18.2mpg.......110 HDI?

[FarmerPug]

Heres my current average:

and also look at the climate control its like that all the time these days, with the heated seats on constant. So i suppose the fuel consumption im getting is to be expected with the equipment im using.

[STALLED]

Running the A/C or climate control will hit the fuel consumption fairly hard - It's the opposite here in Australia, where we usually get better economy in the winter months due to the lack of A/C which is needed!

[steve_earwig]

My last tank full was rubbish, it sat idling quite a few times while I de-iced it and then there's having to have the engine running while I worked on the heater and then having to leave it idling for an hour when I changed the antifreeze, I managed to get it over 9 (>31). I filled up a couple of days back, reset the on-board accountant and then did a couple of longer journeys and it dropped below 7 (>40) but it really doesn't like the pathetically short journeys I do into town to pick the wife up or a little bit of shopping, it's already 7.2.

The thing is, I don't think I could get it as high as 18.2 (that's 23 l/100km ) no matter how long it sat around idling or how badly I drove it - something's definitely wrong there

[Welly]

Interesting you say that mate...... A friend of mine has an Escort Cossie running 289bhp and hers does the same as yours as in send the oil darker. Mine is a tad under 350bhp and is fine, although I change the oil every 1,500 miles and have done for the past 9 years. I have new injectors coming in February which should take her to 370bhp. I am hoping for 170mph next June, best so far is 161.2mph and 0-60 in 5.1.

T5's are fantastic!! I had an 850 T5 Estate.......What a car!! The only thing that shocked me was the fuel consumption.....How do you find yours mate?

Your cossie sounds a bit tasty

The Volvo makes around 25mpg and the engine is completely standard..........for now

[mjb]

Running the A/C or climate control will hit the fuel consumption fairly hard - It's the opposite here in Australia, where we usually get better economy in the winter months due to the lack of A/C which is needed!

I found less than 1% difference in fuel consumption at motorway speeds when I experimented with turning the AC off and sweating my nads off on my tubby...

[FarmerPug]

so the drop in consumption is worth the usefulness of the ac.