McSpreader Posted November 28, 2004 Posted November 28, 2004 With Christmas just around the corner, I am eyeing up my present to myself!! (well you never get really good presents from anyone else..). My day-to-day motor is getting quite tierd - so on with the hunt... I clock up around 20-25k miles per year, so oil burner it has to be - and I am quite taken by the 150bhp Leon. Looking at the official eco figures, they suggest about 52mpg combined (which I guess is closest to "reality".) Has anyone else got this car/engine - or indeed any of the other same engined cars (Golf, A3, etc.) and can comment upon your eco figures? Comments appreciated. Si Quote
Arm Posted November 28, 2004 Posted November 28, 2004 I've got a new Leon Cupra 150 diesel and its done about 600 miles from new so far. With energetic driving its doing 48 mpg average and I'm sure this is starting to improve as the engine loosens. However although I'm tight when it comes to putting fuel in the car and usually have an eye on the fuel consumption this car is such fun and so fast its a shame to drive it sensibly ! Quote
Gromit Posted November 29, 2004 Posted November 29, 2004 I`ve got a Golf TDi130 esate( same engine), does anywhere between 45 and 65 to the gallon, depending on how mad i`m feeling, and it`s normally loaded as well. Average over the last 17,000 miles with a good mixture of town and motorway is 51mpg. Phil Quote
the bear Posted November 29, 2004 Posted November 29, 2004 150 bhp Golf. 45 average over 2.5 years of ownership. Most I ever got was on a mid afternoon run back from Cradley Heath up M5 across M6 and down M1 to Luton was 62 average and I was nursing it as an experiment. We have two and have just done the calculations because they are company cars and they are to be replaced in May. Taking into consideration the average fuel economy, the Gordon Brown wiskey fund known as the Co2 emmisions calculations, additional 2p per litre and the additional cost of the oil burner over the petrol we are out of pocket to the tune of about £1200 for the pair compared to buying the equivelent petrol version. We read recently that if you buy new it takes between 55k and 60k total mileage to pay back the additional cost of the diesel. I have done 45k so far and the other car only 25k. It is also misinformation that diesels are more environmentally freindly than petrol cars, the only benefit is the lower Co2 and lower fuel consumption but the government adds an additional levy to counter the other crap that a diesel dumps into the atmosphere. Quote
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