Not Happy with MPG

ronk agreed getting 30mpg from my 30i for 250 is not bad, but I could only get that if I drove very very smooth and find every trick I could to get the 1 mpg hear and there.

Mate at work has just got a 07 3.0i coupe and hes choking on 26mpg. I did try to warn him and the reason why I had the 2.5 for a reason only 0.8 seconds off the 3.0i and can pull 32mpg form 210 horses easy never worried about mpg and how I drove it.

now in the 28i, again 240 horses and I am 10 mpg up on the 30i, so 2003 cars 26mpg 2013 cars 36+ mpg
 
jaz4 said:
ronk agreed getting 30mpg from my 30i for 250 is not bad, but I could only get that if I drove very very smooth and find every trick I could to get the 1 mpg hear and there.

Mate at work has just got a 07 3.0i coupe and hes choking on 26mpg. I did try to warn him and the reason why I had the 2.5 for a reason only 0.8 seconds off the 3.0i and can pull 32mpg form 210 horses easy never worried about mpg and how I drove it.

now in the 28i, again 240 horses and I am 10 mpg up on the 30i, so 2003 cars 26mpg 2013 cars 36+ mpg
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It's easy peasy to get 37 mpg from a 3.0 si coupe on a run. What are you on about?
 
ronk said:
Happy days eh?

The 2.8 was the later updated posh engine with fuel injection I believe ?

They had come on in leaps and bounds since I had mine in '74 :D
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Did the bags of sand in the back reduce the mpg. :)


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Zeld4 said:
jaz4 said:
ronk agreed getting 30mpg from my 30i for 250 is not bad, but I could only get that if I drove very very smooth and find every trick I could to get the 1 mpg hear and there.

Mate at work has just got a 07 3.0i coupe and hes choking on 26mpg. I did try to warn him and the reason why I had the 2.5 for a reason only 0.8 seconds off the 3.0i and can pull 32mpg form 210 horses easy never worried about mpg and how I drove it.

now in the 28i, again 240 horses and I am 10 mpg up on the 30i, so 2003 cars 26mpg 2013 cars 36+ mpg
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It's easy peasy to get 37 mpg from a 3.0 si coupe on a run. What are you on about?
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Normal day to day running of cars and like for like runs. My average in a 30i was 29.5 mpg over the months I logged it on fuelly yes the OBC showed on very rare occasions 39mpg but they are never accurate, Ive seen 52mpg on the 28i lol over 20 miles. that 29.5mpg was with work. Mates 3.0i coupe is averaging 26mpg thats how he drives it, and that what I first had with my 30i. 28i Im getting 36 mpg without trying. like for like daily real world drives and not the odd long drive when the car is up to temp.
 
Just driven down from Ijmuiden (Holland) to Montabauer (Germany) and was once again amazed at the mpg. Drove at a steady 70 ish thro Holland and the obc showed 44mpg and after quick run following the crossing of the German border and generally obeying the limits where they are and a cruise at 95/110 where they aren't - I got an indicated 36mpg :D

Things move quite quickly here - doing an indicated 95 at one stage (having a rest) I was overtaken by a Transit van! :lol:

3.0 E89
 
My Daily Driver Exeo 2.0 tdi has averaged 51mpg over 38k miles (unfortunately it is only 11 months old)
Best I've seen for a tank is 56.8
Best I've seen for a journey is 71.0 Cardiff to Nottingham (dinner wasn't my favourite that evening, so no rush- 55-60mph, not slowing down for corners/roundabouts)
But that's driving for work.

So far in the MC Linda and I have managed a hearty 21.4mpg. :D :D :D

I don't look back and smile at the Exeo though, despite the fact it's got goodies like leather, nav, cruise, Bose Audio, and has just done everything I need it to.

I also don't go on the exeo section of Seatcupra.net moaning that it says it has a 0-60 time of 9.2 but takes me 10.4. (not that I've even timed it)

This is the crux of it. I'm not a good enough driver to match the 0-60 time, and we all aren't driving piously enough if we don't match the Manufacturer's stated figures.
If the new OBC has an instantaneous mpg on it, see how you have to drive to get to the figures quoted, and how a slight incline just blows the theoretical mpg out of the water.
Ps. Check your tyre pressures.
 
ronk

go for it lol.

did a few runs around speed limit of 70 (wont say) and the turbo is popping so around 36mpg. I need to check the tank level drop, this was over 15 miles each way.

The best I see the 28i is warm engine and 40 to 50 mph where 47 to 52mpg via obc is seen. Push it above this and mpg drops. city it drops, hills it drops. But never seen it in the 30i.

Just for the record, since owning the 28i I have spent £487.87 and done 2853 miles.This excludes the 260 miles I have done since last fill up and have just under half a tank so over 150 miles left.
Now the 30i in the same period similar miles similar petrol cost and spent £672 . Thats £185 + 150 miles ( so say £30 left ) in 2 months and 2 weeks (I did not add the £65 fill up that was needed for the 30i so tank was empty at the same point).

