What MPG are you getting from your vehicle?

corks finest

dubliniift wrote: »

Please help me buy a honda insight. Which dealer and what to check

If near Dublin Declan Gill in Santry

CoBo55

PaulRyan97 wrote: »

Yes, over the same distance I averaged 11.9kWh/100km so ~119kWh of electricity used. That would cost roughly €20 at my current rate (would be half that if I switched to a night rate).

Plus the original €30 of petrol I put in the day I got the car. That's €50 for 1000km.

My previous Golf, a 1.2tsi was averaging 6.6l/100km or about €100 for every 1000km. So I've about halved the running expenses.

Thanks for the accurate figures, my Superb 2 litre diesel is averaging 5.0/100 measured accurately from fill to fill costing €66 for 1000km which I'm very happy with.

nailstar

3.7l/100 - 3 series f30 in ECO mode, comfort mode usually gives around 4.3l/100

CoBo55

nailstar wrote: »

3.7l/100 - 3 series f30 in ECO mode, comfort mode usually gives around 4.3l/100

I got 4.0/100 once from the Superb.

TrailerBob

Landcruiser has consistently averaged between 29-31 mpg in the 12 years I've had it. Not bad for a 2 ton brick shaped object. Kuga gets 43mpg. Rav4 gets 46mpg. Iveco bus gets 16mpg... a rather larger brick shaped object..

If you want l/100km ask a non luddite

CianRyan

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Long gone :pac:

These days it's 12.8l/km or 18 old monies in my LS460

If it makes you feel any better, my swift does about 11.8l-12.6l/100km. It did 7 on my way to Galway last year at eh, speeds. That was nice.

Midnight_EG

CianRyan wrote: »

If it makes you feel any better, my swift does about 11.8l-12.6l/100km. It did 7 on my way to Galway last year at eh, speeds. That was nice.

Mine says 7 when it's on its way to 12.8 :pac:

R.O.R

I moved in to a 318d Sport Auto at the start of February. Just over 6,500km on the clock and overall average is down to 4.8l/100km (59mpg)

Had to stop for fuel yesterday morning - 36km left to empty according to the OBC, and 1089km since last fill.

Nearly all driving in Eco Mode and that makes a decent difference - this was from the first tank



I think it got up to 165km of "fuel saved by driving in eco" while driving, but came down to 163km before I stopped and could take a picture.

colm_mcm

Does eco mode make it slow?

Car99

6 mpg .

Car99

R.O.R wrote: »

I moved in to a 318d Sport Auto at the start of February. Just over 6,500km on the clock and overall average is down to 4.8l/100km (59mpg)

Had to stop for fuel yesterday morning - 36km left to empty according to the OBC, and 1089km since last fill.

Nearly all driving in Eco Mode and that makes a decent difference - this was from the first tank



I think it got up to 165km of "fuel saved by driving in eco" while driving, but came down to 163km before I stopped and could take a picture.

What driving do you do predominantly? And if motorway what speed do you cruise at?

R.O.R

colm_mcm wrote: »

Does eco mode make it slow?

Cuts acceleration, but my journey is 42km of R-Road or Motorway and 2km of slow or start/stop (each way). Once you get on the R-Road or Motorway, it's all steady speed so slower acceleration isn't an issue.

You can still get a bit of a turn of pace by planting the right foot as well, without having to select Comfort or Sport.

colm_mcm

At constant motorway speed, does eco mode actually do much then?

frozenfrozen

one thing I notice it does is the air conditioning goes in bursts probably to save energy

colm_mcm

I think on my own yoke, it changes the power steering assistance, aircon and the throttle response. I'm sure on a BMW it does more clever stuff.

Turned it on by accident one day when i was cleaning the dash, had a mild panic attack next time I drove it, thought the turbo was gone.

