Very impressed

[spyke85]

Many won't car, some will say so what, but on Tuesday I drove from Manchester to Norwich and back and have to say I have never been happier with my car! Firstly i filled up and drove 200 miles before the needle even moved from full, and on the whole journey, around 8 hours of being on the road with a little matter of FA Cup Replay in between, the car averaged 52mpg, motorway speeds of around 80 and A roads at 60. This was with myself and 3 adults in!

 

[dasmith83]

wish mine was like that! i struggle to see 45mpg with just me in! bloody revo!

 

[Ol' Timer]

I've got to agree, Andy, they are very impressive little cars. Mine does everything I require of it and I still get a little pang of excitement when I see it parked up. I can't wait to drive it.

I was especially impressed in the summer when I took it on holiday to Scotland. Two of us and a full load of self-catering stuff onboard and it still showed 58 mpg overall on the computer, however accurate that is. On arrival we still felt fresh enough to go for a walk in the evening.

It's definitely the best car I've ever had.

 

[meknoy]

How many miles has your cars done? my DAB is now on 5K miles. And I struggle to get over 300 miles per tank. Best I can get is around 280. Very dissapointing.
Maybe its the way I drive it?! haha.

 

[depresion]

My MPG never gets over 50 when 4 up but I do tend to end up as a taxi for 3 largish blokes and I'm not exactly light. A-B roads with just me can be from 74mpg to 36mpg depending on how much fun I'm having.

 

[tommmineh]

How many miles has your cars done? my DAB is now on 5K miles. And I struggle to get over 300 miles per tank. Best I can get is around 280. Very dissapointing.
Maybe its the way I drive it?! haha.

They've all got diesels mate!

In my 1.2 petrol I've got just under 400 mainly motorway @80

Generally get 320 or so

I want a TDI!

 

[Ol' Timer]

My TDi normally averages about 45 mpg overall but I do a lot of short journeys and stop/start driving which is bad news in a diesel with the slow warm up.

On a long motorway journey, however, it will get into the high 50s and it's nice to be able to do a 400 mile journey without having to refill on the way and still have plenty of fuel left when I arrive.

I leave my climate control on all the time too which probably isn't good for my fuel consumption but it helps with condensation in the winter so I don't bother switching it off.

 

[muddyboots]

Funny, I never found the Climatronic to make much difference to the economy in my Ibiza, only reason I didn't use it all the time was because the dried air made by eyes sore.

Seems to affect the Passat's economy slightly more though.

 

[keefy]

I get between 53 & 58 mpg out of mine, depending on how much traffic I sit in and how aggressively I drive. It doesn't take much to really bring the mpg down. On average it's pretty much 55mpg.

I agree that it is nice to be able to go on relatively long journies and not worry about filling up. I can drive 170 miles to Bristol, then pop over to Wales to take the bike round CwmCarn and then drive back still with plenty in the tank when I get home.

There are people at work always ready to take the pi55 about me driving a tractor; then they hear how far I can go between fill-ups and that generally shuts them up. That and the suprised exclamation the first time they go in it.

 

[FR*Man1984]

wish mine was like that! i struggle to see 45mpg with just me in! bloody revo!

same here but you can't beat the power...all that power & economy for £14k it's better than a 172! and before people have a go, i'm not comparing the whole car, just the power/economy mix...k!

 

[dasmith83]

lol...that is true....had a drag against a 172 cup the other day, and was a nose infront on 3 runs...i was well impressed, especially seeing as i was torn between the clio sport and the ibiza!

 

[mexicorich]

High 50s on the motorway?
My 130 does 50mpg at 70mph.
Is there something wrong with it?