MPG - Best & Worst

[jonno612]

last night i had to do a 355 miles round trip from telfordto bath and back to drop the mrs off at the new house so she could meet the removals people who are dropping our stuff round today. filled up on the way back and worked out my MPG - it was 2.15am and i needed something to do lol.

anyway, 355 miles, and it was 61 litres, which is near as dammit 15 and a bit gallons
355miles, 15(ish) gallons means around 22 MPG

is this good / bad / normal for a frontera ?? mines the 2.2 petrol 96lwb

anyone else bored / dsad enough to work out or know their normal mpg lol post your model, petrol or diesel, engine size, and mpg ;

Jonno
96 2.2 Petrol LWB
22 MPG

[FlyingFinn]

Last time i calculated mine, It was 9,7L/ 100km. 2 litre 8v sport -95. I calculated yours, it was 9,3L /100km.

[FUDDY MUCKER]

I average around 24 MPG on a Full suited and Booted 2.0 ltr Sport.

[john (smifffy)]

the warning light came on on my 2.0 sports and i put 10 gall in 3 weeks ago ive now done 252 miles running around town mostly 2 mile trips and im just below 1/4 tank

so i work that out to be 25mpg with still a drop of fuel left

[Ch3f]

i drive a 98 LWB 2.5tds, i drove from west bay (bridport) via Gillingham North dorset to chichester 2weeks ago, put in 3/4 tank and did 345miles round trip and it worked out to be roughly 29 - 30MPG.

that was driving at a steady speed and not exceeding 65mph, to me 29-30mpg is pretty good for me.
Darren aka Ch3f

[colin all]

my 3.2 V6 when towing shows about 14 mpg if i need to accelerate I just dont look at the display. But normal driving I get about 19 -20 mpg but that is with a very light right foot, just good job its on LPG

[dazza]

since feb averaged 32 mpg 2.8 tdi with lot of mods and not hanging around

[Sir-Doris]

At a steady pace with my 2.2 LWB I get approximately 400 to 450 miles from full until the fuel warning light comes on permanently. When the light stays on permanently there is approx 10 litres left in the tank.

400 miles @ 70 litres = 25.98
450 miles @ 70 litres = 29.22

Figures are approximate averages and havent varied much since Iv owned the car. When I lived in Dublin and was doing mainly city miles it dropped to somewhere between 20 and 25 MPG.

[Drift]

Weirdly enough Phil thats pretty much exactly the same as my 2.8.

[yaki]

My 2.8TDi turns in between 30 and 32, worst was 28 while towing another Fronty. Up until a month ago was one of them peeps that used to record milage between tankfuls so I could work out what it was doing

Went to Cornwall Easter time for a weeks holiday and it did 33mpg with a mix of motorway and country roads

[Sir-Doris]

Must be summat wrong with your 2.8 ste

Mind you the book gives the following figures:

2.2 Petrol
Urban - 23.5
56MPH - 38.1
75MPH - 26.9

2.8 Disiesel
Urban - 28.8
56MPH - 38.1
75MPH - 24.9

SWB figures for the disiesel are 1 or 2 MPG better
Interesting that the 56MPH figure is identical and a big difference in Urban cycle.
Mind you, 80 litres = 17.58 gallons. 17.58 x 38.1 MPG = A maximum range of 669.89 Miles. A bit of a stretch whichever way you put it and I would love to know how they arrived at that figure.

I might start driving at 56MPH everywhere now

[Drift]

56mph I dont think so

When you take modifications into account and the age of the engine at 123K and my driving, Im rather pleased with that mileage

[woodwizzard]

Only worked mine out once so far, 28mpg for a 2.8swb. That was a mix of on and off road and trailer towing so not too bad. Not sure what it is now with 31"mt, roof mounted spare and a few KG's of winch on the front, probably best not to work it out

[Drift]

I agree sometimes ignorance is bliss, especially compared to the Mrs car 43mpg urban with me driving

[woodwizzard]

Probably get more out of it if it wasn't loaded up with booze all the time

[Drift]