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Just a random enquiry

What is everyone driving & what is your average MPG
City or Motorway driving?

Petrol saloon.

Not really checking my mpg but very pleased that it appears to be on par with my previous diesels.

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IDFIMH

Only reason asking as a Friend who’s last 2 Taxis where Skoda Superb 1.6 DSG and was averaging 41 Mpg in his last 2017 Superb & now bought a 2018 E220D & is saying has been averaging 45 Mpg

That’s why I thought to ask what is everyone driving & their average MPG

Far too many variables really to compare cars over the whole country, I'd guess. On a bad day I'm pushing down towards 30mpg (lots of sitting in traffic around town, and idling on the ranks, say), while on a good day I'd be closer to 60mpg - no doubt with a long distance run

Of course, I could post my long term average, but again that varies depending on what I'm doing. Most of my time in the trade I've done nights, so because of less traffic your MPG tends to be better, while at the moment I'm a bit more towards days, therefore...

And even assuming days, it depends here which rank I'm working. Out at our station you have to wait a long time for runs, but they're typically five miles or so mainly on A-roads, so obviously easy on the fuel. On the other hand, for months now there have been major roadworks on that route, so regularly doubling journey times, and thus impacting MPG

So I'd guess the only thing that can be deduced from your friend's experience is that his newer motor is more fuel efficient than his older motor. I think that's about it

(But, of course, you really need at least a year using the same car to compare consumption - winter weather is hard on fuel, while warmer weather helps MPG. Except when it gets warm enough to need your aircon on - that's hard on fuel ).

And, for what it's worth, will post similar figures between my old and new cars later. But they're very different cars, so difficult to compare. And I'm not going to post precise figures like Rashid did, because it's maybe not good to get a bit OCD-ish about stuff like that. Been there, done that, blah, blah

I think the smaller the engine the more mpg, which is common sense but worth repeating.

When I started, I drove a 2.3 Sierra diesel, which got about 30-40 mpg, which was okay. Now, I drive a petrol with nearly half that engine size and get a lot more mpg.

Years ago I would have mocked anyone driving a 1-litre petrol as a taxi/PH, but not now, loads of my mates have them and they are not only great in respect of mpg, but they are also great in respect of ongoing maintenance.

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IDFIMH

Can only concur with what Sussex says about the 1.0, 3-cylinder petrol engine - presumably the VAG one, which I've got in my Octavia.

So mine's is a petrol, and automatic, yet roughly speaking I get 20% or so better MPG than in my old VAG 1.6 diesel manual

So if I was getting 30MPG in my old manual diesel, I'd be getting 40MPG in my auto petrol, if getting 40MPG in my old manual diesel I'd be getting 50MPG in my auto petrol etc, etc.

Two caveats, maybe - if up to motorway speeds then the advantage isn't the same, and in fact roughly speaking I'd say they're broadly equal at 70mph, or whatever. (Although I'm not normally driving at speeds like that, therefore...)

The other thing is that when the aircon is on in my new petrol I'd say it has a much more noticeable impact on MPG than in my old diesel.

Power wise, my old diesel was quite small and only 105bhp, and the 1.0 petrol is actually more powerful on paper at 110bhp

Although unsurprisingly the torque is a lot lower in the petrol, although I can't recall the figures offhand.

Of course, the 1.0 petrol isn't going to win any boy racer competitions, but nothing wrong with it at all in terms of shoving the car along in day-to-day driving.

But because it's an automatic with the 7-speed DSG gearbox, and because the fuel consumption is helped by the cylinder shut-down/coasting function, I'm certainly wary about long term reliability and costs

Although from what I've been told, and again concurring with Sussex, the 1.0 VAG engine is very reliable on a long-term basis. We'll see...

That 30 minutes a year must cost you a fortune.

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IDFIMH

that doesn't follow often smaller engines have to work harder and use more fuel

My little runaround I use now (ford Cmax) has a 1 litre engine but according to the trip computer I only average 38 MPG

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my 1.6 superb returned 65mpg on the M5 to somerset
my 1.6 passat...............71mpg


my company Kodiaq petrol.......35mpg (not my car)

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