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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: MPG
PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:59 am 
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been asked before but over the extra urban/country roads what givs the best MPG, Focus, Mondeo, Octavia, etc?....
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skippy41
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I am getting anywhere from 49 to 64 mpg in my urban area in my Octavia estate
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i know drivers with mondeo and skoda and overall skoda win by what they tell me if i could get rid of my tx would prob have one of those new superbs they look the nuts but stuck with a DA license
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taxitone wrote:
i know drivers with mondeo and skoda and overall skoda win by what they tell me if i could get rid of my tx would prob have one of those new superbs they look the nuts but stuck with a DA license


whats a DA licence?
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i know drivers with mondeo and skoda and overall skoda win by what they tell me if i could get rid of my tx would prob have one of those new superbs they look the nuts but stuck with a DA license


I had a Tdci 130/6 speed mondeo, 04 plate, rarely saw +45 mpg, but it was a bit too "hairy" and hard to resist, if you follow

is the Superb 1.9 underpowered?
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skippy41
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wannabeeahack wrote:
taxitone wrote:
i know drivers with mondeo and skoda and overall skoda win by what they tell me if i could get rid of my tx would prob have one of those new superbs they look the nuts but stuck with a DA license


I had a Tdci 130/6 speed mondeo, 04 plate, rarely saw +45 mpg, but it was a bit too "hairy" and hard to resist, if you follow

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is the Superb 1.9 underpowered?


Not the 130 tdi
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skippy41 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
taxitone wrote:
i know drivers with mondeo and skoda and overall skoda win by what they tell me if i could get rid of my tx would prob have one of those new superbs they look the nuts but stuck with a DA license


I had a Tdci 130/6 speed mondeo, 04 plate, rarely saw +45 mpg, but it was a bit too "hairy" and hard to resist, if you follow

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is the Superb 1.9 underpowered?


Not the 130 tdi


but is that the 1.9?

and i bet the mpg suffers with the extra power

cant win...............
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skippy41
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wannabeeahack wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
taxitone wrote:
i know drivers with mondeo and skoda and overall skoda win by what they tell me if i could get rid of my tx would prob have one of those new superbs they look the nuts but stuck with a DA license


I had a Tdci 130/6 speed mondeo, 04 plate, rarely saw +45 mpg, but it was a bit too "hairy" and hard to resist, if you follow

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is the Superb 1.9 underpowered?


Not the 130 tdi


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but is that the 1.9?




and i bet the mpg suffers with the extra power

cant win...............



Yes and if driven sensibly you can get nearly 900 miles from a tank of 70 liters
I regularly returned 550 to 600 in taxi use
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id got the mindset that the superb=big audi=VW Passat and is a bit heavy

maybe not?

is the octavia better on MPG then?

I dont do town taxi/bumps, but i do do 145 miles a day school run
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skippy41
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wannabeeahack wrote:
id got the mindset that the superb=big audi=VW Passat and is a bit heavy

maybe not?

is the octavia better on MPG then?

I dont do town taxi/bumps, but i do do 145 miles a day school run


Yes and no the superb can match the Octavia on long runs
In my octy I have driven from the Borders down to Plymouth and back to junction 15 on the M6 Keel srvices just over 600 miles the octy only has a 55 litre tank
and its the 1.9tdi 105 bhp one
Skoda have now brought out a 1.6 tdi 105bhp CR octy and according to real life usage its even better

Dont touch the 2 ltr 140 tdi the turbos go
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wannabeeahack wrote:
been asked before but over the extra urban/country roads what givs the best MPG, Focus, Mondeo, Octavia, etc?....

Done both the Mondeo and the Octavia, and the Octavia wins by miles.

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I rarely get into 5th gear and only see motorways when i cross one on a country road/bridge...

I must be light footed* to get 37-39mpg out of a Tourneo (not the connect version either)


something like this then...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2006-Skoda-Octavi ... 4145e6978a




*light footed, not light on my feet or limp wristed.........
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skippy41
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wannabeeahack wrote:
I rarely get into 5th gear and only see motorways when i cross one on a country road/bridge...

I must be light footed* to get 37-39mpg out of a Tourneo (not the connect version either)


something like this then...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2006-Skoda-Octavi ... 4145e6978a




*light footed, not light on my feet or limp wristed.........


you can get a mark 2 one for less than that :shock:
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got an age-restriction, max of 6 year old for 1st plate, 5 to be safe

id be flogging the Tourneo anyway, must be worth a bit more than the the skoda
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got an age-restriction, max of 6 year old for 1st plate, 5 to be safe

id be flogging the Tourneo anyway, must be worth a bit more than the the skoda


All mark2s will be less than 5 years old they only started making them late 2004

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... &logcode=p
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