Me neither. I have a petrol car which I drive enthusiastically and average 55mpg. I'm more than happy with that. The manufacturers mpg figures are purely so you can compare cars. They now say that they are done under lab conditions and do not reflect real world use.

You like that last post you made dont you

Oops I was on my phone.....

Haha, yeah sure.

You just love yourself dont you

I'm totally satisfied with my mpg

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Same here too, I reckon it's good enough for me.

Some posters expect good mpg straight off, give it a few miles under it's belt and it does steadily improve.

Mine is getting better all the time too, I'm at about 1750 miles now.

I'v done 165 miles since filling the tank brimfull and the gauge is still showing over 3/4 of a tank remaining! Average of 57-60mpg.

I'v done 165 miles since filling the tank brimfull and the gauge is still showing over 3/4 of a tank remaining! Average of 57-60mpg.

I hope you realise that what the gauge shows and the actual contents of the tank, have little in common! The gauge will soon start to drop more quickly.

It's the poorest petrol gauge I've ever had...I ignore it and go by the figures on the PID.

last time I brimmed it I got 422 miles before going into the red and refueling, I was about 1/2 a mile from my local petrol station when it did this, not sure how much would be left in the tank at that point? another 30-40 miles worth?

 

(incidentally, I think it could've gone further if I hadn't been running the engine while defrosting the windows on several occasions, got stuck in a few bad traffic jams and extra Xmas traffic to the shops near work, and having to rush home faster than normal on a couple of occasions ... ) :wonder: 

Most current model cars will never achieve their claimed mpg - they are carefully tuned for the emissions test, which only involves lowish speeds and VERY gentle acceleration.  The Citigo, as a normally-aspirated car, will get closer to the official figures; turbocharged engines fare much better in the test than in real life because the boost is never really used in the test.

 

Anyway, expect about a 5% improvement by 2,000 miles as the engine beds in.

See my sig for current "accurate" MPG...

 

Normally over a tank the MFD reads just 50-52mpg - and best ive managed so far is 375 off a tank before bottling it.

 

I have 16in wheels which dont help!.

Also noticed this evening during an unscientific test cruising on mway with foot steady on pedal and watching instant consumption, turning air con on dropped MPG by just under 3mpg!!

On average I get 400 miles from a full tank, probably a bit more if let it go to the lower part of red. Covered 2200 miles now and the engine is sweet and responsive, the PID indicates 55-60mpg with longer journeys 60-67mpg. 

Cars are not specially Tuned for the official EU Emission Tests.

Hardly any cars are tested, a car off a production line to represent a Model, figures become official, and thats them then published,

regardless of not representing a car with passengers or luggage driving on a road in weather.

 

The test is rubbish and outdated, supposedly a 'Comparison', with other cars tested by other Manufacturers.

A directive from 2007/8, and it is now 2014, they are having a laugh.

where a vehicle is taken off the line, it can be the most base model with no options fitted,

and almost certainly is, so the lightest possible on the narrowest tyres.

then the engine run for 3,000 km, and tested inside on a rolling road.

 

But tuned, that would be pure cheating rather than just going through the motions.

http://skoda.co.uk/fuel-consumption-statement

 

http://dft.gov.uk/vca/fcb/the-fuel-consumption-testing-scheme.asp

http://dft.gov.uk/vca/fcb/exhaust-emissions-testing.asp

@ Elegance 75

 

How do you get 84mpg?  Do you start it then push it

Down hill and wind assisted as well?

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for real MPG figures use Fuelly or Honest John's Real Mpg pages.

 

i have not used the 'Official' Mpg claims for many years, but this did not prevent me being stung by the poor mpg of my current i20. this has been the worst version of the hyundai 1.25L Kappa engine that i have owned. i'm only getting 43mpg, so will be looking forward to getting over 50mpg with my greentech CitiGo,

for real MPG figures use Fuelly or Honest John's Real Mpg pages.

 

i have not used the 'Official' Mpg claims for many years, but this did not prevent me being stung by the poor mpg of my current i20. this has been the worst version of the hyundai 1.25L Kappa engine that i have owned. i'm only getting 43mpg, so will be looking forward to getting over 50mpg with my greentech CitiGo,

 

 

 

43mpg...???    Bliss!.  I only dream of getting 43mpg out of my 1.2 Kappa (in an i10 automatic).  The last tankful (filled up today) was a shade over 27mpg.  Admittedly this was plumbing new depths as it's usually more like 32mpg. 

 

I see the new i10, out soon, doesn't offer promise of much improvement as it seems to have the same engines and gearboxes as currently in use. 

27mpg! I used to get 25mpg out of a modded TT with about 265bhp.

Just averaged around 55-56mpg on a long weekend in the Scottish highlands, about 637 miles and not always driving with economy in mind!