Mk6 Fiesta LX fuel consumption

Illusion · 22 Feb 2008 at 17:33

Hi Guys,

Looking for a bit of advice here.

I drive an 03 Fiesta LX 1.25 16V. I only seem to be getting about 60 miles from £10 petrol (fuel light coming on > £10 > fuel light on again ~60miles on the clock)

This is all town driving with just me in the car 90% of the time, I don't expect manufacturers quoted figures but I thought it would achieve more than that.

Recently did a trip 210 mile round trip all motorway / A road probably averaging around 75mph and this cost around £25-30 in petrol so working with £10 as about 2 gallons thats about 5-6 gallons of petrol which is 33-40mpg on the motorway...?

Maybe my calculations are wrong or maybe I expect too much from the car, can anyone shed any light?

Cheers

DannyW · 22 Feb 2008 at 17:39

that is crap from a 1.25 i got around 60 miles to £10 in my 2.0 mondeo

FootballFanatic · 22 Feb 2008 at 17:58

i used to have a Y reg (2001) fiesta 1.25 16v and could fill the tank up on about £30 of petrol when the reserve came on and was getting about 240 - 260 miles out of that.

Hope that helps.

It doesnt seem right tho :confused:

Clarkey · 22 Feb 2008 at 17:59

seems reasonable to me

FootballFanatic · 22 Feb 2008 at 18:02

reasonable? I can fill my fiesta st on £40 and get about 260 out of that.

So that works out at £10 for 65 miles.........

Therer is no way you should only get 60 miles for a tenner mate.

Dogbreath · 22 Feb 2008 at 18:11

FootballFanatic said:
Therer is no way you should only get 60 miles for a tenner mate.

ORLY?

A tenner buys you about 9.5 litres in most parts of the country, which is 2.08 gallons. 60/2.08 ~ 29mpg. This is perfectly normal fuel consumption for town driving.

Illusion · 22 Feb 2008 at 18:38

Conflicting opinions here then, what about the longer trip though that seems rather low to say Ford quote 50+ mpg on the motorway etc.

Clarkey · 22 Feb 2008 at 18:46

what, at 55mph?

Dogbreath · 22 Feb 2008 at 18:49

Illusion said:
Conflicting opinions here then, what about the longer trip though that seems rather low to say Ford quote 50+ mpg on the motorway etc.

Town driving dramatically increases fuel consumption. 50+mpg is very likely possible at a constant speed on a long journey with minimal headwind etc. but in traffic where you are constantly braking and accelerating those figures are meaningless.

DannyW · 22 Feb 2008 at 18:50

my old fiesta 1.25 did about 50 mpg when i went to telford once, i was doing about 70-80 mph

Howard · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:00

Dogbreath said:
ORLY?

A tenner buys you about 9.5 litres in most parts of the country, which is 2.08 gallons. 60/2.08 ~ 29mpg. This is perfectly normal fuel consumption for town driving.

Not from a 1.3 it's not

Illusion · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:10

Clarkey said:
what, at 55mph?

Well on A roads that are 60 for some of the journey, not far off, yes.

Overlag · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:23

thats about normal for mk6 fiesta 1.25 at least to me

280-300 miles per tank (tank is £48ish)

howardcanning said:
Not from a 1.3 it's not

why not? to get the same sense of "progress" a 1.25 or 1.3 needs more gas than a 2litre

Dogbreath · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:23

howardcanning said:
Not from a 1.3 it's not

Err, yes it is. You could get sub 20mpg from a 1.3 quite easily in heavy traffic.

Conscript · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:27

Overlag said:
thats about normal for mk6 fiesta 1.25 at least to me

280-300 miles per tank (tank is £48ish)

Tank on my 1.6 Focus is £50 and that gets me 350+ miles. Sure there isn't something wrong there?

Overlag · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:28

FootballFanatic said:
reasonable? I can fill my fiesta st on £40 and get about 260 out of that.

So that works out at £10 for 65 miles.........

Therer is no way you should only get 60 miles for a tenner mate.

my mate drives a ST and compains he only gets 160 from his full tank... i keep telling him its his driving style but he doesnt believe me.....

(driving style, full throttle, full brakes, full throttle, full brakes)

Overlag · 22 Feb 2008 at 19:28

Conscript said:
Tank on my 1.6 Focus is £50 and that gets me 350+ miles. Sure there isn't something wrong there?

gearing.

barnettgs · 22 Feb 2008 at 20:03

Harsh accelerating and braking = poor mpg
Gentle and smooth accelerating + less braking = better mpg

Also don't drive too closely behind any vehicle so that you don't need to brake often.

Overlag · 22 Feb 2008 at 20:10

barnettgs said:
Harsh accelerating and braking = poor mpg
Gentle and smooth accelerating + less braking = better mpg

Also don't drive too closely behind any vehicle so that you don't need to brake often.

the most carefull driving i still only net 300miles a tank (45litres)

Kappa · 22 Feb 2008 at 20:15

yep I used to average about 35mpg on my 1.25 06 fiesta, town driving, a and b roads included. 45mpg on motorway.