MPG MPG - Well pleased - Page 6

Christof · 19th November 2008, 14:00

I get around 36 mpg out of my 1.8 type s gt, thats doing 50 miles a day to and from work, 40 of which are motorway miles.
Wierdly I was getting 44 ish prior to having it serviced, Honda said beside the first service, all they did take some air out of my tires, as they were a little too inflated when I queried the mpg with them. I was tempted to re-inflate them a bit more!
I am currently thinking about swapping to 2.2 type s gt, but I have seen on what car website that some people only average about 40-50 mpg, so not sure if I would benifit much as diesel is more expensive to run, what do you guys think? I do about 15000 miles a year.

RobJ · 19th November 2008, 14:05

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Originally Posted by Christof

I get around 36 mpg out of my 1.8 type s gt, thats doing 50 miles a day to and from work, 40 of which are motorway miles.
Wierdly I was getting 44 ish prior to having it serviced, Honda said beside the first service, all they did take some air out of my tires, as they were a little too inflated when I queried the mpg with them. I was tempted to re-inflate them a bit more!
I am currently thinking about swapping to 2.2 type s gt, but I have seen on what car website that some people only average about 40-50 mpg, so not sure if I would benifit much as diesel is more expensive to run, what do you guys think? I do about 15000 miles a year.

Christof,

I am currently averaging about 42-45mpg on the 2.2 diesel. Nothing amazing, but I think slightly better than the 1.8. I'm averaging 15-20k per year, mileage.

Wheelchair · 19th November 2008, 14:09

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Originally Posted by Christof

I get around 36 mpg out of my 1.8 type s gt, thats doing 50 miles a day to and from work, 40 of which are motorway miles.

I'd be getting near 60mpg on the motorway!

NoNumpty · 19th November 2008, 14:09

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Originally Posted by Christof

I get around 36 mpg out of my 1.8 type s gt, thats doing 50 miles a day to and from work, 40 of which are motorway miles.
Wierdly I was getting 44 ish prior to having it serviced, Honda said beside the first service, all they did take some air out of my tires, as they were a little too inflated when I queried the mpg with them. I was tempted to re-inflate them a bit more!
I am currently thinking about swapping to 2.2 type s gt, but I have seen on what car website that some people only average about 40-50 mpg, so not sure if I would benifit much as diesel is more expensive to run, what do you guys think? I do about 15000 miles a year.

I've currently got 61mpg showing on mine after over 200 miles since filling her up on Sunday. That's averaging about 80 miles per day, 40 miles to and from work with about 37 miles of that on the motorway.

I did fill her up with V-Power Diesel this week, last week I averaged 55mpg using Tesco Diesel.

At this rate I may get an extra day's travel from using V-Power

Woette · 19th November 2008, 15:34

Previous fuel tank, only driven in city so lots of start stop, no more then 15 km/trip and with a mighty lead foot, my 1.8 returned 9.5 L/100 km or 29 mpg. Still ok considering the revs i let it do and the cold runnings.
its also its first fuel tank after the first service, dont really feel any difference in the cars performance, good i guess

simon1 · 19th November 2008, 23:04

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Originally Posted by Wheelchair

I'd be getting near 60mpg on the motorway!

Wheelie, what speed would you reckon you average on the motorway to get that? I drove a 1.4 this week and it struggled to get up to the mid 40's on motorway.

Wheelchair · 19th November 2008, 23:05

I would be doing around 60 to get that. The i-shift is very economical though, more so than the manual.

Even at 70mph I get around 54mpg!

alanwalne · 19th November 2008, 23:18

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Originally Posted by simon1

Wheelie, what speed would you reckon you average on the motorway to get that? I drove a 1.4 this week and it struggled to get up to the mid 40's on motorway.

When you say mid 40's, are you talking mpg or mph?

Woette · 20th November 2008, 08:21

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Originally Posted by alanwalne

When you say mid 40's, are you talking mpg or mph?

lol

Christof · 20th November 2008, 15:16

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Originally Posted by NoNumpty

I've currently got 61mpg showing on mine after over 200 miles since filling her up on Sunday. That's averaging about 80 miles per day, 40 miles to and from work with about 37 miles of that on the motorway.

I did fill her up with V-Power Diesel this week, last week I averaged 55mpg using Tesco Diesel.

At this rate I may get an extra day's travel from using V-Power

Does that mean you are getting 550 ish miles out of a full tank of Tesco Diesel? If that's the case then I would deffo save money by getting a diesel. If I was to be getting around 460 miles then it might not be viable what with losing the Honda Happiness on my Type S petrol. I have a great deal on the table (for a diesel) from Honda too.

NoNumpty · 20th November 2008, 15:33

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Originally Posted by Christof

Does that mean you are getting 550 ish miles out of a full tank of Tesco Diesel? If that's the case then I would deffo save money by getting a diesel. If I was to be getting around 460 miles then it might not be viable what with losing the Honda Happiness on my Type S petrol. I have a great deal on the table (for a diesel) from Honda too.

Yup

I did drive for 9 miles whilst 0 miles to go before filling up

It's looking like I'll be getting over 600 miles from the V-Power diesel

My trip B is showing 53.4mpg for over 5800 miles - the FoS is brilliant

Christof · 20th November 2008, 15:38

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Originally Posted by NoNumpty

Yup

I did drive for 9 miles whilst 0 miles to go before filling up

It's looking like I'll be getting over 600 miles from the V-Power diesel

My trip B is showing 53.4mpg for over 5800 miles - the FoS is brilliant

That sounds more like it. I don't get why some people are only getting 40ish mpg out of the diesel, how do you drive to achieve figures like that? I take it you don't thrash it around on the roads!

