economy

Hi chaps, wonder if anyone has any ideas on this one? My Toledo V5 mk2 (AGZ 150bhp) is struggling to return any kind respectable MPG, at the moment, driving like an angel on mixed roads it only manages 22-23mpg!! Give it a bit of a prod and it will easily dip to 18mpg. I had a Tolly a few...

I'm just wondering how many miles you guy's get to a tank of fuel. I have the 1.6 stylance and now fuel is coming down in price a full tank is costing me about £45 and i seem to get about 330-350 miles out of the tank, meaning between 32 and 35 mpg (according to the trip computer). I'm just...

Two questions: First, what's the best figure/max range that people have achieved between fill-ups? I just got back to Glasgow after a round trip to Oldham, and managed 65.5mpg (and 443.7 miles) on a tankful. Mind you, even though I succeeded in doing what I set out to—drive the whole way...

Evening, I've just had my FR TDI on it's first motorway trip to flamingo land. On the way there it managed 57 mpg according to the trip and on the way back 51mpg doing between 60-80 mph. Are these good figures or should I expect more from it ?

Had one of these car's before, and they are great. Now looking possibly for another, but have noticed that prices are a bit wayward. Anything from 5k for low mileage ones at dealers, to the low 2's for 65-80k mileage one's. The equivalent Arosa or lupo 1.4 auto's with low mileage are around...

hi. i bought a 1998 1.4 seat ibiza sxe. could sombody please tell me how many mpg i should be getting because i cant work it out from my hand book. also i am getting a pool of water on the drivers side floor dose anybody have any idea of were it is comming from. thanks.sean

Hi All, Was speaking to a local dealer yesterday - actually went to look at an Alhambra, but that's a different tale. He was telling me that he'd been running an FR TDI and getting about 42 MPG over short stop-start journeys day in day out. The vast majorty of my travelling is stop...

hey people. apart from selling my cupra, how could i go about improving fuel economy. i drive quite sensibly, 5th gear at 30, and not ragging it. i have the mods listed in my sig, but just wondering if there are any tips to improving the fuel economy. just had my tracking done, and...

Hello guys, Thought you might be interested to see my economy workings out over the last 4 months inc a break down in cost of fuel. Anu comments?

Right, afer handing over a nice crisp £10 to the woman at the petrol station yesterday, i managed the grand total of 39 Miles in my 1.4 untill the petrol light was lighting up my dash again, which is obviously not good! :wtf: After readind wilz thread the other day, i understand that the...

recently my fuel economy has just plummeted :| lol ive got a 1 litre pre facelift mk2 ibiza and i was doing around 40-50 miles off a fiver but now its doing barely 10 and about 30miles to a tenner! a fiver used to get the needle to 1/4 of a tank and now it doesnt even get it off the redline :S i...

Over 80miles of motorway, a-road and twisties I am absolutely disgusted with myself. If I tucked my bits even further between my legs I reckon I could hit 40mpg :redface:

Assuming I can squeeze a bit more out of the local dealer, I will be ordering an FR tomorrow. I had a drive in a diesel, which was great, and would certainly give me better economy than I am getting at the moment, but would prefer the petrol as it has performance closer to my current car. What...

hi guys, just wondered what MPG you all get from your cars?? wanted to see how all the different models compare from actual usage and not just the official figures! cheers matt

I am looking into improving my fuel economy and have been advised that installation of a magnet, ie motoflow, would help increase my economy. Motoflow claim: http://www.ecomagnets.com/motoflow.htm "The Ecoflow Motoflow magnetic fuel saver is designed to condition the fuel prior to...

It seems that since my car has had it's 10k service (500 miles ago) the fuel economy has dropped to 48mpg according to the trip. Before the service it was returning 50 to 55 on every tankful? Is this likely to be the new things bedding in or just the fact that I'm driving it harder without...

looking at trading my A3 in for either a 53 reg 1.2 or 1.4 16v ibiza. fuel economy is the main reason for change. i recently joined the forces and have a 650 mile round trip to do when i want to go home. in all honesty from your experiences how much would you expect that sort of trip to cost...

Hi, I'm thinking of getting a new Altea XL 2.0 Tdi with the DSG gearbox, everybody gives it good reviews. I am a high mileage driver (40,000 miles per year) and I pay for my own fuel so economy is important to me. Most (85-90%) of my driving is long motoway journeys at a constant 70MPH...

Morning guys, not posted on here for a while so go gentle with me! What are you guys getting for economy from the FR's both petrol and diesel? Contemplating jumping ship and getting one but not sure which to go for. I'm currently in a 2.0Tdi which is revo'd and I average around the 40mpg...

How's it going. First time post here. I just bought a 99 1.0 arosa (with only 37K miles) to try and get me around for cheap. I have had it for about a week a done a calculation and I'm only getting about 42mpg. Looking at Parkers, they say you should get around 48 combined. Now my...