Respectable MPG? Focus 1.6 TDCi

DoubleCheese · 17 Jun 2009 at 14:29

Just thought I'd seek your views / comparisons on the economy my Focus is returning. Its an 06 Focus TDCi Sport and after 2 tankfulls I'm getting about 500 miles (+/- 1 or 2) from £43 worth of diesel. At £1.03/liter thats (roughly 41.7 liters or 9.15 gallons) an average of 54.6mpg. I'm not heavy footed and do about 40% of the driving in town and the rest is A road or Motorway cruising between 70 and 80Mph. Decent or could be better?

My previous 1.6L Fiat Brava just about did 42mpg.

iaind · 17 Jun 2009 at 14:32

Sounds about right TBH.

Would be interesting what it would get to on a long cruise.

My Mondeo 2.0 TDCi does 38mpg at about the same proportions as you and 50mpg on a long run - I'm not heavy footed either

Janesy B · 17 Jun 2009 at 14:32

Seems good to me

chrislusty · 17 Jun 2009 at 15:17

Sounds good, my 2.0 52 plate TDCi Mondeo is currently doing around 47mpg, easy on the foot, and sticking around 65mph on my 25 mile trip to work. Before that i was getting around 39mpg, having a heavier foot, and staying around 80mph.

iaind · 17 Jun 2009 at 15:27

chrislusty said:
Sounds good, my 2.0 52 plate TDCi Mondeo is currently doing around 47mpg, easy on the foot, and sticking around 65mph on my 25 mile trip to work. Before that i was getting around 39mpg, having a heavier foot, and staying around 80mph.

They're scarily sensitive to driving style arent they?

I notice with VAG diesels you can drive them like your pubic hair's on fire and only get about 2mpg less than driving like an angel

sovietspybob · 17 Jun 2009 at 16:12

I've got the same car, i got 53.59mpg out of my last tank and drove 536miles. I tend to get somewhere between 500 and 570miles out of a tank depending what kind of driving ive been doing.

My daily commute is an 80mile round trip which is about 60% dual carriageway and the rest twisty A roads with lots of 30mph limits.

I can get about 70-75mpg on a long run taking it nice and easy though!

chrislusty · 17 Jun 2009 at 17:45

iaind said:
They're scarily sensitive to driving style arent they?

I notice with VAG diesels you can drive them like your pubic hair's on fire and only get about 2mpg less than driving like an angel

Far to sensitive IMO, and i think the new ones are just the same, i too have seen that with the VAG, it doesnt matter how you drive them, you still get good mpg.

There was a thread over on MEG about mpg, most people were mid\high 30s to mid 40mpg, then one guy claiming to get 650 - 700 miles out of 55L, I didnt believe him at first, as all he said was he chnges gear around 2k - 2.5k rpm, and drives at 55mph, no hard acceleration etc, well after driving similar style I now believe that you could get that, but its a boring way of driving. Im only doing it so i have more money for me, rather then more money going on diesel.