Time for change, MPG help please

[TW]Fox · 6 Feb 2011 at 13:41

What did you do, reset it when travelling at 45mph and hold it on the cruise for 5 miles?

Jonners · 6 Feb 2011 at 13:43

Edit states how

A simple journey took me 2-3x as long

I did get it to 72mpg for a short time coasting downhill at 40mph in 5th.

Atleast Fords figure's dont seem to be way out unlike Vauxhall...

Django x2 · 6 Feb 2011 at 17:11

Ergh, dusty!

Jonners · 6 Feb 2011 at 17:17

Yep I really should clean it

( |-| |2 ][ $ · 6 Feb 2011 at 17:40

Amazing you can get that good mpg when the coolant hasn't reached temp.

[TW]Fox · 6 Feb 2011 at 18:01

( |-| |2 ][ $;18405565 said:
Amazing you can get that good mpg when the coolant hasn't reached temp.

Looks fine to me?

Jonnycoupe · 6 Feb 2011 at 18:04

Thats coasting to get that with a resutant loss in speed or potential energy from the start... Ie down a hill.

Most thermostata are 82-88 region so i guess that is up to temp.

( |-| |2 ][ $ · 6 Feb 2011 at 18:05

[TW]Fox;18405752 said:
Looks fine to me?

I've never owned a Ford, but in my car the only time the guage shows below 90 is during the first 4 mins of the journey.

Serpantine · 6 Feb 2011 at 18:24

My Mk6.5 Zetec S Fiesta (1.6 TDCI) averages 57 mpg driven faster than normal i suppose you could say.

I've seen 80mpg over 20 miles on a proper granny run.

[TW]Fox · 6 Feb 2011 at 18:48

( |-| |2 ][ $;18405790 said:
I've never owned a Ford,

So commenting on whether its up to temperature or not isn't exactly useful, is it?

Sagalout · 6 Feb 2011 at 19:44

I can only dream of that sort of economy in my 1.6 Focus. Long term trip shows about 26mpg. I can get 45mpg if I sit at 60 on a motorway, but every 5mph increase drops economy massively.

Luckily I don't do many miles!

Spamalot · 7 Feb 2011 at 00:05

Edit... Don't worry, should have read on.