05 Mk2 180 MPG

Ippon · 19-09-13, 11:58 AM

Just filled up .... after 231 miles of urban/short/highish revving driving on Morrisons unleaded !!!.... filled up and put in 40L of Morrison which I reckon is 8.8 gallons ... so 26.25 mpg
I'm happy ....... views?

Dan1971 · 19-09-13, 12:15 PM

About right mate ....

MG ZS STE · 19-09-13, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ippon

highish revving driving

deal with this and you could gain upto an additional 2.25 mpg. but then on a down side you do lose the self satisfied grin

redzed · 19-09-13, 12:57 PM

not bad, just got 375 out of my last tank though

peterzs · 19-09-13, 01:01 PM

I never believed supermarket fuel was different to ordinary petrol station fuel, but dont often get the supermarket fuel.

Other day got a voucher for 5p off a litre of Sainsburys fuel, so went and filled the Punto up. Its a 16v 1.2 Dynamic, always nippy little thing.

With the Sainsburys fuel, it felt flat and didnt want to rev, I was wondering if the plugs needed doing as I havnt touched the engine apart from oil and filter changes.

Any way filled up where I usually do and all was well again, can only put it down to the Sainsburys fuel!!!!

Just wondered if you would get less mpg from the supermarket fill ups.

petet16 · 19-09-13, 01:14 PM

Personally I don't think there is any difference Peter, tankers go to the refinery and get filled, they don't have a supermarket crappy fuel point, I've tried running on Shell Vpower and Sainsburys super unleaded, I couldn't tell any difference between them tbh.

peterzs · 19-09-13, 01:36 PM

Agree Pete, thats what I always thought, but it was noticeable in the Punto.

In the derv, I never noticed any difference, but thats got a bit more grunt to it.

Must admit though, I dont use the supermarket fuel very often.

petet16 · 19-09-13, 03:05 PM

Another possibility is that the ecu readjusts slightly to different fuels, which may be more noticeable on some engines.

Ippon · 19-09-13, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by redzed

not bad, just got 375 out of my last tank though

Surely not 375 "urban short trips and revving high" miles?

Skillen · 19-09-13, 03:46 PM

328 over 50l tank
Long motorway trip with enthusiastic country A road driving.
They do well considering I love driving the tits off them.

Had40.44 MPG put of a trip once and that engulfed a thrash on the M6 toll. So it would have had more but for that.