-
Hey Guest one of our sponsors Progressive Parts is running Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers - more details here
In my 1.6 Sport getting around 36 mpg. Try a longer run (like 10 miles plus and report back here).
Best Regards,
Andy
Best Regards,
Andy
kennyrlc
Guest
Also tweedz, reset your number 2 trip computer on each fill up and see what it reports as your mpg for the whole consumption of the tank. It's pointless resetting trip 1 as it resets itself after 2 hours anyway !
My trip and my scangauge agree on approx 36mpg, but i work 18 miles away so it gets a good decent warm run.
Regards,
Andy
My trip and my scangauge agree on approx 36mpg, but i work 18 miles away so it gets a good decent warm run.
Regards,
Andy
lol your all driving your car's to hard!!! lol I been getting 45's 50's out of mine, I had it a week and it done 1014 miles and getting good mpg better than I thought I would get
Canonman, what size engine is your Ibiza ? - i have the Ibiza Sport 1.6 5 door and the best i have gotten is 43.1mpg. It averages 37mpg at the moment on legs of about 18 miles to work (straight run, no traffic on the way to work, but traffic on the way home).
The engine has 5,500 on the clock, so i would consider that "run-in" !
(oh, just out of curiosity, what is the green symbol lit on your speedo ? - i haven't seen it on mine and feel a little left out now
)Regards,
Andy
Canonman, what size engine is your Ibiza ? - i have the Ibiza Sport 1.6 5 door and the best i have gotten is 43.1mpg. It averages 37mpg at the moment on legs of about 18 miles to work (straight run, no traffic on the way to work, but traffic on the way home).
The engine has 5,500 on the clock, so i would consider that "run-in" !
(oh, just out of curiosity, what is the green symbol lit on your speedo ? - i haven't seen it on mine and feel a little left out now
Regards,
Andy
I agree thats "run-in", but still think several thousand miles more will improve the consumption further and you seem to be doing a decent run to and from work, this does help.
Last edited:
Thats pretty good mpg Canonman ! - yeh i travel to work 18 miles a day so it will help improve the lifespan of the engine (i think!), better than doing short runs !.
If i'm careful (ie not leaving rubber on the road) then i can get about 43mpg on a morning (no traffic), and about 40mpg to home (medium amount of traffic). I reset the mpg reading on "Trip 2" whenever i refuel and it says around 37mpg, which pretty much tallies in with what i believe to be true.
That's still not bad for a 1.6 litre car, i can remember my Mondeo 1.6 never got much above 30mpg (granted, it's heavier).
I was getting 29mpg in my Leon Cupra before it died in December (RIP), so to get 37mpg saves me nearly £50 a month, which if you think about it is £600 a year (or the price of a service, 4 tyres and a whole years insurance !!!).
I have to admit i've fallen in love with the mk5 Ibiza, it's safe to say that it's better than my girlfriend (she's not on this site !! haha)
Regards,
Andy
If i'm careful (ie not leaving rubber on the road
) then i can get about 43mpg on a morning (no traffic), and about 40mpg to home (medium amount of traffic). I reset the mpg reading on "Trip 2" whenever i refuel and it says around 37mpg, which pretty much tallies in with what i believe to be true.That's still not bad for a 1.6 litre car, i can remember my Mondeo 1.6 never got much above 30mpg (granted, it's heavier).
I was getting 29mpg in my Leon Cupra before it died in December (RIP), so to get 37mpg saves me nearly £50 a month, which if you think about it is £600 a year (or the price of a service, 4 tyres and a whole years insurance !!!).
I have to admit i've fallen in love with the mk5 Ibiza, it's safe to say that it's better than my girlfriend (she's not on this site !! haha)
Regards,
Andy
Last edited:
Poverty
Guest
Did use to see low 40mpg at best with my old 1.4.
Manage to coax 32mpg out of my current car so there is definite room for improvment with your 1.4.
Manage to coax 32mpg out of my current car so there is definite room for improvment with your 1.4.
Hi Canonman, did you not like the 1.4, or did u just fancy the 1.9 diesel ?
Regards,
Andy
Ah right, yep i was looking at the 1.9D also, but at that time (Dec 08/Jan 09) they weren't available as demo cars, and when i worked out the fuel (for the mileage i do), offsetting the extra cost in diesel against better mpg in the diesel, and the fact the diesel was £600 more at the time, i came to the conclusion that it would take me 2.5 years to reap any benefits in diesel vs petrol. But for the miles you do, diesel is a much better choice !
When i bought my 1.6S it was a demo car with the SEAT garage, with 1800 on the clock, and i got £2400 knocked off, which was a pretty good deal i think, and it had BlueTooth Radio, Digital Climate Control, 17" alloys and black metallic paint, so it was perfect for what i wanted. Demo cars are a good buy as they are usually well looked after, being owned by SEAT.
Regards,
Andy
When i bought my 1.6S it was a demo car with the SEAT garage, with 1800 on the clock, and i got £2400 knocked off, which was a pretty good deal i think, and it had BlueTooth Radio, Digital Climate Control, 17" alloys and black metallic paint, so it was perfect for what i wanted. Demo cars are a good buy as they are usually well looked after, being owned by SEAT.
Regards,
Andy
Last edited:
Which is a BIG bonus i guess ! .
A little off topic, but do you know how much a service is for the Ibiza mk5 1.6 ? - 10k, and 20k services ?
Should they be less than the Leon Cupra i had ?
The salesman told me when i bought it that he would give me the first service at cost price, so i must remember to tell them that when it's due it's 10k in a couple of months time !
Andy
.A little off topic, but do you know how much a service is for the Ibiza mk5 1.6 ? - 10k, and 20k services ?
Should they be less than the Leon Cupra i had ?
The salesman told me when i bought it that he would give me the first service at cost price, so i must remember to tell them that when it's due it's 10k in a couple of months time !
Andy
Which is a BIG bonus i guess !
A little off topic, but do you know how much a service is for the Ibiza mk5 1.6 ? - 10k, and 20k services ?
Should they be less than the Leon Cupra i had ?
The salesman told me when i bought it that he would give me the first service at cost price, so i must remember to tell them that when it's due it's 10k in a couple of months time !
Andy
It all depends on which dealer you use, for example, we charge £99, £159, £99 and £199 respectively for the 10, 20, 30 and 40K services on all Ibiza, Leon, Altea and Altea XL models. I've heard of some dealers charging almost double that.
Similar threads