The fuel economy BMW can get on relatively powerful cars is very impressive.

garv123

30 mpg on the summer shoes,
25 mpg on the winter shoes.

frozenfrozen

now I'm more used to the car I'm getting a minimum of 40mpg and up to 51/52mpg on longer journeys (trip computer indicated). Could probably get more by using eco mode and dropping down the motorway speed (I do gps 120) but very happy with it. Was getting 60mpg brim to brim in my superb before so not a bad drop in mpg for a lot more power

CoBo55

Car99 wrote: »

6 mpg .

Cement mixer?

ongarite

530d, getting around 7l/100km or 40mpg.
I've moved home recently so journey to work is longer but its at steady pace & relatively straight roads.
Previous journey to work & local tips were much more stop start & was only getting 34mpg.

corks finest

frozenfrozen wrote: »

one thing I notice it does is the air conditioning goes in bursts probably to save energy

A/C in eco mode is well down , I drive in eco all the time

corks finest

colm_mcm wrote: »

At constant motorway speed, does eco mode actually do much then?

Reckon it does

corks finest

frozenfrozen wrote: »

one thing I notice it does is the air conditioning goes in bursts probably to save energy

A/C in eco mode is well down , I drive in eco all the time

CrowdedHouse

OK for a 3 litre

Car99

CoBo55 wrote: »

Cement mixer?

143M V8

CoBo55

Car99 wrote: »

143M V8

Scania beautiful sound from the V8 especially on open pipes, lovely!!

kirving

Drove from Tuam, Galway to Dublin yesterday evening, via 70km R roads @ 70km/h, 130km motorway @ 120km/h.

330e which I had fully charged before leaving and can do up to 18km on that charge. Cost me about €1.00 on standard rate electricity.

Petrol engine did 5.3l/100km (53mpg in old money), so cost about €16 in petrol, plus €1 electric. Not bad for 250bhp IMO.

With no charge, it would have been around 6.7 - 7.2 l/100km, or about €20-22.

Say €4 per journey, twice per week, saves €400 per year potentially, but I'm not that disciplind in plugging it in if I'm honest. Around town, savings are more like 70% vs petrol.

maddness

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

OK for a 3 litre

A 530d?. We’re you driving downhill?

CrowdedHouse

maddness wrote: »

A 530d?. We’re you driving downhill?

330d and no

PaulRyan97

maddness wrote: »

A 530d?. We’re you driving downhill?

He was being towed.

corks finest

PaulRyan97 wrote: »

He was being towed.

VG

maddness

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

330d and no

That’s seriously impressive so.

frozenfrozen

I went fairly handy and did 3 hours 49 minutes 312km 43.6mpg this morning. About an hour of 120 motorway then mixed 100km with reductions for villages etc.. followed every speed limit trying to see mpg

Tried eco mode a few times but never really saved much on it +1km here or there so went back into comfort.

It puts it into neutral while you are coasting rather than engine braking so that's probably where a lot of gains could be made

335d. Will see if the way home is downhill but the weather was very bad this morning anyway so won't be a fair comparison

CoBo55

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I went fairly handy and did 3 hours 49 minutes 312km 43.6mpg this morning. About an hour of 120 motorway then mixed 100km with reductions for villages etc.. followed every speed limit trying to see mpg

Tried eco mode a few times but never really saved much on it +1km here or there so went back into comfort.

It puts it into neutral while you are coasting rather than engine braking so that's probably where a lot of gains could be made

335d. Will see if the way home is downhill but the weather was very bad this morning anyway so won't be a fair comparison

Engine braking provided the rpm is above about 1200rpm uses no fuel at all, coasting in neutral uses fuel.

ianobrien

I've a right mixed bag in the Leon (184PS diesel). The best I've gotten was 4.1l/100km driving like a saint from Cork to Longford (motorway to Portlaoise, cross country after that), the worst I've gotten was 7.5l/100km (two days driving a course car in a rally). It's typically 5.2l/100km day to day (20 minutes to work). I leave the car set-up with the engine turned up full. I spend time messing with putting it normal and eco modes and they saved nothing. Eco actually burned more fuel as it REALLY killed the engine performance (so was driving with wider throttle openings to compensate).

