Er, they're not brilliant on fuel are they - or is it just me?

[illegal_in_9_countries]

Who buys a vrs for fuel economy get a diesel if thats what your after and...

A porsche 3.4 v6 gets 35mpg???

My last car was a 1.2 mark 1 corsa automatic and was getting 31mpg so if i can triple the bhp and get better fuel economy maybe it can be true.

[wolfinsheepsclothing]

Who buys a vrs for fuel economy get a diesel if thats what your after and...

A porsche 3.4 v6 gets 35mpg???

My last car was a 1.2 mark 1 corsa automatic and was getting 31mpg so if i can triple the bhp and get better fuel economy maybe it can be true.

my wife has a renault clio 53 plate 1.4 16v , does 38mpg round town, up still only does 38 mpg on a run!! wtf!!! so my vrs to so much better

[Lloyd55vrs]

my right foot **** it every run hey-ho

whatcha-gona-do

petrol costs enuff so i figure .......... hey mite aswell get a smile from it

most of the time i get um.......... high teens or low 20s if im nice and go straight of on a run like a saint i get 36 and a hot bath and cold blade starts seeming fun

[thebrasso]

In the warmer weather I was averaging 39mpg on my 35 mile commute, but now it is a fair bit colder, I'm averaging around 34mpg.

However with the cold weather as has been said, it will drop economy.

I'm not complaining at all, I get the same or often better economy than my W reg 1.8 Focus except the VRS isn't dog slow!

[felicia16v]

I got 39mpg on a run from shropshire to portsmouth and with driving at motorway speeds mostly keeping up with traffic and the odd squirt to get by stuff.

but the last tank came out at 29.6 as I had a few short runs and a reasonbly fast run to an airport in the early hours.

for the performance and size of the car I think it is very good on fuel, be honest I bet an old astra GTE would have struggled to do 40mpg at the same speeds (and is prob a fair comparison of car at the time they were newish)

[Bowders1]

My VRS is like a diesel compared to the Impreza P1 i owned before it ,that had a 60 litre tank, 220miles range

Yep coming from my old Impreza that only got 220 (no matter how i drove it) the VRS is much better. I don't know anyone who owned a Scooby getting more than the magic 220.

It must of drained out when it looks like beating that.

[JohnBoyMinster]

MPG is for gays

'nuff said really lol..

I can eek 400 out of mine if i do nothing but 60 mph motorway runs, but what is the point in owning a VRS if you're going to go after MPG!

[David 8]

High 30's on a run is easily achievable, but mid 20's around town is the norm.

Thats about right for me too.

Must be the air down here lol

[LukeRs]

I average 350 - 360 from around town and 430ish on a long run.

Judging by responses, that's the normal.

[jaymd]

They can be excellent on fuel but you do have to drive like a granny.

I have had 48mpg on a 160 mile run but that was driving at around 60mph taking it very very steady on the motorway with no traffic.

On the other hand i had it around 9mpg around Castle Combe.

V Power always gives me a few extra miles to a tank but on average i get around 340 to a tank before i have to fill up again (50litres).

[Muppje]

I'm not complaining at all, I get the same or often better economy than my W reg 1.8 Focus except the VRS isn't dog slow!

Same except it was a 1.8 Escort GTi

Could get about 230-250 (short journeys/town) out of the tank or 270 if I was lucky. Thats with 115BHP.....and now get about 280-300 miles from the vRS with 180BHP

Better for economy than the Fiesta ST and Focus ST170 too, so can't be bad at all!!

I fill up once per month at the moment unless I do a couple of big trips so not really fussed

[billy2981]

Use mine pretty much every day and on way to work, brisk drive bar 50 zone on M4 I get on dash around 33 - 35 on 40 mile trip. On way home after a 12-15hr shift I don't hurry but set cruise to 62 and can get 40-41 on dash. Again counting the 50 zone. Works out I can get 400 mile easy out of 50-53 l of Sainsbury's super. Only 97 ron tho iirc.

