37 MPG SOUNDS RIGHT TO YOU? OR I'M PARANOID?

[andycorleone]

Hi, 37 mpg sounds right to you for an small automatic car? ( distanced covered 260 miles liters of fuel used 35) or is something wrong in it? (BTW I just changed the Sparks just in case that was the problem)

 

[MrJay]

What were you expecting? Quoted mpgs are attainable only with an empty car running at a continuous known speeds on rollers in the lab. Put a driver in the car, chuck some stuff in the boot, fill the tank up, start and stop at a few traffic lights, go up a hill, deflate the tyres a little and drive at anything other than optimal speed then can forget getting anything like 45mpg.

I'd guess that 37mpg is actually rather good.

In the US the average mpg in 2005 was 19.8mpg. The Ford Model T managed 21mpg. Go figure.

 

[motownmartin]

Don't listen to other blokes bragging about how many mpg they get in their car, someone else's car is always better than yours, they also go faster :roll:

Sometimes mine will do 45mpg and other times 35mpg, depends on how fast and how far.

 

[Matt_S]

what size engine, and is it petrol? I'm sure your 37mpg is corrrect for the car, isn't great figures for a small car though is it!!! As mentioned earlier we've really not progressed much is this area of technology have we!

 

[WellsWood]

Hmmph!!! Try driving a 15 yr old 2.0l auto Volvo estate - you'll have wet dreams about 37mpg. :roll:
[-(

 

[andycktm]

we've got a 1.6 petrol focus which does 34-36mpg and a peugeot 307 diesel
which does 58-60mpg its also quicker than the focus.

 

[Woody Alan]

Sometimes mine will do 45mpg and other times 35mpg, depends on how fast and how far.

Hmm sometimes mine does 25mpg never less and maybe 30 mpg it's funny how it does more when the wife drives...mind you she's about 5 stone lighter so I reckon that's it.

Don't listen to other blokes bragging

My mate has a 1.8 mercedes auto and insists he gets 40 mpg I've always suspected he's making it up but then again he lives in the sticks so the only driving he does is on a run, not suburban.

Alan

 

[Paul Chapman]

Sounds quite reasonable to me. Generally an automatic will use more fuel than a manual, given similar conditions and driving (and your brake pads will wear out faster as well :wink: )

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[andycorleone]

Thanks for the responces is a C3, I was a bit concern because the technical data says 70 mpg average but maybe this is in a real world usage now I'm more calm about the topic

 

[special bone]

70mpg sounds like a diesel figure, 35mpg sounds like a petrol figure.

1987 Saab 900 Turbo. I'd struggle to get 35mpg, even if I turned it off when I went down hill!

Rich

P.S. When I first got it, I got it down to 10mpg
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

[Woody Alan]

P.S. When I first got it, I got it down to 10mpg

That's the trouble with those shopping trips with the missus, you go so slow barely out of 2nd gear.

I had a ride in a mates dad's Saab 9000 ...bear in mind this was about 20 years ago, we were approaching a dual carriageway and he said I'll show you what it can do... I assumed he meant when we reached the dual not before it, By god I wondered what was happening apparently at the time the Saab could out accelerate a Ferrari (don't know which one) at 50-70 and I believe it ...it was fast. Nowadays I am very impressed by Escudos Audi A8 which has such effortless power, but can still scare the driver whilst the passenger has no idea there is mild panic ensuing

Alan

 

[Waka]

[My mate has a 1.8 mercedes auto and insists he gets 40 mpg I've always suspected he's making it up but then again he lives in the sticks so the only driving he does is on a run, not suburban.

Alan

Sounds about right to me, on a long run I get about that from my Merc, mind you around town I'm reduced to about 26 mpg.

 

[motownmartin]

Hmm sometimes mine does 25mpg never less and maybe 30 mpg it's funny how it does more when the wife drives...mind you she's about 5 stone lighter so I reckon that's it.

Alan

More likely to be the size of your feet Alan :lol:

 

[mailee]

you should be so lucky Mark W, Try driving a 10 year old T5 getting around 22mpg if you drive like a Granny. usually it is more like 18mpg. :lol:

 

[Fecn]

I've never had a car which does more than 30mpg.

I manage to scrape 30mpg most of the time in my 2-tonne 10-year-old Toyota HiAce van.. but then I drive like a nun most of the time.

My last car (2-seater Merc) would get down to about 7mpg when I put my foot down... Niiiice

 

[motownmartin]

My last car (2-seater Merc) would get down to about 7mpg when I put my foot down... Niiiice

Blimey, it would be cheaper to get a taxi :lol:

 

[Fecn]

My last car (2-seater Merc) would get down to about 7mpg when I put my foot down... Niiiice

Blimey, it would be cheaper to get a taxi :lol:

Yeah.. but nothing like as much fun

 

[MrJay]

Hang on. Until very recently I had a car. I used it to sit in traffic jams. Fun isn't the first word... Perhaps you don't have traffic jams in where you come from?

 

[WellsWood]

you should be so lucky Mark W, Try driving a 10 year old T5 getting around 22mpg if you drive like a Granny. usually it is more like 18mpg. :lol:

....about the same as my old 240 - going to see the in-laws in that was damned expensive (400 mile round trip). Comfy though :wink:

 

[Fecn]

Hang on. Until very recently I had a car. I used it to sit in traffic jams. Fun isn't the first word... Perhaps you don't have traffic jams in where you come from?

Not all the time.

btw.. 7mpg isn't what I'd get on a tank... 7mpg is what the computer thingy said I was getting for very short stretches. I actually drive in a very saintly manner pretty much all the time. Totally clean driving lisence and never been snapped by a speed camera.