Poll: What's your MPG?

What's your average (combined) MPG?

  • <10

    Votes: 14 1.5%

  • 10-20

    Votes: 67 7.1%

  • 21-30

    Votes: 273 28.7%

  • 31-40

    Votes: 281 29.6%

  • 41-50

    Votes: 201 21.2%

  • 51-60

    Votes: 79 8.3%

  • 60+

    Votes: 35 3.7%
  • Total voters
    950
My recent average comes in around 37mpg - BMW 335d (6sp Auto).

This sits bang in the middle of the normal range I see depending on trafic and how heavy my (or my wife's) right foot is.
 
Just done a 500 mile round trip and averaged 27mpg in the M5. That was boot fully loaded with 2 passenger such an effortless car to drive on the motorway I really do love this car.
 
NeverWinter said:
What sort of driving is this? This is quickly becomming a serious contender for my next car!
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Mixture of dual carriageway (A303) and A/B roads (B3151, A39) into work.

The last £50 I put in has lasted a little over 300 miles which equates to a little over 37mpg.

If you have a heavy right foot that average will come down drastically, drive normally (not overly gentle) and it will quite easily return 35-40mpg.
 
oweneades said:
drive normally (not overly gentle) and it will quite easily return 35-40mpg.
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It's a diesel, so it should. Not significantly high enough to justify over the figures you get from a 335i imho. You'd be getting at least 30 from one of those on A/B roads and dual carriageway to work.
 
My Saab 9-5 over the last 500 miles has averaged 22.8 mpg. What I expected considering it is all stop start traffic.
 
Currently averaging 30-31 MPG in my 3.0, down from 24 last year.
Always run 98, stuck 95 last time, see if I'm wasting money or not.
 
[TW]Fox;22381400 said:
It's a diesel, so it should. Not significantly high enough to justify over the figures you get from a 335i imho. You'd be getting at least 30 from one of those on A/B roads and dual carriageway to work.
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The 335i was my preference but after running all of the figures I couldn't justify spending more on fuel for minimal gain.
 
oweneades said:
Mixture of dual carriageway (A303) and A/B roads (B3151, A39) into work.

The last £50 I put in has lasted a little over 300 miles which equates to a little over 37mpg.

If you have a heavy right foot that average will come down drastically, drive normally (not overly gentle) and it will quite easily return 35-40mpg.
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I did the A303 run the other day and managed 35mpg on the way there and 31mpg on the way back. And i wasn't hanging around ;)

Over the 10 months i've had mine, i've calculated that on longish trips (150-200mile), i've worked out that i get 31mpg if i'm giving it some, 34mpg if i'm driving normally and 37mpg if i'm driving very gently.

The 335d is good, but 30bhp down, no petrol straight-6 awesomeness and only 5-7mpg more = not worth it
 
Averaged 25mpg over just under 200 miles back from devon last week. Think that is the lowest i have seen it for a long time :eek:
 
a list of the economy i get from my current cars

Petrol -
1.8 VW Passat - 23mpg (LPG)
3.2 jag XJ Sport - 25mpg (LPG)
2.0 merc 190e - 28mpg

Diesel-
3.0 merc 300td - 35mpg
 
Just got 15mpg out of my last tank.

The funny thing is, it doesn't seem to matter if I'm heavy footed or not i rarely get much better than that :eek:
 
30.7 last tank, best so far and that included 100 miles of Welsh back road blasting and half a day of stop start traffic. I also do not see any link between manfoot and fuel consumption, never did with the Colts either.
 
Yes. Actual calculated mpg figures tell me there is no difference between a tank of driving like a saint or a tank of driving like a moron. Likewise, there is no difference between AC on or off, no difference between cruising at 70 or 90. I don't know how it works but I shall not complain.

In stark contrast, the 300zx ranges from very high consumption when driven gently to absolutely gargantuan consumption when getting on it. I don't track the usage on that car though because it gets used so infrequently that I never fill it up.
 
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