I find V Power is too much money to spend for the miles I get. And 95 makes the car feel like crap! Tesco momentum is good but too far to travel. Good responce from it. But I find that Sainsbury's super is a nice compromise between smooth power delivery, responce and economy. Vpower is just awesome for a good blast but not worth the extra money when you travel miles on miles. Same with Momentum 99.

As said before anything 350 up is good. My best was 10.1 mpl on a run down from Brighouse to Bristol with a tad of town driving in there. That was the std car tho when only 1 year old. Now I am gettin 7.4 ish brim to brim. The dash is 2mpg over

Billy

[K7 VRS]

Yep coming from my old Impreza that only got 220 (no matter how i drove it) the VRS is much better. I don't know anyone who owned a Scooby getting more than the magic 220.

It must of drained out when it looks like beating that.

LOL!!!!

[urbanfox]

my old scooby did the same - no more than 200 miles to a tank - shocking really!

[K7 VRS]

my old scooby did the same - no more than 200 miles to a tank - shocking really!

My mates got a 55 plate STI with the Prodrive Pack, he only managed 170 miles the other day!

[urbanfox]

My mates got a 55 plate STI with the Prodrive Pack, he only managed 170 miles the other day!

Its scandalous lol. mine was a 93 - owned it 2 weeks before putting it up for sale!

[skud vrs]

Mine used to be good on fuel returning around 35mpg and has slowly got worse. It was dropping too around 25mpg 2 months ago. Now I have had the remap I am lucky to get 22mpg now.

[LukeRs]

Skud - Have you checked all the sensors? Shouldn't be getting that from a vRS.

[stig1]

i was only getting about 15 mpg out of mine , but i have just changed my front 02 lambada sensor and its back up to about 28 mpg around town now and goes down to 3 mpg in 3rd gear when i boot it

[skud vrs]

I do have 2 error codes only just downloaded them.

P0012

Bank 1: Camshaft A (Intake): Advance Setpoint not Reached

P0562

System Voltage: Too Low

[skinnylew]

I bought my vRS for improved economy..........my Toledo V5 was returning between 19 and 21 mpg most weeks and it was getting expensive so the jump up to 21-25mpg average is most wwelcome unfortunately a sticky rear caliper is dragging it down to V5 levels

[furry]

best i've had was 498miles to a tank out of my vrs, i usally get 350-380 to a tank.

my old escos was 150 max to a tank the saph cos was about 180

my evo was 150-200 and my st-2 was 230 max.

[SideshowBob]

I used to get 290-320 out of my my00 Scooby, sitting at 60mph on the motorway every day. I thought 'whats the point?'. I think that worked out at about 26mpg and even on a long run the most I ever got was 29mpg. Drive it like you want to and it would be the high teens at best.

So having something like the vRS is great, albeit with less grip and a less able chassis but similar power since the remap. Even if I nail it I'm still in the 20's, and have the option of 40mpg+ if I can be bothered to sit at 60mph on the cruise control.

[karlbar2k]

I used to get 290-320 out of my my00 Scooby, sitting at 60mph on the motorway every day. I thought 'whats the point?'. I think that worked out at about 26mpg and even on a long run the most I ever got was 29mpg. Drive it like you want to and it would be the high teens at best.

So having something like the vRS is great, albeit with less grip and a less able chassis but similar power since the remap. Even if I nail it I'm still in the 20's, and have the option of 40mpg+ if I can be bothered to sit at 60mph on the cruise control.

could have gone for the 4x4 little bit worse economy than the VRs but not when its on LPG

I usually fill up 50Litres having done between 240-320 depending on the kind of trip etc

worst I had was 190 but it was fun

Oh! and thats at between 56-62p Litre :D (unless I have to fill up in a services up to 79p in some)

Edited 30 November, 2010 by karlbar2k

[Rapide130]

I seem to be filling up at about 360-370 miles which seems a bit heavy until I look at TDi prices and consider how many miles I will have to do to make up the difference.