How accurate are mpg figures?

[RCZ1]

Since I filled mine up two weeks ago, I've only been doing town driving and I've got 30 mpg.

 

[Anonymous]

9.7 mpg the other day :helpme:

Good grief, Rob, what were you doing??? :crazy:

 

[FGRob]

9.7 mpg the other day :helpme:

Good grief, Rob, what were you doing??? :crazy:

Foot to the floor in second gear, had to be quick looking down though :wtf: :thumbup: :dance:

Not a good idea in the current weather conditions though. :idea:

Rob

 

[Anonymous]

I'm not sorry - I was having fun!!!! :lol:

Anyway it's my birthday today so maybe I can be allowed to wander off topic. I'm not that much of a rebel though - my mpg seems to be stuck at 34.8mpg

PS Aussiercz - ask Phoebe out......go on I dare you....... :eusa-whistle:

:happy-wavemulticolor: :dance: :beer: Happy birthday, Scarlet, and many more besides. Hope Troy gave you a lovely pressie :eusa-whistle:

Happy Birthday from me too Scarlet. :beer: :beer: :beer: That's a pretty tempting suggestion Scarlet. I did list Phoebe's attributes on here but I've forgotten them and need reminding however they seem to have disappeared I'm pretty sure one of them was fast I think but I may be mistaken :eusa-think:

ps Scarlet if you are stuck on 34.8 mpg it is probably because the computer has tallied it over a long period so it will not change much even with variable driving. Reset your computer and see if you can beat RobFG's 9.7 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

get a hdi

 

[Anonymous]

ps Scarlet if you are stuck on 34.8 mpg it is probably because the computer has tallied it over a long period so it will not change much even with variable driving. Reset your computer and see if you can beat RobFG's 9.7 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mine was stuck on 34.8 even though I was doing dual carriageway again so I reset it and lo and behold the same journey in the opposite direction with same traffic conditions suddenly produced a much happier 42-43mpg. Wierd!!! The only down side to that is I have a fascination of watching the miles mount up for each petrol fill and then it gets zeroed to balance this out. Ho hum!

 

[Anonymous]

Since I've had mine it's done about 1400miles and none of the trip computers have been reset and it currently reads 38.1mpg avg. Not bad for a petrol, but way short of 56mpg avg my old 2.2d Mondeo was getting.