MPG (1.4 Clio)

triggerthat · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:44

I've done 210 miles in the past few weeks and I have noticed my petrol gauge is near red. I was expecting the car to get around 350. I have been ragging the car abit though.

Is this normal for around 200?

Kamerad · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:48

Do you normally get 350 then? If you are ragging it it will get quite thirsty. My parents had a mk2 clio and the fuel tank is pretty small on them so 210 miles wouldn't suprise me.

triggerthat · 21 Mar 2006 at 20:56

Kamerad said:
Do you normally get 350 then? If you are ragging it it will get quite thirsty. My parents had a mk2 clio and the fuel tank is pretty small on them so 210 miles wouldn't suprise me.

No. My friend had a 1.4 clio and used to get 350.

MrMatteh · 21 Mar 2006 at 21:14

what mk?

i have a mk1 1.8 and recently got 210 miles (motorway) to a tank. turns out the thermostat was stuck open, making the car run rich.

normally i get around 350 miles to a tank (combined) - 400 if its just motorway

triggerthat · 21 Mar 2006 at 21:30

MrMatteh said:
what mk?

i have a mk1 1.8 and recently got 210 miles (motorway) to a tank. turns out the thermostat was stuck open, making the car run rich.

normally i get around 350 miles to a tank (combined) - 400 if its just motorway

Not entirely sure. Its a 98+ model. Not the 92-97. The miles I have done was mostly town driving.

50/50 · 21 Mar 2006 at 22:51

depends on how big your tank is, ie 40l or 55l. 40l being more common on small cars.
But you should be getting atleast 300miles from a 40l tank in a 1.4 tbh.

chrislusty · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:01

Thats low, you will have a 50L tank, but if you have been racing it and town driving then you would expect low mpg.

triggerthat · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:17

Will try and be gentle when I next fill it up.

lordrobs · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:21

You can still get good economy whilst giving a car a bit of stick. Sitting at high revs and going right up to the red line will kill your economy but I get good economy despite accelerating full throttle most of the time with a fair chunk of my gear shifts not done before 4000 RPM.

triggerthat · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:56

You see, I dont have it in high revs at all really. And I dont rag it that much :/

50/50 · 22 Mar 2006 at 00:17

chrislusty said:
Thats low, you will have a 50L tank, but if you have been racing it and town driving then you would expect low mpg.

not really, cost me £36 to fill up in my saxo(same as clio), which equates to 40 litres...

chrislusty · 22 Mar 2006 at 00:19

My GF has an X reg clioII 50L tank, we put in 45L nearly every time we fill up(over £40), its only the 1.2 but we get 350 - 400 miles, and it aint hanging about either, all of the revs are used and short distances too.

triggerthat · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:29

I'll tell my dad to have a look at it. I do live in London and majority of my trips are stop start, stop start.

agw_01 · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:35

I know it's not the same car, but I've managed to get 70 miles to £20 :eek:

That's only a few minutes of ragging too!

Scrutinize · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:37

agw_01 said:
I know it's not the same car, but I've managed to get 70 miles to £20

That's only a few minutes of ragging too!

Try owning a volvo 2.0 Turbo S60 (which is why I don't anymore)

agw_01 · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:45

No thanks, my 2 litre NASP is bad enough!

Oakesy2001uk · 13 Apr 2006 at 14:59

I managed to get just UNDER 200 miles from a tank of optimax once(£46), raced all the way to scarbourgh. lol its scary, get 300-350 normally and i dont daudle!, Thats a 1.6 focus. depends completely how you drive

Matteh · 13 Apr 2006 at 17:51

triggerthat said:
No. My friend had a 1.4 clio and used to get 350.

It's true, I did - Mine was a MK1 phase 2 though and I believe the engines are different. I tended to get 350 out of a tank but you have to remember that I didn't really rag my car (its a 1.4 clio after all

) on a daily basis. I also did a 50 mile round trip a couple of times a month to my dads which was all chilled motorway miles.

On the occasions where I did go for for spirited drives down the lanes etc. I was able to get a lot less than 350. The worst I got from a full tank was about 200 miles and that was from me driving it like I stole it one weekend.

So really, if you slow down a bit and don't drive like a loon everywhere (

) you will probably manage a few more miles to the tank!

bmh.01 · 13 Apr 2006 at 17:57

I've got a 2003 Clio 1.6 have been managing to get 200 miles out of £20s worth of optimax, works out quite well really.
Thats driving normally but its still getting a good few blasts as I just can't resist.

Get better mpg than my old 1.2 16v did, used to managed 35mpg if I was lucky and that was driving it the same way I did my 1.6 now, swear there was something wrong with it though.

Trickle · 13 Apr 2006 at 18:13

MrMatteh said:
what mk?

Yeah? New mk3 1.4 needed (re)filling up for the first time after 350 miles on the clock - mostly town driving. May improve once bedded in.