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Its a stupid question i know but....
j3w3ll3r - 8/6/10 at 08:20 PM

Im about to trade in my wife's Merc B180cdi which has averaged 44mpg over 60k miles

She really likes the new Skoda Fabia vRS which is claimed averages 46mpg combined

Based on the fact its a 7 speed auto and she drives 60 miles a day (30 each way) and she is a very good, smooth driver, how close do u think she can get to 46

I would hate to buy it and only get 30mpg, I have looked at various reports for the Seat Cupra (as the engine is used in this too) but haven't found a "real time" petrol consumption figure

Cheers

Stephen

Stephen

[Edited on 8/6/10 by j3w3ll3r]

blakep82 - 8/6/10 at 08:23 PM

if thats the combined figure, it depends what she drives on mostly. if its all motorway, i think she'd make it easily. if its mostly town witha bit of motorway (or half and half) think she'll struggle. my car uses about as much petrol doing the first 5 miles through town as it does the last 20 miles of motorway on the drive toglasgow

j3w3ll3r - 8/6/10 at 08:26 PM

its a good cross section of roads, bit of everything

I havent had a petrol car for 10 years

l0rd - 8/6/10 at 08:31 PM

My Laguna used to do 30miles motorway and 25 miles on A roads and city centre.

Use to consume nearly the same on both with relaxed driving with the occasional quick getaways on runabouts.

loggyboy - 8/6/10 at 08:39 PM

Is the mpg on the merc calculated or just off the computer? if off computer do some 'real' tests b4 u judge the merc against proven figures.

Having said that, my c30 'should' do 63mpg combined, but im only getting 48-50 calculated over 6 months and 8k miles.

nick205 - 8/6/10 at 09:03 PM

Why not go for the Fabia vRS TDI...?

Small car, big torque, you should get very very good mpg. My old Leon Cupra TDI would easily clock 55-60mpg on motorways and top 40's early 50's on mixed driving. Keeping revs well below 2k.

A previous post on the subject...

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=78073

j3w3ll3r - 8/6/10 at 09:12 PM

I would but I want a new car and its not available with a Diesel engine

I will be getting an Octavia vRS just a s soon as I sell my car

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1680454.htm

MikeRJ - 9/6/10 at 06:10 AM

Sorry if this sounds blunt, but why are you buying the highest performance model in the range if you are worried about fuel economy?

RIE - 9/6/10 at 06:27 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
Sorry if this sounds blunt, but why are you buying the highest performance model in the range if you are worried about fuel economy?


quote:
Originally posted by nick205Why not go for the Fabia vRS TDI...?


+1

mcerd1 - 9/6/10 at 08:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by j3w3ll3r
I haven't had a petrol car for 10 years

I've had my own cars for 10 years and never owned a diesel yet (driven plenty though)

I do allot of short trips on mixed roads and as a rough guide I always seem to get real life mpg about the same as the lowest figure quoted by the manufacturer... (I'm not to bothered about the mpg I get though )
the old focus I've got now (1.8 NA petrol) manages about 40-42 mpg on the motorway and about 32-34 mpg day to day on mixed - but the book quotes about 46 and 37.

In my experience a diesel will still give you reasonable mpg when you put your foot down, but you need to be a lot more gentle with a petrol to get any half decent mileages - and at 60 mile a day your in diesel terotory.....



the big surprise for me was my old 106, 950cc carb'd, 4 gears - it could still manage 37 mpg day to day and anything up to 55 mpg on the motorway - sligtly more than the book quoted
but it also weighed less than some se7en's and had all of 45bhp so I don't think I'll talk you into one of them instead of a vRS :lol:


[Edited on 9/6/2010 by mcerd1]

j3w3ll3r - 9/6/10 at 10:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
Sorry if this sounds blunt, but why are you buying the highest performance model in the range if you are worried about fuel economy?


Blunt or stupid?