MPG mpg in 2.2 diesel from new.

Type S Bournemouth · 22nd February 2007, 16:41

I am just coming to the end of my first tank of fuel since buying the car and have averaged 38.5mpg and looking like going to be around 430-450 miles. It has all been in traffic driving.

I was hoping for a bit higher than this or is this normal for the running in period?

richierich · 22nd February 2007, 16:45

It will improve with every tank full, although if that was stop-start you ain't done too bad.

apemonkeyman · 22nd February 2007, 16:49

I am running at about 35mpg at the mo - so far on 800 miles. My next door neighbour is a diesel engineer & reckons after 10k I should start hitting the big numbers. Gonna be a wait...

Dawson · 22nd February 2007, 17:32

From my post elsewhere in the Forum...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dawson

I've done 1700 miles in my Type S i-CDTI in the past 3-4 weeks, and will be averaging 2000 miles a month from now on.

My first 4 tanks of fuel:
Tank 1: 39mpg
Tank 2: 40mpg
Tank 3: 41mpg
Tank 4: 44mpg
Tank 5 so far: 44.5mpg

This is based on a 35 mile commute to work, 20-25 of which is on A roads going between 40-60mph, with the rest on B roads and crawling about through town. Total journey time is ~1 hour * 10 times a week. Following tanks of fuel:

Tank 6: 41mpg (was snow that week - much slower driving)
Tank 7: 43mpg
Tank 8 so far: 44mpg

I'm not the slowest driver in the world, but I do try to drive economically where I can. 44mpg is a huge step up from the 22mpg in my last car.

Pottsy · 22nd February 2007, 18:37

Hope this helps - all real figures measured at the pump (about 2 mpg less than the computer reads):

mpg39.gif

Dawson · 22nd February 2007, 20:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Hope this helps - all real figures measured at the pump (about 2 mpg less than the computer reads):

Not bad at all. At what point did you get the car remapped, and what type of driving do you do to get such good mpg?

Pottsy · 22nd February 2007, 21:00

The car was chipped after tank number 8.

We do plenty of decent distance A road driving, which indicates around 49-51 mpg, but then when I commute in it (motorway mostly) it goes down to 43 or so (both indicated on the computer). A good thrash sees about 37.
Hence the average of about 45.

Tamster's Civic Batmobile · 22nd February 2007, 21:41

Wow Pottsy - can't beat the bar chart representation. Very impressive.

Just adding my bit as I haven't posted anything recently:
I have a lovely NHB 1.8 ES and being based both in Leciestershire and London, I am mostly up and down the M1 averaging 40mpg. Any doodling around London (desperately avoiding the Congestion Charge Zone) it only goes up slightly up to 41mpg.

Keep up the good work Pottsy!

czechplastik · 23rd February 2007, 11:24

There is no finer graph maker than Pottsy, he has a graph for every occasion!

3rd Honda · 25th February 2007, 15:49

Average (from tank to tank, not trip computer) over 7000 miles is 50.21mpg, but this is still based on the car's mileage recorder.

Best tank to tank average 64.15mpg, worst 43.40mpg

In general was higher over 1st 2000 miles, lower since (winter?)

eoin r · 28th February 2007, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Type S Bournemouth

I am just coming to the end of my first tank of fuel since buying the car and have averaged 38.5mpg and looking like going to be around 430-450 miles. It has all been in traffic driving.

I was hoping for a bit higher than this or is this normal for the running in period?

Thats excellent mileage, i'm lucky if i get 200 - 250 miles from my CTR EP3.
Can't wait to get my Type S 2.2 GT

Tomthumb · 2nd March 2007, 12:00

I get between 53 and 60 per tank. Motorway driving with a bit of twisty back road. The lower figure is if my wife has been driving the car, The higher figure is when all the time is spent in traffic at 60 mph.

wcushy · 2nd March 2007, 14:37

Hi

I got my civic 2.2 ES two weeks ago and got 420 miles to the first tank which is about 40MPG. Looking at the figures you have all posted here they all seem to be in the 40 - 45 range which is 10 MPG lower than the claimed combined MPG from Honda (55MPG). Does any one else think that this is just an advertising rip off from Honda.

Dr Dark · 2nd March 2007, 15:06

Well, that's a good figure for a new car I guess. It will improve as things "loosen up a bit"...

I'm getting between 28-37 mpg depending on how hard/where I drive it, it goes up nicely on the motorway (think I had high 40's, nearly cracked 50) but that was puthering along at 70 or so....

Better than the Accord 2.4 I had beforehand (but NOT as fast... nooo way) for me, the real test will be when I travel to and from London area in a couple of weeks....

TTDegs · 5th March 2007, 11:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcushy

Hi

I got my civic 2.2 ES two weeks ago and got 420 miles to the first tank which is about 40MPG. Looking at the figures you have all posted here they all seem to be in the 40 - 45 range which is 10 MPG lower than the claimed combined MPG from Honda (55MPG). Does any one else think that this is just an advertising rip off from Honda.

bear in mind that the 55mpg claimed is (as with all manufacturers) in ideal conditions, driving with maximum fuel conservation in mind.

ie - not like the way most of us drive

damianscott71 · 6th March 2007, 14:21

My constant eagerness to get where I'm going gives me between 380 - 420 miles to a tank. Currently on 22.5k miles.

Tomthumb · 7th March 2007, 12:49

Why do I get much better econmy than anyone else? I dont drive slowly, I must have a magic car

. If I put my mind to it I get well over 60 mpg on long runs and once I even got 75 mpg on a 140 mile run, normal driving is always between 55 and 60. Have just checked it again for this tank, a shift of work traveling and little bits of running around 58 mpg.
I have checked my puter when filling up and its always with 1 mpg of real economy.

