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Petrol efficiency

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  • 25-02-2008 3:14pm
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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,994 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I was thinking of getting a 1.0 engine to save money on tax and petrol. I will mainly be doing city driving but I live out in Donabate so I will also be hitting a long country road and also the M1 into town. Now, a mate said I might actually get better MPG from a 1.2.
    Any comments?


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    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    Tim Robbins wrote: »
    Hi,
    I was thinking of getting a 1.0 engine to save money on tax and petrol. I will mainly be doing city driving but I live out in Donabate so I will also be hitting a long country road and also the M1 into town. Now, a mate said I might actually get better MPG from a 1.2.
    Any comments?

    have a look at the specifications of the 1.0 car you are interested in and a 1.2 car you might be interested in and compare the mpg figures.


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    R.O.R
    Registered Users Posts: 12,685 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    I would occasionally do a commute to my old job in my wife's 1.2 Ibiza. From Drogheda to Sandyford (and in reverse) it would average out around 33mpg. My Octavia 1.8T was doing the same journey at 39mpg.

    Probably depends on the amount of Motorway you have to cover at speed. Main reason for the consumption above was probably the 20 miles on the M1 at 70mph. Octavia is around 3,000rpm at that speed, but the Ibiza was close to 4,500rpm.


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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,994 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    Lex Luthor wrote: »
    have a look at the specifications of the 1.0 car you are interested in and a 1.2 car you might be interested in and compare the mpg figures.
    Cheers but I am buying second hand, and not sure what make I am getting. So my question is more a general one.


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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,994 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    R.O.R wrote: »
    I would occasionally do a commute to my old job in my wife's 1.2 Ibiza. From Drogheda to Sandyford (and in reverse) it would average out around 33mpg. My Octavia 1.8T was doing the same journey at 39mpg.

    Probably depends on the amount of Motorway you have to cover at speed. Main reason for the consumption above was probably the 20 miles on the M1 at 70mph. Octavia is around 3,000rpm at that speed, but the Ibiza was close to 4,500rpm.
    Wow that's very interesting.
    Do you have a web link for that stats or did you get them yourself?


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    R.O.R
    Registered Users Posts: 12,685 ✭✭✭✭R.O.R


    Tim Robbins wrote: »
    Wow that's very interesting.
    Do you have a web link for that stats or did you get them yourself?

    Figures are actual from the cars on-board computers.


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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,994 ✭✭✭Tim Robbins


    R.O.R wrote: »
    Figures are actual from the cars on-board computers.

    Very impressive. Cheers. I am bit lost with all this stuff. I have been a cyclist and been sort of playing catch up.


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    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    R.O.R wrote: »
    I would occasionally do a commute to my old job in my wife's 1.2 Ibiza. From Drogheda to Sandyford (and in reverse) it would average out around 33mpg.

    Generally because of the gearing ratio and various other factors, you will get poor MPG driving in reverse.


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    Cionád
    Registered Users Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭Cionád


    Check out www.parkers.co.uk for MPG figures on used (and new) cars


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,807 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    javaboy wrote: »
    Generally because of the gearing ratio and various other factors, you will get poor MPG driving in reverse.

    *bad working mans club drumroll*


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    Dero
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Dero


    javaboy wrote: »
    Generally because of the gearing ratio and various other factors, you will get poor MPG driving in reverse.

    lol


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