Real world mpg

In the si4 im getting 23mpg and have 629 miles. Mostly wifey driven though

(22-10-2011 04:29pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  The claimed Official Combined for my SD4 Coupe Auto is 43.5mpg.................... in the past I have have had no problem with my Range Rovers in getting extremely close to the Official Combined figure but so far, with 3400 miles up, by my own spreadsheet I have averaged 38.45mpg since new best has been 47.6mpg on a motorway run last week to Edinburgh, trip average on the trip computer for a 60 mile trip. I shall be taking this up with the local dealer for investigation if it hasn't improved by 10000 miles.
I realise that the Official figures are obtained by a combination of magic and throwing ashes in the air and watching them fall but it should be much closer to the official figure than it is, 5mpg average down is a lot by my experience.

I dont think you will get anywhere with a complaint over that mpg figure, I have never known anyone in any car get the official mpg figures in real world driving. For example in my scirocco i managed average of 36mpg over 12500 miles, which compares to the official combined of 42 mpg. I think this is about par for all cars 6-8 mpg less than the official figures in real world use.

First 480 miles averaging 24.5 mpg in an Si4. Quite happy if that improves - I haven't been driving too enthusiastically but haven't been dawdling either and it's a mix of roads.

(22-10-2011 05:44pm)exigejoe Wrote:  In the si4 im getting 23mpg and have 629 miles. Mostly wifey driven though

Great to hear your wife has commandeered the car! What great taste she has and I'm sure you don't mind driving the Lotus

23 mpg hmm. I'll probably do the same as lots of city driving up here.

, I have never known anyone in any car get the official mpg figures in real world driving. For example in my scirocco i managed average of 36mpg over 12500 miles, which compares to the official combined of 42 mpg. I think this is about par for all cars 6-8 mpg less than the official figures in real world use.
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sorry....but i usually do....

(22-10-2011 05:58pm)defender_uk Wrote:  , I have never known anyone in any car get the official mpg figures in real world driving. For example in my scirocco i managed average of 36mpg over 12500 miles, which compares to the official combined of 42 mpg. I think this is about par for all cars 6-8 mpg less than the official figures in real world use.

sorry....but i usually do....
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you must be a super economical driver then

just sensible....

Defender, a man after my own heart.............. when driving a Range Rover it isn't the speed you drive at, it's how you arrive that matters!

absolutely!!!!

(22-10-2011 06:05pm)defender_uk Wrote:  just sensible....

Sometimes i actually tried to drive for economy too included in that figure and i am not a quick driver, well ot in my daily drivers anyway. I could get 50mpg on my run to work if i tried but that 36 mpg was a fair reflection of every day use.