Got through the painfully slow & sensible first 1000 miles yesterday...

...and today, my ASR light has been flashing like a xmas tree!

Must be the placebo effect, but it just seems faster - even at lower revs - than it was a few days ago. It's not possible that they program the engine to be de-tuned up to 1000 miles is it? Sounds a bit far fetched but anythings possible with today's electronic jiggery pokery I suppose...

Still, I rarely see over 40 m.p.g. and I'm hoping that will start going up soon

give it time and it will improve, mines at 12k now and I usually get 48mpg without really trying

Covered around 350 miles on mine so far & I can feel it starting to loosen up, God knows what'll feel like with in-excess of 1K!!

I'm getting around 45mpg at the moment &, as mentioned above, it'll improve with more miles.

I think I am the only Fab vRS owner who has 3000miles on the clock and see's 40.1 mpg, thats the highest average I have got! Then again I only really run around Milton Keynes, with the exception of the weekend

I think I am the only Fab vRS owner who has 3000miles on the clock and see's 40.1 mpg, thats the highest average I have got! Then again I only really run around Milton Keynes, with the exception of the weekend

4300 miles and 48 average, steadily going up

4300 miles and 48 average, steadily going up

1200 miles 49mpg average, damn roadworks on A287 dropped it below 50!!

Diff whine seems to be quieter now thank god.

160 miles on the clock, and the average fuel consumption says 55mpg. On the way to work on A43 I set the cruise control at 70mph, and the on-board computer readout indicates 75mpg. I want to know where that extra 20mpg is going

Blimey, I really think my car has got a problem in the low 40's!

good to see another new owner. Had my fabia vrs 2600 miles now. Diff still whines. Interesting view of four dealers in my area three say they all do that sir ! The third says he can't hear it, perhaps it's the tyres. I once owned a Cortina, I know what diff whine sounds like. Only other things i've noticed in the last few hundred miles is the clutch take up position has changed, now bites vey close to the floor, seems to have enormous clearance ! Always crunches first to second when cold. Apart from that having the ASR ON(normal when car started) or OFF (warning light on) makes no difference. My car still spins it's wheels on take off on the loose roads where I live. Just have to drive carefully. I noticed recently with the ASR ON (normal) on a loose wet surface starting uphill on a 1 in 5 the wheel spin not taken ip by the ASR. I expected the warning light to flash or a warning beep like on the SEAT Ibiza or a sudden pwer reduction as the system kicked in but nothing.

any comments

STEW

The ASR is very unrefined IMO, personally i dont bother with it.

I turn it off the instant I get in the car and try to feed the power rather than slaming my right foot down, I find i hardly ever spin the wheels and feel more in control of the car

Blimey, I really think my car has got a problem in the low 40's!

I dont think so, that is about what I get, and realistically, someone who does little motorway driving and a mixture of B-road and city driving (like I do) will likely not do much better than 45 MPG, especially if these B-roads contain steep hills and lots of corners

As above dont be too worried, the worse I've got to date is 16.9mpg when I was stuck in traffic for about an hour and half, only covered 5 miles!! Last week was a bad week as traffic was terrible and I sat between 28-38mpg.

Try to move away more gentle and build up the speed slowly, remember where the power comes in and keep it there with every gear change if possible.

Try to move away more gentle and build up the speed slowly' date=' remember where the power comes in and keep it there with every gear change if possible.[/quote']

I've heard a slightly different school of thought about achieving good mpg and that this to accelerate using 3/4 throttle to get to desired cruising speed as quickly as possible and then knock into top gear sit back maintaining a constant speed and watch the mpg tick up and up - agreed not always possible keep a constant speed on our roads...

I think the theory is that although you use higher engine reves to accelerate quickly, you achieve cruising speed sooner and in the time calculation that actually use less fuel overall because you spend longer at a constant speed which is more economical than building speed.

Think it's a good idea to get to know your engine, and know where peak power is. Redlining a diesel is futile and power tends to drop off long before you get there....

I quite regularly do journeys that are over 100 miles (mostly dual-carriageway and motorway and at those speed comfortably achieve around 50 mpg mark. I find accelerating swiftly is both safe and as I arrive at my destination the average mpg is still creeping up.

On my daily 18mile drive to work lucky to see 42 mpg though - but it is one heck of a country lane drive

At the end of the day there are so many factors affecting mpg - engine characteristics; ambient air temperature; driver behaviour; fuel quality; journey time; % incline/decline during journey, to list only a few, that each of us will always be getting a variation on our average journey mpg.

I only tend to weep into my derv tank when I see that the average mpg for that entire tank is under 45, otherwise am a happy bunny.......

I've heard a slightly different school of thought about achieving good mpg and that this to accelerate using 3/4 throttle to get to desired cruising speed as quickly as possible and then knock into top gear sit back maintaining a constant speed and watch the mpg tick up and up - agreed not always possible keep a constant speed on our roads...

I think the theory is that although you use higher engine reves to accelerate quickly' date=' you achieve cruising speed sooner and in the time calculation that actually use less fuel overall because you spend longer at a constant speed which is more economical than building speed.[/quote']

I think you are definitely on to something there. Problem is, I dont get to test that theory much, since my foot tends to always be planted

I shouldn't moan really, I saw 45 mpg on the 12 mile drive to work today, it's getting better. On the other hand, until I changed the carb on it this evening, my Scimitar was doing 8 mpg :eek: I'm waiting to see if a replacement carb improves that at all...