Economy driving

[stevewool]

I have a old car but it does me well and so far so good.
Its a Toyota Avensis 1998 and i was the 2nd owner and i have had it 15 years.
If i am driving well a little green econo light comes on the dash and i could be driving at 70mph and the light could still be on too, but like anything in life its how you use it , drive hard it will not show.
So these new cars they have this thing that shows you how many miles to the gallon you are getting, well the other day my friend has a little car , its nice just over 1 ltre engine and as we was going down the notorway he was doing well over speed limit and this gadget was saying we are getting the miles per gallon as the speed we was doing.
Now i know things have improved in cars and they do get more to the gallon too, but as i tried to say to him, no way are you getting that to the gallon , he insisted it does not changed much no matter how he drives this car, if he drives it right its between 60/70+ to the gallon and if he hammers it like he says its nearly the same .
I think its just a gimmick , if driven right he may be getting 50 to the gallon, not in a lab though

[SimonH]

You'd be surprised Steve. Modern engines are easily capable of achieving 70mpg plus, I had a 2010 BMW 320d that would average 50mpg. As an example my 1997 Range Rover would get 13mpg, my 2010 RR would get 25mpg and my current 2014 model averages 29mpg and that's on A roads commuting to work and back, I could easily get it into high 30's on a decent motorway run.

[Steve.r]

My cousin has a new mondeo and says it does 100 mpg. Not sure how, but modern engines are getting better.

[stevewool]

Well on the road back from Normandy in France i managed to get all the way back to Derby in England on a full tank of fuel just over 500 miles and i average just over 39miles to the gallon , not bad as it was motorway driving , a long days driving that was

[grahamw48]

Not sure what mpg my free buses do... don't care. lol

Pushbike. Zero.

My old diesel 'daily driver' would return 55mpg most days.

My V8 TVRs, lucky to get 20mpg, 10 if driven hard.

My friend's classic Jenson Interceptor practically needs a tanker escort, even though he drives it like an old man, as it struggles to better 12mpg.

[stevewool]

My cousin has a new mondeo and says it does 100 mpg. Not sure how, but modern engines are getting better.

All down hill Steve i recon

[Michael Parnham]

My car is 1250cc and local I get 56 to the gallon and when we went to Cornwall we averaged 77 Mpg, I do about 6500 miles per year and fill up once a month with about £28 worth of petrol. The 44ton HGV's of today do between 9 and 10 to the gallon, when I was driving at 32 ton gross during the 70's we only did 6 or 7 Mpg.

[Michael Parnham]

My cousin has a new mondeo and says it does 100 mpg. Not sure how, but modern engines are getting better.

I quite believe it

[Slip]

No idea....

My old car I'd fill up £60 a month. I only drive local and would get around 230-250 miles on that.
My new old car I fill up £60 every two months and get around 430 miles out of it

[Michael Parnham]

No idea....

My old car I'd fill up £60 a month. I only drive local and would get around 230-250 miles on that.
My new old car I fill up £60 every two months and get around 430 miles out of it

Nice improvement for you Slip