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entwisi · 05-09-2012, 13:36

2005 Accord diesel estate, 2.2 turbo diesel 193K miles, mainly sitting on motorways at "quick" speeds I get 46-47 real mpg calculated from brim to brim fill ups

I reckon driven more carefully I could easily get > 50 mpg but its a trade off of how long to get home vs the extra bit of diesel.

if your car has no real faults likely to cost more than a couple of hundred quid for a years running then it will never pay to swap to get a few more mpg.

for other "cars" I've had recently

1997 Volvo V70 T5 estate on LPG, easily hit 24 mpg with LPG at 1/2 petrol cost so equivilant of 48 mpg, driven to ~ 250K miles and still drove lovely

1998 Audi A8 4.2 V8 LPG worst 17 ( thus 34ish) best 24(48) , however this threw its gear box and a few other big bills so only lasted 1 year

05-09-2012, 13:36	#4
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	re: what mpg do you get? 2005 Accord diesel estate, 2.2 turbo diesel 193K miles, mainly sitting on motorways at "quick" speeds I get 46-47 real mpg calculated from brim to brim fill ups I reckon driven more carefully I could easily get > 50 mpg but its a trade off of how long to get home vs the extra bit of diesel. if your car has no real faults likely to cost more than a couple of hundred quid for a years running then it will never pay to swap to get a few more mpg. for other "cars" I've had recently 1997 Volvo V70 T5 estate on LPG, easily hit 24 mpg with LPG at 1/2 petrol cost so equivilant of 48 mpg, driven to ~ 250K miles and still drove lovely 1998 Audi A8 4.2 V8 LPG worst 17 ( thus 34ish) best 24(48) , however this threw its gear box and a few other big bills so only lasted 1 year __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?