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[Grrrrrr]

erm.....

So we establish my 18mpg is bad then 

Sounds a bit low but if it is all very short stop start trips then it will be. Try resetting trip and have a day out somewhere!

[51M0N]

erm.....

So we establish my 18mpg is bad then 

Sounds a bit low but if it is all very short stop start trips then it will be. Try resetting trip and have a day out somewhere!

Then I'd use the BMW lol 50mpg

[Lazydocker]

Errm... I'd rather not look at mine because having had LPG for over 2 years the driving style isn't going to give good MPG figures

[Ian_D]

Locally: 33mpg
Spirited cross-country dash: 40mpg
Steady motorway cruising 43mpg
Towing caravan: 22mpg

All above using the 'brim the tank' method.

Wow! Surprised you dont get more that 22MPG towing the caravan, unless its a massive thing?


For me:

To work and back (old job): 14-16mpg
To work and back (new job): 18mpg
General pottering around: 24-25mpg ish
On a good run (with car loaded with people): 32mpg ish
On a good run (car empty): 27-28mpg ish.
Mainly motorways with caravan: 22mpg

All with the 3.0 Auto.

[Abiton]

456 miles to the first occurrence of the fuel light very recently.  Not sure how many litres it was to refill from there, but I'm pretty sure it was a best ever. 

2.0 manual petrol BTW.

[51M0N]

For me:

To work and back (old job): 14-16mpg
To work and back (new job): 18mpg
General pottering around: 24-25mpg ish
On a good run (with car loaded with people): 32mpg ish
On a good run (car empty): 27-28mpg ish.
Mainly motorways with caravan: 22mpg

All with the 3.0 Auto.

eh?

[Marks DTM Calib]

er indoors used to get 24-28 around town and it would do 34-35 at 70 fully loaded on a run.

I have seen 38-41 on a run at about 65, I could never bring myself to drive less than that on a motorway!

[Ian_D]

For me:

To work and back (old job): 14-16mpg
To work and back (new job): 18mpg
General pottering around: 24-25mpg ish
On a good run (with car loaded with people): 32mpg ish
On a good run (car empty): 27-28mpg ish.
Mainly motorways with caravan: 22mpg

All with the 3.0 Auto.

eh?

I take its steady when I've got passengers!

On my own, well... I need to check that I've got 200+ horses pulling me along every now and then 

All boils down to driving style...
I remember when I had a 1.8 Vectra, I Managed to get from one side of York to the other via town centre (at 11pm ish, so avoiding drunks etc) Hit every traffic light at red, and still got 42mpg.  Not easy to achieve though – You basically can’t use the brakes, and use the throttle very lightly. Plan ahead as far as you can see almost, and when slowing down, use engine braking so the fuel injectors turn off, that said don’t start engine braking to early, or you will need to accelerate again, like wise, don’t start engine braking too late because you loose valuable time when the engine could be in over run (injectors turned off)! Also, remember that while engine braking, there’s no brake lights! Always keep the car rolling if possible.

[51M0N]

I am the master of economy driving when I want to. Thats how I can get 40-50mpg out of a petrol BMW. Its not that fast so I just plod along. progressive driving and planning ahead

other idiot drivers ruin it though. when they hesitate or make you slow down for no reason.

[Omega paul]

Try a cata-clean it works wonders

[pirate]

only get 16 to the gallon.       till i leval off at 135 mph 
in germany of course.
seen 38 at 80 mph so shes in good health.

[51M0N]

Try a cata-clean it works wonders

Sell that at work.

Not much use to me though.

[kevb]

around town mid 20s but on a run down the m3 last month sticking to around 70-75 at about 1750 rpm on board computer was showing 46.9 i think i must of been seeing things not bad for a 2.5td manual i think

[henryd]

I did a 90 mile round trip last night,even mix of dual carriage and A roads and got 26.4 average which isn't bad as I was ahem pressing on