????

l-noel · 7th March 2007, 12:58

I'm sorry but I completly miss the conversion from l/Km to mpg. my convert figures are 42 mpg at the moment (7,5 l/100 km)

Miles is about 1.6 Km ?
Galon is about 5.5 litres ?

spsducati · 7th March 2007, 13:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomthumb

Why do I get much better econmy than anyone else? I dont drive slowly, I must have a magic car

. If I put my mind to it I get well over 60 mpg on long runs and once I even got 75 mpg on a 140 mile run, normal driving is always between 55 and 60. Have just checked it again for this tank, a shift of work traveling and little bits of running around 58 mpg.
I have checked my puter when filling up and its always with 1 mpg of real economy.

????

What are you driving? Surely not a 2.2 d? !!

KevinF · 7th March 2007, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcushy

Does any one else think that this is just an advertising rip off from Honda.

No.

In my experience Honda's quoted overall figure of 55 mpg is easily achieved in a mixture of driving conditions simply by sticking to the speed limits and by applying moderate acceleration.

If one drives for economy, it's possible, as others here have noted, to achieve significantly more than 60 mpg - my personal record so far is 69 on a 25 mile journey (this, by the way on the trip computer which tallies with our fornightly brim-to-brim fills as near as dammit).

If you're getting less, it's down to your choice of driving habits, not the car.

KevinF.

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richierich Smell My Cheese! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 17th May 2006 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,847 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	It will improve with every tank full, although if that was stop-start you ain't done too bad.

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apemonkeyman Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 2nd February 2007 Location: Gloucester Posts: 662 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I am running at about 35mpg at the mo - so far on 800 miles. My next door neighbour is a diesel engineer & reckons after 10k I should start hitting the big numbers. Gonna be a wait...

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Pottsy Administrator Civinfo master Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 5,083 Thanks: 17 Thanked 111 Times in 64 Posts iTrader: (0)	Hope this helps - all real figures measured at the pump (about 2 mpg less than the computer reads): mpg39.gif

22nd February 2007, 21:00	#7 (permalink)
Pottsy Administrator Civinfo master Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 5,083 Thanks: 17 Thanked 111 Times in 64 Posts iTrader: (0)	The car was chipped after tank number 8. We do plenty of decent distance A road driving, which indicates around 49-51 mpg, but then when I commute in it (motorway mostly) it goes down to 43 or so (both indicated on the computer). A good thrash sees about 37. Hence the average of about 45.

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Tamster's Civic Batmobile Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 8th February 2007 Location: North London Posts: 89 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader: (0)	Wow Pottsy - can't beat the bar chart representation. Very impressive. Just adding my bit as I haven't posted anything recently: I have a lovely NHB 1.8 ES and being based both in Leciestershire and London, I am mostly up and down the M1 averaging 40mpg. Any doodling around London (desperately avoiding the Congestion Charge Zone) it only goes up slightly up to 41mpg. Keep up the good work Pottsy!

23rd February 2007, 11:24	#9 (permalink)
czechplastik King of the rodeo Civinfo guru Join Date: 24th October 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 4,500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	There is no finer graph maker than Pottsy, he has a graph for every occasion!

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3rd Honda Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 24th July 2006 Location: Tewkesbury Posts: 371 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	Average (from tank to tank, not trip computer) over 7000 miles is 50.21mpg, but this is still based on the car's mileage recorder. Best tank to tank average 64.15mpg, worst 43.40mpg In general was higher over 1st 2000 miles, lower since (winter?)

2nd March 2007, 12:00	#12 (permalink)
Tomthumb Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Top of Surrey Posts: 180 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I get between 53 and 60 per tank. Motorway driving with a bit of twisty back road. The lower figure is if my wife has been driving the car, The higher figure is when all the time is spent in traffic at 60 mph.

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wcushy Valve Cap Join Date: 15th January 2007 Location: Rotherham Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Hi I got my civic 2.2 ES two weeks ago and got 420 miles to the first tank which is about 40MPG. Looking at the figures you have all posted here they all seem to be in the 40 - 45 range which is 10 MPG lower than the claimed combined MPG from Honda (55MPG). Does any one else think that this is just an advertising rip off from Honda.

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Dr Dark Wheelnut Join Date: 29th January 2007 Location: Oop Nooerth Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Well, that's a good figure for a new car I guess. It will improve as things "loosen up a bit"... I'm getting between 28-37 mpg depending on how hard/where I drive it, it goes up nicely on the motorway (think I had high 40's, nearly cracked 50) but that was puthering along at 70 or so.... Better than the Accord 2.4 I had beforehand (but NOT as fast... nooo way) for me, the real test will be when I travel to and from London area in a couple of weeks....

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damianscott71 Diesel Demon Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 1st July 2006 Location: Kempston, Bedfordshire Posts: 449 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	My constant eagerness to get where I'm going gives me between 380 - 420 miles to a tank. Currently on 22.5k miles.

7th March 2007, 12:49	#17 (permalink)
Tomthumb Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Top of Surrey Posts: 180 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Why do I get much better econmy than anyone else? I dont drive slowly, I must have a magic car . If I put my mind to it I get well over 60 mpg on long runs and once I even got 75 mpg on a 140 mile run, normal driving is always between 55 and 60. Have just checked it again for this tank, a shift of work traveling and little bits of running around 58 mpg. I have checked my puter when filling up and its always with 1 mpg of real economy. ????

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l-noel Wine and cooking ! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 5th December 2006 Location: Roanne-France Posts: 1,227 Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 3 Posts iTrader: (0)	I'm sorry but I completly miss the conversion from l/Km to mpg. my convert figures are 42 mpg at the moment (7,5 l/100 km) Miles is about 1.6 Km ? Galon is about 5.5 litres ?