NoNumpty · 20th November 2008, 15:44

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Originally Posted by Christof

That sounds more like it. I don't get why some people are only getting 40ish mpg out of the diesel, how do you drive to achieve figures like that? I take it you don't thrash it around on the roads!

Mainly - no MOSTLY motorway driving keeping around 70

As Pottsy advised on another thread best not to use Cruise Control as the car will speed up naturally going down hills and I tend not to accelerate going up hills.

These figures do drop if I do a lot of town driving but the worst I've had is 48mpg. I just can't help it when that turbo kicks in

Christof · 20th November 2008, 15:50

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Originally Posted by NoNumpty

Mainly - no MOSTLY motorway driving keeping around 70

As Pottsy advised on another thread best not to use Cruise Control as the car will speed up naturally going down hills and I tend not to accelerate going up hills.

These figures do drop if I do a lot of town driving but the worst I've had is 48mpg. I just can't help it when that turbo kicks in

Thanks for the replies, I think you may have made my mind up. Only decision now is weather to stick with deep bronze or change to NHB!!

Wheelchair · 20th November 2008, 15:54

Deep bronze! Its more exclusive and classy than NHB.

And I'm a former NHB owner.

NoNumpty · 20th November 2008, 16:05

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Originally Posted by Wheelchair

Deep bronze! Its more exclusive and classy than NHB.

And I'm a former NHB owner.

mmmm - dunno, I love the NHB .....
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..... when it's clean

Must admit the deep bronze is special

Wheelchair · 20th November 2008, 16:07

Trouble was my NHB was NEVER clean!

I saw a black Clio the other day and its reg plate ended in NHB!

Christof · 20th November 2008, 16:46

A lot of dealers say that the deep bronze does not sell so well and it affects resale value, thats the only reason I was going for NHB. Although that could be dealer speak for 'I want to give the least as possible for your part ex'

Wheelchair · 20th November 2008, 16:53

Forget it being worth a few pounds less in the future, buy the colour you like.

People worry too much about the future, you have to enjoy the present.

(I should know......)

Christof · 20th November 2008, 20:52

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Originally Posted by Wheelchair

Forget it being worth a few pounds less in the future, buy the colour you like.

People worry too much about the future, you have to enjoy the present.

(I should know......)

Cheers man, thats good advice.

19th November 2008, 15:34	#105 (permalink)
Woette Car: '07 1.8 MR Type-S 40000 km Join Date: 7th October 2007 Location: Leuven, Belgium Posts: 1,178 Thanks: 58 Thanked 49 Times in 49 Posts iTrader: (0)	Previous fuel tank, only driven in city so lots of start stop, no more then 15 km/trip and with a mighty lead foot, my 1.8 returned 9.5 L/100 km or 29 mpg. Still ok considering the revs i let it do and the cold runnings. its also its first fuel tank after the first service, dont really feel any difference in the cars performance, good i guess Last edited by Woette; 19th November 2008 at 16:57.

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19th November 2008, 14:00	#101 (permalink)
Christof Join Date: 31st August 2008 Location: Shropshire Posts: 137 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader: (0)	I get around 36 mpg out of my 1.8 type s gt, thats doing 50 miles a day to and from work, 40 of which are motorway miles. Wierdly I was getting 44 ish prior to having it serviced, Honda said beside the first service, all they did take some air out of my tires, as they were a little too inflated when I queried the mpg with them. I was tempted to re-inflate them a bit more! I am currently thinking about swapping to 2.2 type s gt, but I have seen on what car website that some people only average about 40-50 mpg, so not sure if I would benifit much as diesel is more expensive to run, what do you guys think? I do about 15000 miles a year.

19th November 2008, 23:05	#107 (permalink)
Wheelchair Goodbye all, have fun! Thread starter Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: UK Posts: 10,257 Thanks: 77 Thanked 402 Times in 387 Posts iTrader: (0)	I would be doing around 60 to get that. The i-shift is very economical though, more so than the manual. Even at 70mph I get around 54mpg!

20th November 2008, 15:54	#115 (permalink)
Wheelchair Goodbye all, have fun! Thread starter Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: UK Posts: 10,257 Thanks: 77 Thanked 402 Times in 387 Posts iTrader: (0)	Deep bronze! Its more exclusive and classy than NHB. And I'm a former NHB owner.

20th November 2008, 16:07	#117 (permalink)
Wheelchair Goodbye all, have fun! Thread starter Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: UK Posts: 10,257 Thanks: 77 Thanked 402 Times in 387 Posts iTrader: (0)	Trouble was my NHB was NEVER clean! I saw a black Clio the other day and its reg plate ended in NHB!

20th November 2008, 16:46	#118 (permalink)
Christof Join Date: 31st August 2008 Location: Shropshire Posts: 137 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader: (0)	A lot of dealers say that the deep bronze does not sell so well and it affects resale value, thats the only reason I was going for NHB. Although that could be dealer speak for 'I want to give the least as possible for your part ex'

20th November 2008, 16:53	#119 (permalink)
Wheelchair Goodbye all, have fun! Thread starter Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: UK Posts: 10,257 Thanks: 77 Thanked 402 Times in 387 Posts iTrader: (0)	Forget it being worth a few pounds less in the future, buy the colour you like. People worry too much about the future, you have to enjoy the present. (I should know......)