Mpg claims and the real world - anyone managed official figures?

Posted by Flying Scotsman on Tue, 20/03/2012 - 13:31 in Blogs 455 4 comments | report

The new Abarth500c is well and truly run in . Problem is that I am keenly watching the instant mpg gauge, if only because the fuel tank is small. My real world experience is somewhat below that of the manufacturer in a mix of driving conditions. Has anybody managed to get anywhere near the official figures ? Mind you, when working out business/private fuel use for a reclaim I am sure HMRC will stick to the figures from the manufacturer in the event of a dispute, which in this case are out by a very large margin.

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I managed the trip fom Staines to Swindon ...

Old Greying Acc... | Thu, 22/03/2012 - 11:34 | Permalink

... on less than a gallon once, way above manufactures figures (well over 50mpg in 1.8 petrol Avensis estate), took about 3 times as long as normal and is quite daunting with a 40 ton track up your 'arris when pootling at 42mph down the M4!

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Flying Scotsman | Fri, 23/03/2012 - 09:09 | Permalink

Was it downhill ? Did you have a tail wind ?

According to the stats you should have achieved it at 56 mph unless of course the waggon was actually pushing you along :-)

My favourite moments are foot off pedal downhill when it shows 99.9mpg

Even better ...

Old Greying Acc... | Fri, 23/03/2012 - 09:24 | Permalink

... 99.9 mph at idle - Reigate hill is good for that!

Looking at changing to a Gulf soon, 78mpg is the best quoted figure but I'm determined to get over 80!

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Flying Scotsman | Fri, 23/03/2012 - 09:46 | Permalink

Just as well you don't convey my wife in your motor. She goes mad when I drive with the mpg showing. Sometimes I do actually try to maximise it esp when in My Land Rover , where the difference in driving style is 50% on the consumption

On a short journey on the motorway the speeding doesn't save much but on a run from M/cr to London you can squeeze up to 30 mins out of it

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