General Typical mileage from Panda active 1.1

[smc4761]

I have a 56 plate Panda Active 1.1. It is mainly used for travelling 4 miles to work typically driving at around 50 mph and then 4 miles back home. used at weekends on slightly longer journeys of around 10 miles one way. No silly driving, rarely faster than 50 mph and no daft breaking

i fill the car with around 32 litres of petrol and find that only gives me around 260 miles range, so around 35 mpg. Would you consider this to be about right.

On the few occasions that I do motorway driving on a long journey there is a huge improvement and the same tank of petrol can get me around 380/400 miles

Any thoughts

Thanks

 

[udtrev]

I would guess that those figures are probably about right, until the car has warmed up it will be using more fuel.

Of course, at this time of year the MPG takes the extra hit due to the weather.

Around 70% of my driving is motorway cruising so my MPG isn't too bad


Trev

 

[trackdayqueen]

It's obviously because you are doing short trips. Motorway mpg is always going to be better, simply becaus you are cruising at a constant speed.


Also as trev states cars take longer to warm up in the winter which will of course affect your mpg.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Sisters with 45k on the clock returns 42mpg of dual carrage way and a bit of town driving.

 

[bedbug]

I have a 56 plate Panda Active 1.1. It is mainly used for travelling 4 miles to work typically driving at around 50 mph and then 4 miles back home. used at weekends on slightly longer journeys of around 10 miles one way. No silly driving, rarely faster than 50 mph and no daft breaking

i fill the car with around 32 litres of petrol and find that only gives me around 260 miles range, so around 35 mpg. Would you consider this to be about right.

On the few occasions that I do motorway driving on a long journey there is a huge improvement and the same tank of petrol can get me around 380/400 miles

Any thoughts

Thanks

That sounds about right for short journeys. As already mentioned above, the cold weather does affect mpg adversely. Mpg for the first mile can be down to low teens for the first mile on a cold start (that is a 2 litre figure though)...consider that you are running ancilliaries like lights, heater, heated screen, wipers etc more in the dark winter days, which all cost fuel...some people also leave their car idling while it defrosts It has been V cold lately...I read somewhere that the denser, colder air affects fuel/air mixture and increases drag, lowering mpg.

Correct speed for gear (e.g 5th from 40mph onwards), correct tyre pressures, an oil change and a new air filter might improve things slightly if the car hasn't been serviced in a while.

I'm getting a range of around 280 in a 1.2 on a series of short runs, which improves to around 350 on longer trips - I expect this to improve as the car clocks up more miles.

 

[AskCy]

odd that a car that is aimed at around town/city driving and is marketed as being good on fuel is actually not getting anywhere near the given figures if you drive it on short city journeys rather than off on long motorway trips... !

Steve

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

odd that a car that is aimed at around town/city driving and is marketed as being good on fuel is actually not getting anywhere near the given figures if you drive it on short city journeys rather than off on long motorway trips... !

Steve

Not really. As the car is hardly doing the driving as done in the test used to determin MPG

 

[Advanced Driver]

Sisters with 45k on the clock returns 42mpg of dual carrage way and a bit of town driving.

That is pretty poor! My 100HP doesn't seem quite so bad now. My old Seicento could do about 40mpg in stop start traffic (55+mpg on a motorway trip). I think this proves that the fuel consumption figures are now meaningless and most modern cars still drink just as much fuel as the old ones.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

That is pretty poor! My 100HP doesn't seem quite so bad now. My old Seicento could do about 40mpg in stop start traffic (55+mpg on a motorway trip). I think this proves that the fuel consumption figures are now meaningless and most modern cars still drink just as much fuel as the old ones.

You haven't seen the way she drives it (or how I drive it when I borrow it)

Most cars on an eco run will easily return 50MPG+, but most people don't seem to know what an eco run is

 

[udtrev]

You haven't seen the way she drives it (or how I drive it when I borrow it)

doesn't that translate as you replaced the throttle with an on/off switch ? Hi Jon :wave:

 

[gareth111278]

See my fuelly figures below!

Its a 1.1 and mostly does a 10 nmile round trip school run on open A roads. The MPG has got better with each fill up, its only 6 weeks old! The last MPG is poorer because I brimmed the tank , my wife only fills to first pump cut off!:bang:

How long do you think it takes for MPG to level off on a new car?

 

[English Gent]

It's not just mine then that might be poor. I've just filled up (to the first cut off ) for the first time. It cost me £28 . The first day I got the Panda I only put £20 in the nearly empty tank (very generous dealer ).

I worked out that I probably got between 30 to 35 mpg. All little, short journeys involving hills in cold weather. But not in the snow. When it's been snowing, I take my cycle. The police can close the route into my little town on a whim.

The next fuel up to the click will give me a better idea.

How's this for embarrassing... I had to practice opening the petrol filler. It's on some kind of spring. I found it just sprung back every time and I didn't want to break it. The landy needed a good twist to open but it was thick steel. The race car had a motorbike style cap (as do my bikes obviously) so this is the first modern petrol cap I've ever had to contend with :bang:

 

[udtrev]

It's not just mine then that might be poor. I've just filled up (to the first cut off ) for the first time. It cost me £28 . The first day I got the Panda I only put £20 in the nearly empty tank (very generous dealer ).

I worked out that I probably got between 30 to 35 mpg. All little, short journeys involving hills in cold weather. But not in the snow. When it's been snowing, I take my cycle. The police can close the route into my little town on a whim.

The next fuel up to the click will give me a better idea.

How's this for embarrassing... I had to practice opening the petrol filler. It's on some kind of spring. I found it just sprung back every time and I didn't want to break it. The landy needed a good twist to open but it was thick steel. The race car had a motorbike style cap (as do my bikes obviously) so this is the first modern petrol cap I've ever had to contend with :bang:

It just cost me £34 to fill up so you got away light

As you clock up the miles it will get better

As for the petrol cap, I replaced mine with a locking cap.


Trev