I popped last night to Devizes to see my folks and stay over until today. No snow on route but it was cold out! Woke this morning to light snow coming down, mid morning it dawned on me I'd be heading back across Salisbury Plain so knowing how open and windy it was thought I'd better get cracking back to Bournemouth.

Had my digital camera so thought I'd make a little video of my journey seeing what the MPG would be driving in winter conditions. The talk on the forum around the CR engine delivering very poor MPG in winter weather made me wonder what I would get with the PD engine. I'm cover the same route as previously used, abet in the opposite direction, when I was able to get 98.4mpg.

Take a look :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9HqlXs1NE

Great video and interesting!!

Im now getting upto late 50s mpg on my 1.6CR in the snow on the 15 mile commute to work! I dont trust the trains at the moment and I work for a Train Operating Company!!

Grahame

Good Video mate. You should review more cars

I popped last night to Devizes to see my folks and stay over until today. No snow on route but it was cold out! Woke this morning to light snow coming down, mid morning it dawned on me I'd be heading back across Salisbury Plain so knowing how open and windy it was thought I'd better get cracking back to Bournemouth.

Had my digital camera so thought I'd make a little video of my journey seeing what the MPG would be driving in winter conditions. The talk on the forum around the CR engine delivering very poor MPG in winter weather made me wonder what I would get with the PD engine. I'm cover the same route as previously used, abet in the opposite direction, when I was able to get 98.4mpg.

Take a look :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9HqlXs1NE

Great video !

I have an identical car to yours.....well except for the climatronic air conditioning.

I bought some snow socks after being stuck in my old Fabia 1.2 HTP earlier in the year. Needn't have bothered. As you say, Greenline its great in snow. I have been passing all sorts of cars stuck in this recent weather. I have no issues with the narrower tyres in any way. Only difference is I have Duragrips on the front.

Your mpg is exactly what I get in similar conditions over the same distance/speed. Never had 98mpg. I think best I ever had was 82 but I live in a built up area with a LOT of traffic and start stopping. 75 mph longer runs gets me about 70 mpg.

Car now has 17500 miles on it. I really like it and am very happy with going for the Greenline.

I popped last night to Devizes to see my folks and stay over until today. No snow on route but it was cold out! Woke this morning to light snow coming down, mid morning it dawned on me I'd be heading back across Salisbury Plain so knowing how open and windy it was thought I'd better get cracking back to Bournemouth.

Had my digital camera so thought I'd make a little video of my journey seeing what the MPG would be driving in winter conditions. The talk on the forum around the CR engine delivering very poor MPG in winter weather made me wonder what I would get with the PD engine. I'm cover the same route as previously used, abet in the opposite direction, when I was able to get 98.4mpg.

Take a look :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns9HqlXs1NE

Watching the video at 4:02 the fuel gauge display went up a notch. Any reason why?

Watching the video at 4:02 the fuel gauge display went up a notch. Any reason why?

Oh yeah, weird. I can only think as I reversed in to spot to park the diesel is slopping around in the tank from the inertia and during the clips settled back down. Would be nice though to have a magic one which fills up by itself from thin air! lol

Great video !

I have an identical car to yours.....well except for the climatronic air conditioning.

I bought some snow socks after being stuck in my old Fabia 1.2 HTP earlier in the year. Needn't have bothered. As you say, Greenline its great in snow. I have been passing all sorts of cars stuck in this recent weather. I have no issues with the narrower tyres in any way. Only difference is I have Duragrips on the front.

Your mpg is exactly what I get in similar conditions over the same distance/speed. Never had 98mpg. I think best I ever had was 82 but I live in a built up area with a LOT of traffic and start stopping. 75 mph longer runs gets me about 70 mpg.

Car now has 17500 miles on it. I really like it and am very happy with going for the Greenline.

What size tyres are fitted to your Greenline, mine are 185 - 60 - 15 Dunlop SP Sport 01.

What size tyres are fitted to your Greenline, mine are 185 - 60 - 15 Dunlop SP Sport 01.

165-70-14. The lower rolling resistance is very noticeable. Standard pressures for these are nearly 38 psi on the front

Original tyres were Dunlop SP10A. These are now discontinued so probably harder to find in the future.

I now have Goodyear duragrips on the front. So far cant fault them, wet, dry or snow !

Temperature today was 0-2 degrees and my mpg is back up to 70 mpg over a 58 mile drive.

165-70-14. The lower rolling resistance is very noticeable. Standard pressures for these are nearly 38 psi on the front

Original tyres were Dunlop SP10A. These are now discontinued so probably harder to find in the future.

I now have Goodyear duragrips on the front. So far cant fault them, wet, dry or snow !

Temperature today was 0-2 degrees and my mpg is back up to 70 mpg over a 58 mile drive.

Looking at the size of your tyres they look a lot smaller than mine, you would think both types would have the same tyre size. My tyres seem to be more like standard ones, according to the manual the tyres are between 185 - 55 -15 to 195 - 55 15, mine having a deeper side wall.

Looking at the size of your tyres they look a lot smaller than mine, you would think both types would have the same tyre size. My tyres seem to be more like standard ones, according to the manual the tyres are between 185 - 55 -15 to 195 - 55 15, mine having a deeper side wall.

I guess they decided that the new model is going to be efficient enough without having to resort to thinner wheels. My PD Greenline just scrapes in for 109 CO2. Maybe the new engine can do that without needing thinner wheels. I remember my earlier cars. A Mk 3 escort which used 155 size tyres. For this type of car I see no disadvantages to the thinner wheels. They seem better in wet and especially in snow. Also cheaper to replace.