There's a '11 140PS diesel Octavia at home and over one 200km gentle spin around West Cork it got 3.9l/100km. That typically gets 4.3l/100km.

The Ducato based camper is a funny one. Driving here in Ireland I get 10.5l/100km, no matter if it's gentle or hard. Pegging it down the Autobahn on German high cetane diesel I get 9l/100km. Running it on proper diesel makes it run a LOT more economical with extra pep in its step also. Funny that......

CoBo55

ianobrien wrote: »

I've a right mixed bag in the Leon (184PS diesel). The best I've gotten was 4.1l/100km driving like a saint from Cork to Longford (motorway to Portlaoise, cross country after that), the worst I've gotten was 7.5l/100km (two days driving a course car in a rally). It's typically 5.2l/100km day to day (20 minutes to work). I leave the car set-up with the engine turned up full. I spend time messing with putting it normal and eco modes and they saved nothing. Eco actually burned more fuel as it REALLY killed the engine performance (so was driving with wider throttle openings to compensate).

There's a '11 140PS diesel Octavia at home and over one 200km gentle spin around West Cork it got 3.9l/100km. That typically gets 4.3l/100km.

The Ducato based camper is a funny one. Driving here in Ireland I get 10.5l/100km, no matter if it's gentle or hard. Pegging it down the Autobahn on German high cetane diesel I get 9l/100km. Running it on proper diesel makes it run a LOT more economical with extra pep in its step also. Funny that......

Try millers diesel additive in the Ducato, after a few goes you'll notice a big difference.

MacronvFrugals

Had a 250 KM trip in my GFs Suzuki SX4 S-Cross the weekend, its a 1.0 litre 3 cylinder from 2018

45MPG @ 120KM/H

50MPG @ 100KM/H

phill106

About 70mpg on a 330e...Always charge at home and mostly can charge in work :)

jmreire

2014 MB E class 220, 8.2 Ltrs / 100 Klms. Actual fill to fill calculation, but with a mixture of driving...with lots of hilly and back road driving, and occasionally pulling a trailer included. On board computer gives me silly 5.5 averages at times.

MacronvFrugals

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117612507#Comment_117612507

Very good for a non clattering diesel comfort bus :)

phill106

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117613102#Comment_117613102

Mines the PHEV, its a 2 litre petrol with electic engine :)

magicbastarder

according to the trip computer in my 2012 1.2TSi octavia, i've averaged 5.4l/100km for the last 3k km.

i usually stick to about 95-100km/h when on the motorway and it'd usually manage about 5l/100km in those circumstances.

MacronvFrugals

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117614161#Comment_117614161

Yup that's what i meant, lovely big bus to be getting that MPG and not being an noisy diesel :)

honda boi

2006 Volvo S40 1.6 petrol, driving it in eco mode 99% of the time.

I seem to always get 7.2-8 litres per 100 km. Or 35-40mpg.

ofcork

Average 7.7l/100km in a 2012 diesel avensis mix of city and N road driving.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Swapped out my 3.2 Volvo XC70 AWD (which was averaging about 11-12l/100kms

To a Saab 9-3 2.0T sports wagon which is averaging 7.5 l/100kms while having plenty of power !

magicbastarder

were you towing boats in the volvo?

maybe there was a leak in the fuel tank.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117625894#Comment_117625894

No no it was just the Volvo, I was running it on 87 and it recommended 89/91, maybe that was the issue. But a heavy AWD 3.2 N/A engine is gonna be bad 😬

Isambard

5.4 l/100km over the past 6 months. Opel Grandland. Mostly local driving at that,

galson

5.5l/100km in Skoda Fabia Estate 2010 (1.2 engine)

8.7l/100km in Renault Scenic 2007 (1.4 engine)

Don't know why the difference is so big.

TheRiverman

I have a 2013 Ford Focus 1.6 diesel. I average 4.8 - 4.9 litres per 100 kilometres mostly driving on horrendous West Offaly roads. It feels like I am in a different country when I cross the border into Westmeath or drive on the Motorway.