Another MPG question/point LOL!!

[Mike]

1st point - MPG is not the be all and end all of owning a car, and you'd NEVER buy a 197/200 if you were bothered about it.

But seriously WTF

These cars NEED to be driven hard to get the best fuel consumption on them. I have been driving round like a granny for the last god knows how long, try to keep the average MPG above 30, then having a play every now and then, so i'd end up with the little dashboard reader thing sayin about 30,1 or there abouts.

Then last weekend, refilled with V Power (last 4 tanks have been), and my best mate beaned it everywhere, and this week I have been driving creatively to work, and the reader shows above 30MPG?!?!?!?!?!?!

When I fill up again in a bit, i'll see what the proper figure is, but now, I am no too bothered about having fun lol!!

Are they actually designed to be more economical when they are being played with??

 

[minimaxs1]

round town and pottering about i get 16 mpg
commuting to work i get about 34 to 36
track days 11 mpg

they hate going slow and for doing so they punish you with figure not much worse than thrashing it round a track.

 

[Matt_555]

ahhhh never knew that mental

 

[pez1356]

wen i do motorway driving i get 32-34
wen i do my normal driving i get like 22-24, and i thrash it everywhere lol

 

[marky-f1]

na it dont work like that lol the faster you drive the more u use but lets be serious here take your time get 30mpg rape it get 20mph a know what ill stick with !

 

[mradam87]

I started driving it harder recently, averaging around 28.5 now, which is down from about 32!

 

[marky-f1]

28.5 your doing really well tbh although i feel guilty not to open it up till the green light in every gear though

 

[Mike]

Right, according to the MPG thingy I have (see sig) - Economical Driving Tank was an average of 31,8 MPG and this last tank having fun has come out at 31,3 MPG LOL!!!!!

 

[Andy]

I've started to get shit MPG...used to get 25, now get 20...

Doing exactly the same journeys but using V Power now.

 

[Liambo-201]

Is it wrong that i have actually seen 61.1mpg on my dash? :001_unsure:

 

[Andy]

I once saw 45mpg...reset it whilst driving on the motorway...

 

[Dave_R27]

Im currently getting 29.4-29.6 when driving hard. I only get 29.9-30.0mpg when driving economically.
Last month I drove from Runcorn to sutton in surrey, never went above 70mph and never went over 4k rpm to save on fuel a bit and I only got 30.0mpg
So I floored it on the way home

 

[drifter]

tbh the best i ever saw in my 197 was 25 mpg but then i had alot of 16 LMAO, but then i like alot of "spirited" drives specially since i have to take country lanes every morning and night =D

 

[Paul]

The best i have ever managed was coming back form Scarborough to Leeds in heavy/slow traffic, managed to get about 46.5mpg for that journey, but it was so so boring i soon brought it back down!

normally sits at about 29-30 when driving normally (not hammering everywhere, but always first from the lights ) im quite happy with that tbh. As said you dont buy one if you want great mpg, it really isn't what it was designed for!

 

[slime]

...like wise....normally around the 29mpg....32 on a motorway run.....generally get more MPG on V Power....

 

[Ozi]

Let me ask you all something. You think 29mpg is bad?

 

[mradam87]

I used v power for a few months and saw no improvement in anything! So back to the cheap(er) stuff now...

 

[drifter]

Let me ask you all something. You think 29mpg is bad?

LOL i think 29 is bloody good :tongue_smilie:

 

[quik97]

ive never got over 25mpg but then again i do drive like a nob. :-p