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Originally Posted by jayt43
Interesting that 1.8 petrol owners seem to be returning better than expected fuel consumption figures, whereas some 2.2 owners have been a bit disappointed with theirs (against the official figures at least).
Maybe, it's a case of owner expectation with each engine i.e. when petrol owners bought their Civics, they expected less MPG than the diesel, but are pleasantly surprised at how efficient the i- VTEC unit is, whereas diesel owners aren't getting the returns they expected (only in some cases, I hasten to add). |
I think the 1.8 is returning better MPG. After filling her car up with Shell Premium to "clean/flush" the engine last week; I noticed I was getting an average of 43-44 MPG when I filled her up again on normal Shell unleaded. I cover an average of 1500 miles a month mainly on motorway and A-road dual carriageways and I am a bit foot heavy. This should keep the bank manager a little happy...for a while anyway!