30i v 28i now in the 28i thats £21 per week on £62 or 30% for a faster car. FACT.

it should have been called the 32i as its nearer the 35i than the 30i.
 
I'm lucky in so much that my car is a toy and my miles in it (the z4) are quite low and are all for pleasure miles! Having said that, my other car is a Disco 3 and the BEST I've ever had out of that and driving it like "driving miss daisy" is 32mpg ! so the z4 is my eco car. :rofl:

The moral is - If its a nice car its going to cost you money - so we will just have to pay up and enjoy the ride eh? :D
 
This is my only car so enjoy it all the time and have done for the past 10 years in the 5 I have owned.

I was happy with the e85 2.5's fuel, depreciation, PERFORMANCE but the dream 30i just did not do it for me the burn in the pocket did not make sense.

The 28i fuel is not only better than the 30i but the 2.5's and to top it its faster than the 30i.

Ok if I push it its as bad as the 30i but I can be miss daisy while following slow traffic and saving fule but the stigs left finger when having fun. Combined its way better than the 30i.

This way I can have best of both worlds on normal daily drives put the savings into the pot for fast fun times while the 30i the choices was massively restricted to miss daisy.

Like you say pay up and enjoy but with the 30i I simply had to pay up.
 
Jaz....you seem like you take the "cost" of motoring far too seriously!! :D

Can't believe you added up what you've spent in fuel so far. :D
 
Lol

Click on my fuelly link. It does it for you. I will stop this in a few weeks as its now settled.

I do the books and have a pot/ cell for everything, that way I know what I have at the end of the month and don't get caught with a £600 bill for black rubber in a month, just split it over 20 months and its there. Its easy to see over a period of time where it goes.

Its the way I am I dont take it seriously just efficiently and its the way I am. I am process/ project engineer so simply that way inclined.

But possibly agree that its may be a bit obsessive, I should start to do the stock markets and see what I can flip on there.

Just for note santandare 123 credit card pays 3% cash back on petrol spends, dam I have just got one now my month spend has dropped. Ummm I must spend more now how can I do that...... yes.
 
Update:-

After a week of mixed driving (600 miles) over here in Germany ie Autobahn posted limits and 120 (ish) plus days out in the country and towns - the obc is showing 34.8 - No complaints from me - and its been top down all the way
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3.0l E89
 
I got to Glasgow and back from Manchester on a tank of fuel which I was impressed with (around 460 miles all together).

In the city though it is a different story, it just burns through petrol!

This is in an 18i.
 
ut745 said:
I got to Glasgow and back from Manchester on a tank of fuel which I was impressed with (around 460 miles all together).

In the city though it is a different story, it just burns through petrol!

This is in an 18i.
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On a similar run I get around 360 to a tank... 35i. I don't hang about much tho. I think the only reason I get that much is because there's traffic in my way!
 
Ronk you in kmh ? 120 mph would kill the petrol.

Once the engine is up to temp the mpg improves massively. So long runs its going to improve Big time. Once you start to gear shift and flip country roads the horses need feeding. Long runs once your up to speed the horses go back a bit.

manic
you need to get to ronks part of the world, 155mph would possibly need a few petrol fill ups, would love to go.

ut745
agreed, cold city is pants, pulls my mpg down to 38 average, if I could do the 20 miles to work with no weekend and bit driving, I would be pushing 450 to 500 miles from the tank. That works out to be 28 to 32 mpg city or long run for the first 15 mins, but warm its 40 to 50 mpg.

Every work run I pop 45 mpg including the low mpg to start. Would be interesting to find out how the mpg improves with engine temp.
 
jaz4 said:
Ronk you in kmh ? .
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No - full fat MPH and using kickdown at 100mph

My speed is being tempered by swmbo - she gets very nervy at speed.

I am being sensible to be honest, I only put the boot in on the de restricted parts and even then only when it looks safe. The obc miles shown are from leaving the port to eventually getting down here in Bodensee. A complete mixture of roads and speeds.

Autobahns at autobahn speeds tho! :thumbsup:
 
Kickdown os the only thing I am missing form the auto, and the fact I keep stalling the dam thing. Its much better now I think its the auto stop start coming in and I am driving on the point where it kicks in
 
Now at 1200 miles on the holidays and the OBC shows 34.4 - The last few tanks has been of the German Super 95. The first two tanks were on posh 98 stuff.

The last run was busy Autobahn 60/100 mph and the odd sat nav re-route - but for 3.0lt whose complaining?
 
As this was my original thread, and boy did it grow, I thought I would post an update. In line with what several people commented, my MPGs are improving over time. The Z has done 2000 miles now and my average MPGs (which is mostly cold city driving) have gone from around 21mpg up to 32mpg. And my long motorway journeys now average over 45MPG.

So I'm much happier!
 
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