons, we are only averaging 8.5 MPG whereas I was sure we'd see at least 10MPG.

Nightmare. I might have to chop them in for a pair of Daewoo Matiz's...

Shouldn't the plural be Veyrii and Matii?

If you're going to take the piss, think it through!

[williamp]

I think that's pretty good. My 540i BMW, with a 4.4l V8 only averages 23.7mpg. To get the same with a lot more power is good going.

[PHOENIXUK]

StuB said:

OddCat said:

My wife and I have 'his' and 'hers' Bugatti Veyrons that we keep in a secure personalised facility at the airport so we can just 'jump in and drive' when we fly in in our private jet.

I am worried though because, in the Veyrons, we are only averaging 8.5 MPG whereas I was sure we'd see at least 10MPG.

Nightmare. I might have to chop them in for a pair of Daewoo Matiz's...

Shouldn't the plural be Veyrii and Matii?

If you're going to take the piss, think it through!

Leave the 'poor old cat' alone Stu, he's probably got bladder problems, has to get his rocks of somehow...Bless.