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Originally Posted by TheRapidRooster
Hi dme 123. ABOUT !! could be anything up-to 15mpg either side. There is only one accurate way to record fuel usage and that is to use the brim to brim method
Maybe your wife is calculating the fuel usage properly instead of using the 'Hans Christian Anderson' fairytale telling OBC.
There again if she is using what she thinks that she is using and is only putting in a cup-full here and there then it is hardly surprising that she is getting such low figures.
I regularly see 38mpg from my 110,00 miles 12yr old 163bhp D5 SE Geartronic and better when running long trips at a steady 60mph/70mph on motorways and dual carriageways.
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Originally Posted by wimorrison
I also get this sort of figure for parts of my journeys, but only part - over an entire journey or series the D5 doesn't deliver that sort of mpg - even my 163bhp D5 v70 was toiling to deliver that economy  |
Older cars readouts are inaccurate but I've found modern ones to have very accurate mpg readouts.
I've had no trouble getting 60 mpg from the 163 hp D5 V70 Auto even with over 300k on the clock.
My current 230 hp D5 Auto AWD is returning 42 mpg at the moment. I've driven from Inverness to Rye then over to the Thames Gateway without needing to fill the tank. Although it did take 68 litres to fill it up afterwards.
Roy