Not one, but two...

[psbarham]

60.34 litres to fill up gives 37.7 mpg


And I have to say it was very very dull not booting it down the M62 as usual

it hardly seems worth it , my V6 did 34.8 mpg , after a cruise control air-conditioned run to southend and back , and that included a lot of heavy right foot work with a few mates

[ariddell]

Not bad going at all, i drove a Charisma GDi as a courtesy car once when the VR4 was in being serviced but didn't have the patience to keep the GDI economy light on. Sounds like it works pretty well in the Galant though with those mpg figures...

Just done a quick conversion of the 20.5l/100km the trip computer in my SS is reporting as my average for last 3000km or so on a mix of highway/city driving....

Works out to be 11.45mpg, hmmmmmm, not so impressive.

[pezza]

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Just done a quick conversion of the 20.5l/100km the trip computer in my SS is reporting as my average for last 3000km or so on a mix of highway/city driving....

Works out to be 11.45mpg, hmmmmmm, not so impressive.

thats the 5.7 V8 SS dude?

top mpg figures in the 8Gs btw... I think I only ever managed 30-31 in my old v6 estate tip overall on a run up to W Yorks and back with family members speed limiters in operation

The VR is running particularly badly at the moment.. and it would be even worse without the e-manage I'd expect

[I-S]

Ok, so not so good right now - 31mpg off the last, but that's just been commuting. I think that the GLS would have done about 28mpg in the same driving. Looks like the GDI thrives best on motorway runs.

[Johnny_Cashed]

Well, I've changed my driving habits to what's been suggested, I'll top it up soon and look at the mpg figures. I like to think I'm doing my bit for climate change

[ariddell]

I'm doing my bit for climate change too, just a shame it's in the other direction....

[ritch_w]

hows the economy doing Issac? I might be looking at one of these next week

[I-S]

My commute seems to be working out to 31-32 mpg where the 2.0 GLS auto would have done 28-29.

Absolutely terrible on the run down to parent's yesterday/this morning because of the continual stop start on screwed/closed motorways.

[Rambaud]

Just spotted this thread - looks like it started when I did not have an Internet connection.

Although I have not yet managed over 40 m.p.g. like Isaac, my 2.4 GDI seems to be doing a consistent 37-38 m.p.g. (fully loaded with holiday gear and aircon running all the time). I think that its recent service (including new plugs) plus a diet of Shell V-Power (99 RON) is probably helping.

400 miles per tankful should be easily achievable most of the time.

Even my "Italian" tune-up (about 80 miles at at least 4000 rpm) did not reduce the fuel economy to below 30 m.p.g.

Motorway driving does seem to be the GDI's forte.

It does not rev that freely, and 5000+ rpm is not a great sound.

[g6acb]

Dragging up an old thread....... I've raised the bar again... and cracked 40 mpg from my 2.0 16v





528.7 miles from 57.39 litres gives 41.88 mpg or 14.82 km per litre (for the newzealanderers)

On Tesco 99 (5p off a litre is back ) comprising of a 60mph run down the A1, Leeds to Santa Pod (loaded up with camping gear ) on the M1 (tucked up behind a coach for 70 odd miles) and back, then down the M1 again to Leicestershire..... motorway runs were between 65 and 70 mph and were duller beyond your wildest dreams ...... I got left trailing in 'Mr frugal' Isaac's wake on the way back from the Pod

[bradc]

thats not bad!

[ritch_w]

The outlander is the 4G69 MIVEC, rather than the 4G64 GDI. I'll let you know on fuel.

just bought an LPG outlander should work out cheaper than running a diseasal
hope ive done the right thing!

(used this site to compare running costs 20K @ 44mpg on diseasal is slightly more expensive than LPG @20mpg - http://www.fuel-economy.co.uk/calc.shtml)

[I-S]

Well, my fuel economy over the 6000 miles I have had the GDI is 33.3mpg. I have mostly been using 95RON, but will try a few tanks of 99 to see if it is better. It will have to average over 35mpg to make the extra cost worthwhile though.