From trip computer figures I admit, but very pleasing in rush hour traffic.

 I  left home at 08:30 yesterday morning and drove to Belfast.

A beauitful bright clear cold morning.

No overtaking on the "A" class stretchs, overtook and pulled in again where appropriate on the dual and Motorway stretches.

No fierce + - acceleration 

 

(figures quoted, were  noted, just as I reached the end of the foreshore motorway before it splits East/West.) 

My car has often returned the same mpg in the same conditions although the overall during ownership has been closer to 43mpg.

Went to the coast to visit family last weekend. It's a pretty hilly route (including a 2km 1 in 6 hill).

 

I pretty much stuck to 60mph and stuck to the 30 and 40mph villages (with people sat on my bumper!).

 

I often overtake several cars (you know... the ones doing 45mph).

 

We always manage between 49 and 54mpg on this type of run which includes about 6 miles dual carriageway.

 

I'd have expected more from the 1.6 tbh.

 

Phil

Agree with Phil, my long term average after 4000+ miles is showing 52.1mpg, but a 50 mile run with an average speed of 60 mph I can see 55-58mpg and that's lugging 1.5 tonnes of Touran.

I would also thought the CR 1.6 to beat the old PD 1.9, I guess not having a DPF and less stringent emission controls on the older PD are what's helping., plus the PD's are long stroke diesels unlike the modern short strokers!

Plus don't forget that mine's a DSG too. Mine also weighs over 1.5 tonnes!

 

We did a run back from Germany a few months back. 2 adults, folding bikes, 2 big cases, couple of crates of wine (of course) and other bits here and there.

 

Went via Dover on the ferry. 630 miles on one tank with 45 miles left. Worked out at 54.7mpg. That was doing 130kmh in Germany, 120kmh in Holland, 130kmh in France then 70mph in the UK. Cruise control most of the way.

 

Phil

Edited 28 February, 201511 yr by Phil-E

I'd have expected more from the 1.6 tbh.

 

As would I.

 

I rarely get below 50mpg with the 2.0 CR regardless of run even when going into work which is a split of single/dual carriageway and start/stop city driving. I've adjusted the maxidot so it's pretty accurate and the long term average sits about 55mpg with the minimum for a tank at ~51.5mpg.

As would I.

 

I rarely get below 50mpg with the 2.0 CR regardless of run even when going into work which is a split of single/dual carriageway and start/stop city driving. I've adjusted the maxidot so it's pretty accurate and the long term average sits about 55mpg with the minimum for a tank at ~51.5mpg.

Though I've only just bought mine 4x4 CR 2.0 103Kw I've done about 1000miles and it doing around 55mpg. Now I have an EGR fault- so would it have been doing better? (wishful thinking).

Managed 71.3 on the readout the other day on a round trip to cromer and back from cambridge still not quite sure how I managed it (1.9PD). I know its around 5% out. so probably closer to 67mpg, but thats still impressive for the big barge.

I would always be wary of the computer figures unless verified by actual tank to tank top ups. My old 2.0 diesel trip comp. regulalry advised 65 mpg, but whnever I did a tank to tank the actual figure over the same time was actually 45 mpg.....current 1.4 petrol seems to be much more accurate, typically only about 2 % out. 

I anally cross checked the trip computer figs against very very anally brimmed calcs when the car was new.

Computer was fractionally under 3% optimistic, so near-nuff.

tyre tread depth dependant obviously.

An average 60mph is also bloody hard to achieve here in NI with our quite limited stretchs of Motorway.

Tank in tank out nearer 30mph door to door, with a mix of runs.