#130030 - 09/05/08 06:45 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: mattynlizzie]
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how many miles did u do t a full tank?? i managed to dojust over 400 miles to a full tank and i was v.v.v.v. careful, was you doing 50mph along the motorway??
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#130032 - 09/05/08 07:27 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: mattynlizzie]
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Your fuel consumption
( 44.1MPG) (15.6 Km per litre)(6.39 litre per 100Km)
Averaging pence per mile
(40+ mpg for petrol is good under 23 is bad)
thats what i just worked out for you lol
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#130033 - 09/05/08 07:38 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: cra1g]
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Either your mpg reading is incorrect or you were driving downhill with the engine off!! You can get 45mpg out of the ST at a real push but not 60, the engine simply cannot do it. BTW, you should have got way over 380 miles if the reading was true.
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#130038 - 09/05/08 10:39 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: ShinST]
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Beat me to this one. Not to say I have done 60mpg (cos it's simply not possible, you'd struggle to do that in a 1.4 diesel) but, After filling the car to it's 9.9 gallon capacity and driving at the speed limits (running the car in period) I averaged 33.7mpg. That had the occasional 4-5k revving but not any thrashing. As mentioned a while back by Dave ST (now TDi) if you get 30mpg you're lucky. He's spot on with that cos i've no doubt that the ST, if driven a little sprightly, will never do 30mpg, period. Oh, by the way, I STILL love my 
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#130041 - 10/05/08 06:22 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: JJST]
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Even I struggle to get 60MPG, your readings out.
I'm doing about 50MPG and I get 430 miles to a tank.
The reading on your computer is out because you were coasting.
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#130043 - 10/05/08 08:32 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
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The best i managed to get this week is 33.7 MPG, And that was taken it easy.. 
Exactly the same as mine. Us oldies need to put our foot down a little !
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#130044 - 10/05/08 10:21 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
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#130048 - 10/05/08 07:00 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: STrick]
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99.9mpg is also possible, lol i played around with my car long enuff to find that one out lmao
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#130050 - 11/05/08 03:42 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
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well my friend has a 1007 and when he coasts down the road the computer says he is doing 999.99 MPG lmfao :P i couldnt belive it untill i saw it go up haha :P
lmao thats awesome...the mpg of course defo not the car!!!!!!!
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#130051 - 11/05/08 03:59 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
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Best I managed on a 60-odd mile mainly motorway trip was 38.9mpg as an average which I was pretty chuffed with. Generally as an average I get about 28mpg.
The biggest problem with the ST is the very short fifth gear which means anything slightly north of 70mph really knocks the economy.
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#130058 - 12/05/08 10:59 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
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Boomer
I've done some pretty extensive tests on the ecotek and I can confirm that it does make about a 10% reduction in fuel consuption given all other factors remaining the same.
Thing is that you can get much better gains by driving around slower and more consistantly. If you're on and off the juice and generally blasting about you'll suffer with 25mpg or less. If you're careful you can get 34mpg.
You're new to the car so no doubt spinning wheels trying to pull away.... this will change and so will you've economy with it, but don't think you've ever getting above 40mpg for day to day driving
Biggest fuel economy gains - buy the ZS oil burner!
PS - starting a new project cycling to work and tracking fuel savings off set against increased food consuption...... I'll keep you updated! :-)
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#130059 - 12/05/08 11:37 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
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Boomer
I've done some pretty extensive tests on the ecotek and I can confirm that it does make about a 10% reduction in fuel consuption given all other factors remaining the same.
Thing is that you can get much better gains by driving around slower and more consistantly. If you're on and off the juice and generally blasting about you'll suffer with 25mpg or less. If you're careful you can get 34mpg.
You're new to the car so no doubt spinning wheels trying to pull away.... this will change and so will you've economy with it, but don't think you've ever getting above 40mpg for day to day driving
Biggest fuel economy gains - buy the ZS oil burner!
PS - starting a new project cycling to work and tracking fuel savings off set against increased food consuption...... I'll keep you updated! :-)
That's spot on Steve.
If you have any issues about fuel economy, then don't buy the ST.
I stay with the limits most of the time and get 30mpg. I still have a little blast from time to time but everyone has thier own driving styles.
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#130065 - 12/05/08 08:40 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
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probably from a showroom lmao
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#130070 - 14/05/08 09:20 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
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I was just about to start a thread on how many miles you were getting, I dont know what the average is but i'm getting 24.5 mpg which i think is crap! haha i dont do loads of long drives so i know thats not gonna help, but with the price of petrol now, i'm considering going to a basic  (Cry) i love my car but i am pissed off with the tank. I havent bothered looking in my handbook for what miles its suppose to do, i just drive an fill haha. This year i may have to say bye to my passion
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#130071 - 15/05/08 06:10 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
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#130074 - 15/05/08 12:04 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: JJST]
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Just to help your decission.... 25mpg Based on 7000 miles per year (not sure what you do, but short drives = low annual milage), you're using approximatly 280 gallons of fuel, or 1260 litres. This, at 115p/l is about £1450 in fuel alone. If you fit the ecotek and get a 10% improvement you should be spending about £1345.5 so you save about £100 per year which means you'll have £55 in your pocket by the end of the year or in motoring terms - a tank of fuel Is it worth it - I'd argue not at today's fuel price but with increasing costs the ecotek looks like it could become a popular mod especially for people doing increased milage
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#130076 - 20/05/08 10:40 PM
Re: 60 MPG???
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Tell you what when I have done me Run in miles on me new ST. I will be looking for all the spotty hoodie wearing corsa drivers that pull up next to you in their 1.2 corsa SXI's showing off to their under age school girl totty  I am going to thrash the crap out of them like I used to in me Saxo VTS. Oh the joy its going to give me.  Oracle9I.
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#130079 - 25/05/08 10:08 AM
Re: 60 MPG???
[Re: steve1981]
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Drove to Manchester from Essex recently and got 39.2 mpg on the journey. Filled up before I left and reset the MPG counter and up until I joined the M6, was getting 42 mpg but once I put foot a little bit, it went down and was on 39.2 when I got to my destination. Average speed was 56 mph according to the computer but that takes into account stopping at lights/junctions and going slower in the roadworks on the M1.
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