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What MPG are folks getting from their Syncro's?

Petrol & Diesel?

20ish around town (village) and 25 on the motorway or dual carriageway. Will always do 25 on the faster 4th gear roads come hell, high water or high wind!

19 town & country roads 22 on the motorway normally around a steady 60MPH. Average over the last 7 years is 20.38mpg

Ouch!, mmm, I will go diesel I think then.

with the price of deisel at the moment i wonder just how many pence it is to the mile for say a 2.1 and a 1.9 td. Be interesting to see.

jed

Dunno, my 1.6td 2wd was mega on fuel. I did Holland & back on 60L. There would be no comparison.

It will be interesting to hear what mpg diesel owners are getting from a Syncro.

Average of 8.5l/100 km on short-ish country road runs
Around 8 liters on longer runs.

I don't do mpg


1.6 td

Thats 35mpg. at 8L.

my 2.1 does max 23mpg motorway @ 70 ish. empty.

fully loaded me, mandy, 2 kids and the dog got 19mpg over i think about 700 miles.

worth every penny. . although i`m still looking in to getting more power and more mpg, one week its diesel next week its subaru. just cant make my mind up.

1.9 DG, 20 ish local stuff.. 24 on a run at 60-70

Down to around 30mpg nailing it up and down the hills here, on a motorway run its better, sometimes high 30's. Due to the fairly good range I don't often get to do a pure motorway/pure local tank, most are mixture, low 30's. I don't drive much more than lorrys though (slower than coaches). Gets alot more wind and engine noise once you go over 55 so I'd emagine it'll drink badly soon after 60mph.

19 town & country roads 22 on the motorway normally around a steady 60MPH. Average over the last 7 years is 20.38mpg

Like that, very longterm figure, will stick it in de Wiki... with some of the others.

Averages from Wiki so far:

Diesel: Low= 31.31 High=34.64

Petrol: Low= 20.0 High = 23.50

Irrespective of body type, tyres, engine or usage...

I think the variations in fuel consumption (not petrol versus diesel) are related to how long you spend in top gear. You will only ever get the best mpg in top. Maybe the ability of the diesel to hold onto top gear improves the mpg figure, on the 16" 3700 rpm comes at 115kmh or 65mph (Sat nav) , this is max torque, or where the engine can burn the most amount of fuel. This means that except for exceptional circs you never have to drop out of 4th on A roads/ motorway. There is such a big difference in economy between town driving and motorway driving that is not so noticeable on newer cars.

I have averaged about 37 on the last 1000 miles but Ive got high gearing and use an additive called Dipetane

I have been recording my MPG since I had the TDI installed. Average is 26 MPG but have got around 29 and 30 MPG when doing trips around Scotland.

Date Odometer Litres Price Value Value Unit
2008-08-03 151349 57.6 1.299 0 mpg
2008-09-06 151616 41.56 121.9 29.206 mpg
2008-09-12 151821 37.72 124.9 24.707 mpg
2008-09-14 152079 46.45 128.9 25.251 mpg
2008-09-20 152402 47.59 117.9 30.855 mpg
2008-10-13 152674 43.2 119.9 28.624 mpg
2008-10-22 152998 56.13 109.9 26.241 mpg
2008-11-01 153292 52.54 109.9 25.439 mpg
2008-11-12 153527 40.22 106.9 26.562 mpg
2008-11-21 153781 41.18 43.51 28.04 mpg
2008-12-05 154093 58.72 102.9 24.155 mpg
2008-12-17 154397 56.08 99.9 24.644 mpg
2008-12-31 154636 43.57 97.9 24.937 mpg