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Post by dixinormus on Sept 7, 2019 2:46:42 GMT
...of any car I have owned I think: got 57mpg out of the A1 on a steady run on flattish terrain earlier this week.
Can often exceed 50mpg and it’s usually driven enthusiastically so I can’t expect more. It’s the VAG 1.4tsi without cylinder on demand.
Reckon the new 1.0tsi could crack 60mpg...
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Post by Humph on Sept 7, 2019 11:42:53 GMT
I've seen 59mpg on a long run in the Merc. So neh neh neh neh I suppose !
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Post by Rob on Sept 7, 2019 17:53:15 GMT
Best I've got out of the 1.4TSI DSG with COD in the Superb is 51mpg - measured brim to brim. Not all motorway driving. Computer will have reported higher than that.
Interesting that the best I ever got with the same engine and gearbox in the Audi A3 saloon was 48mpg.
The Passat I had with 170PS diesel and a manual never quite not 48mpg. Probably more to do with a 6 speed manual vs. 7 speed DSG and me not changing up early enough at times in the diesel Passat.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 7:49:16 GMT
I got 70mpg on the computer display driving Reading-Carmarthen in my Laguna 2.0dci estate. What a brilliant car let down by some cheap components and poor electrics.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 13:19:06 GMT
Oh hang on. I forgot. 4.8mpkwh in the Leaf wins. Because fuel is free.
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Post by WDB on Sept 9, 2019 16:52:05 GMT
I got 70mpg on the computer display driving Reading-Carmarthen in my Laguna 2.0dci estate. What a brilliant car let down by some cheap components and poor electrics. But the fuel computer was spot on? 🤔 |
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Post by dixinormus on Sept 10, 2019 2:36:54 GMT
But what’s 4.8 mpkwh in real money, Al?!
I don’t mind paying for petrol if I can get nearly 60mpg.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 7:24:53 GMT
I got 70mpg on the computer display driving Reading-Carmarthen in my Laguna 2.0dci estate. What a brilliant car let down by some cheap components and poor electrics. But the fuel computer was spot on? 🤔 Didn't say it was. I mentioned it was a figure from the computer specifically to imply that it probably wasn't 100% accurate. I don't bother with worrying about brim-to-brim calculations and all that, it's really not that important to me to bother. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 7:31:33 GMT
But what’s 4.8 mpkwh in real money, Al?! I don’t mind paying for petrol if I can get nearly 60mpg. That depends on the price per kwh. For the majority of my kwhs, I pay 0p but public chargers range from 0-35p roughly. I'm yet to find a petrol station which charges 0p per litre, even for a car which does 60mpg. Even at 35p per kwh, it would cost about £7 to get about 100 miles of range in my car. Which would be the equivalent of filling an ICE car with a 600 mile range for £42. My 600 mile range E 320CDI now costs almost £100 to fill. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 7:44:16 GMT
There's some man maths in there Al!
My E350CDi also requires about £100 for a full fill up, but really you should be comparing the Leaf with a similar sized car. I bet a Focus TDCi will require only about £60 for 600 miles.
But the benefit of electric is that the power is only used when required, so I suppose you get very similar range per kwh in traffic as you do on the open road.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 8:06:34 GMT
Fair enough, EIII, I was only using my own vehicles as an example as those are the two cars I get to choose from every morning on my driveway, of course there are more economical ICE cars than an E320 CDI. A Focus hatch wouldn't be much use to me as my long distance car though, not big enough. I suppose I could get away with a Focus estate which wouldn't be much thirstier.
Still, £0 for 600 miles is a fair bit cheaper than £60 for 600 miles. So is £42 come to that, but there will be vanishingly few EV drivers paying those rates regularly.
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Post by Rob on Sept 10, 2019 12:19:37 GMT
I could easily go further than 600 miles on a tank of petrol in the Superb which is 66 litres I think. I've done over 600 miles many times before refilling and the fuel warning light has not come on. I estimate 600 miles at the current £1.259/litre would be no more than £70.
Even without the fuel light on, I can get way more than 60 litres into the Superb tank until the first click.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 14:01:59 GMT
Indeed. My highest fill I think has been £98 (possibly using V-Power) but certainly got 66 litres in the Merc after my 711 miles on one tank last year.
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Post by tyrednexited on Sept 10, 2019 18:45:48 GMT
...120 litre tank on my previous motorhome. That was a painful fill.....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 22:14:27 GMT
MPG has never been top of my list when choosing a car. Never owned a diesel and the best mpg I've ever achieved is probably mid 30s. The only car I've owned since 1977 with less than 3L or 6cyl was a 944 Turbo. Funnily enough, despite owmimg several V8s of various capacities it was the 944 which gave me the lowest mpg I've measured over a tankfull. 17mpg on a rapid run from Basingstoke to South Yorkshire when my father was taken seriously ill.
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