Her Scenic - damn good mpg

[Jonny69]

I calculated the miles per gallon on the girlie's series 1 Scenic. It did 239 miles on 26 litres which comes out at 41 mpg. That was mainly motorway work at about 80mph with about 10 miles of town driving. I reckon that's pretty damn good for a 2 litre auto, why would you buy one with a smaller engine if that one goes so good?

Even if I'm out by a whole gallon it's still above 35mpg. What does everyone else get?

 

[[TW]Fox]

On Motorway miles like that? 36-37mpg from a 3 litre manual.

If it's a half decent autobox it'll lock the torque converter at cruising speeds and not be any less economical than the manual.

 

[Jonny69]

I'm surprised how good it is around town, but it is fuel injected and I'm used to old cars with carbs that suck juice when around town

 

[v0n]

On Motorway miles like that? 36-37mpg from a 3 litre manual.

But then again, you are the only 530i doing 50 mph between lorries in "slow lane" we know of.

 

[[TW]Fox]

But then again, you are the only 530i doing 50 mph between lorries in "slow lane" we know of.

I dont drive like that, really!

Infact I'm off to Yorkshire on Tuesday so I'm sure you'll all be thoroughly thrilled to find out what I can manage and how long it takes

 

[PeterNem]

I can't wait for your report Fox

Still amazed at how you manage to be so restrained whilst driving to get such good consumption.

 

[[TW]Fox]

It really isnt hard. Pull onto Motorway, switch on cruise, set to 75.

 

[PeterNem]

I have a bit of a problem in that I'm usually already going over 75 before I get off the sliproad

 

[[TW]Fox]

I have a bit of a problem in that I'm usually already going over 75 before I get off the sliproad

Me too, so I throttle off and let it gently cruise down to speed

 

[greengiant]

I usually get 36mpg on my poverty spec 1.4 Petrol Scenic, majority of time short 3.5 mile back and forth to work through the week. Rises to around 40mpg when I do a lot of motorway driving.