Sorry for yet another mpg thread, but i find it quite an interesting subject!
I filled up after work on thursday(shell 95 as was only option), drove home, average was 46mpg by the time i'd got back.
Still hovering around 43mpg after work the next day.
Drove up to central london at 8pm, still at 42 when i got there.
Drove back at 1pm today, crap traffic especially blackwall tunnel area. Still 40.5mpg, drove through my local town, crap traffic. Still showing 40mpg after all of this.
When measured the gauge is usually only a maximum of 1 or 2 out, sometimes spot on so i believe it.
It's really impressive that the clio can obstract so much energy from it's fuel, a reasonably powerful 2.0 shouldn't be this economical! It's not so great on the motorway for economy but on B roads it's spot on. I've driven quite a few smaller engined cars that weren't as economical, our C2VTS petrol only averages 1 or 2 mpg more but then is on low mileage so should improve.
Who really needs a diesel with fuel running costs this low?
I filled up after work on thursday(shell 95 as was only option), drove home, average was 46mpg by the time i'd got back.
Still hovering around 43mpg after work the next day.
Drove up to central london at 8pm, still at 42 when i got there.
Drove back at 1pm today, crap traffic especially blackwall tunnel area. Still 40.5mpg, drove through my local town, crap traffic. Still showing 40mpg after all of this.
When measured the gauge is usually only a maximum of 1 or 2 out, sometimes spot on so i believe it.
It's really impressive that the clio can obstract so much energy from it's fuel, a reasonably powerful 2.0 shouldn't be this economical! It's not so great on the motorway for economy but on B roads it's spot on. I've driven quite a few smaller engined cars that weren't as economical, our C2VTS petrol only averages 1 or 2 mpg more but then is on low mileage so should improve.
Who really needs a diesel with fuel running costs this low?
