Evo-king
Posts: 2,102
Joined: Oct 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
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MPG
I know this is an old chestnut on here.
I was reading the June What Car, primarily to see how John is getting on with his long term Evoque, but the "Your own mpg stories" got my attention, and there is a piece about a 5dr Dynamic SD4 owner who's getting 18.9 mpg, it involves 10 minute trips in heavy stop start London traffic.
That figure is disturbing.
I'm not going to complain about my 35+ mpg figure in the Evoque now, which I'm sure will only get better, especially as my 1.2L Punto townie is showing an overall trip A figure of 42mpg.
Evoque No3: MY15 Dynamic Lux SD4, Auto, Santorini Black, Pimento Dynamic Plus Sports Seats, Ebony headlining, Pan Roof, Shadow Chrome Alloys.
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| 23-06-2012 07:20pm |
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ED209
Posts: 1,128
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: durham
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RE: MPG
Why would anyone actually use a car to do a short 10 min trip in traffic in London? Surely just as quick to walk.
td4 Pure manual in orkney grey, auto wipers/lights, front fogs, spare wheel. carmats4u mats, travall dog guard. Collected 30/03/12.
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| 23-06-2012 07:23pm |
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FujiSan
Posts: 171
Joined: Dec 2011
Location: Hertfordshire
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RE: MPG
I suspect anything doing that trip would suffer in the MPG stakes. Better off with and electric car for that.
TD4 Pure - Now a rare breed...
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| 23-06-2012 08:50pm |
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SiT
Posts: 126
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Tyne & Wear
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RE: MPG
(23-06-2012 08:50pm)FujiSan Wrote: I suspect anything doing that trip would suffer in the MPG stakes. Better off with and electric car for that.
Don't see anything bad in that at all and what do you expect in stop/start town traffic. On the way back from Leeds today i achieved 40.2mpg in my SD4 auto - i'm impressed with that with only 3500 miles on the clock.
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| 23-06-2012 08:54pm |
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defender_uk
Posts: 575
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: York
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RE: MPG
well you are doing exceptionally well then, and one of a very few SiT
Defender_uk
Evoque Prestige Lux, OG, maual, style 4 wheels
comes to live with Defender 90 TDCi 07
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| 23-06-2012 10:04pm |
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mark_n
Posts: 1,720
Joined: Jul 2011
Location: London
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RE: MPG
One of those silly headline grabbing statistics. Rush hour traffic speeds are such that our traffic jam road warrior will only be going a couple of miles at most, call it 20 miles there and back on a working week, 10 cold starts, a bit over a gallon a week, what does he expect? My Mercedes SL55 does 7 mpg in the same situation, and if I floor my Si4, the instantaneous mpg goes down to 2...
Mark
Evoque was great, now in an RRS SVR
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| 24-06-2012 04:12am |
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jos
Posts: 224
Joined: Jun 2011
Location: netherlands
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RE: MPG
i've a eD4 2wd
150hp
16.000 km already
1 liter for 15km for real
ORDER16-09/2011>DEL; 27-01/2012
eD4-PURE fuji /black int./coup
pano-roof/techPACK > done !;painted wheels
3cm lowering/2cm spacers ; ROOFwrap
already > 52.000 km drive ; average;1lit/14km
ré-painted bumperparts and mirrors
4 y.TT mk1
2 y.MINIc-S
4 y.TT mk2
1 yr mini CM;
so i fit exactly in de evoque-profile...
2015 > TTmk3......?
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| 24-06-2012 02:03pm |
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ED209
Posts: 1,128
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: durham
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RE: MPG
(24-06-2012 02:03pm)jos Wrote: i've a eD4 2wd
150hp
16.000 km already
1 liter for 15km for real
So thats about 45 mpg in real numbers then?
td4 Pure manual in orkney grey, auto wipers/lights, front fogs, spare wheel. carmats4u mats, travall dog guard. Collected 30/03/12.
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| 24-06-2012 03:03pm |
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jos
Posts: 224
Joined: Jun 2011
Location: netherlands
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RE: MPG
35.38 mpg ?
ORDER16-09/2011>DEL; 27-01/2012
eD4-PURE fuji /black int./coup
pano-roof/techPACK > done !;painted wheels
3cm lowering/2cm spacers ; ROOFwrap
already > 52.000 km drive ; average;1lit/14km
ré-painted bumperparts and mirrors
4 y.TT mk1
2 y.MINIc-S
4 y.TT mk2
1 yr mini CM;
so i fit exactly in de evoque-profile...
2015 > TTmk3......?
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| 24-06-2012 04:13pm |
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XFullFatTim
Bat wielding forum enforcer
Posts: 9,295
Joined: Oct 2010
Location: Somewhere between here and there.
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RE: MPG
If I had wanted real economy I would have kept my FFRR, it was supposed to get 26-28 mpg but actually achieved 29-30 on local driving and I managed to get 36 on long motorway hauls on occasion so really LR have not advanced much when 3.6 V8 TD can get nearly the same as 2.2 four pots!
A Pangea Green New Defender 110 First Edition is now sitting on my drive alongside British Racing Green Electric Mini Cooper SE Level 3. After 21 years in my hands my TDI300 90 was handed on to the next custodian on 15 July 2022.
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