fuel cost

Shifter_Hull · 11 May 2010 at 14:40

Hi guys wondering if this is right for the car 1.6 sxi astra did 230 miles all at 70mph on the motorway fuel used was £30 with 5 adult and suitcases

did a run from Hull to Manchester airport then back again the car was not mine i borrowed it as mine was too small for there cases plus 4 adults

i used to driving diesels so wondering if this is right for the car which is Petrol

cheers for any info

cos i got to do it all again in week times from today

Jez · 11 May 2010 at 14:43

Thats 42MPG, thats very good. It'd be ok even for a diesel.

Shifter_Hull · 11 May 2010 at 14:55

cheers for that 42 mpg dont seem bad at all when you break it down now

SeatIbiza · 11 May 2010 at 16:41

not that bad???

that's pretty special for a 1.6 astra fully loaded up!!

matt_fsr · 12 May 2010 at 15:59

SeatIbiza said:
not that bad???

that's pretty special for a 1.6 astra fully loaded up!!

I'd disagree. Stop/start driving it what really canes your fuel usage, if you wind it up to 2500RPM and sit there in 5th gear, steady speed all day you usually get some pretty good MPG figures.

Our old Skoda had a "real time" MPG display, so you'd see it drop into the low 10's when accelerating hard, whereas motorway cruising would get ~55/60.

If you took it out of gear down a hill you could get it up to 220

jamoor · 12 May 2010 at 16:03

I had a 1.6 astra as a rental and I managed to get like 35mpg out of it which seemed low to me.

Matt82 · 12 May 2010 at 16:18

matt_fsr said:
If you took it out of gear down a hill you could get it up to 220

if you left it in gear and closed the throttle youd get infinity

SeatIbiza · 12 May 2010 at 16:21

matt_fsr said:
I'd disagree. Stop/start driving it what really canes your fuel usage, if you wind it up to 2500RPM and sit there in 5th gear, steady speed all day you usually get some pretty good MPG figures.

Our old Skoda had a "real time" MPG display, so you'd see it drop into the low 10's when accelerating hard, whereas motorway cruising would get ~55/60.

If you took it out of gear down a hill you could get it up to 220

Well that's your opinion. And your "down a hill =220" just shows the flaws of the current mpg computer. Out of interest what Skoda was it?

5 people @ say 70kg each = 350kg plus all their luggage. Let's say and additional 400kg on a car that weighs around 1200kg that's an increase of 1/3.

The book mpg on this car is 42mpg. So to get it with an extra 1/3 in weight is pretty good imo especially with it's epic amount of power :S

Dogbreath · 12 May 2010 at 18:38

matt_fsr said:
I'd disagree. Stop/start driving it what really canes your fuel usage, if you wind it up to 2500RPM and sit there in 5th gear, steady speed all day you usually get some pretty good MPG figures.

I disagree with your disagreement, this is hardly representative of day to day driving is it? What kind of roads would you be doing ~50mph all day on?

I would say 42mpg is very good for the car and the conditions it was driven under.

Matt82 · 12 May 2010 at 19:07

13 miles home in constant crap traffic. 34.something mpg

stoke1863 · 12 May 2010 at 19:13

do these kinda people just annoy you?

WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR GOD DAMN MPG!!

What are you going to save on your 2 hour journey with something more eco? £5?

Christ since the economic downturn people are obssed with MPG and need to look at the bigger picture

The_Abyss · 12 May 2010 at 21:58

stoke1863 said:
do these kinda people just annoy you?

WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR GOD DAMN MPG!!

What are you going to save on your 2 hour journey with something more eco? £5?

Christ since the economic downturn people are obssed with MPG and need to look at the bigger picture

Who cares about your opinion enough to post as well?

Oh hang on.....