1.2 puretech 110 mpg

[StevenRB45]

With any downsized petrol the rule of thumb is that it'll average real-world slightly better than what you'd expect a none turbo larger engine of the same power output to do. But they are more susceptible to driving style and extremes drive gently and don't use the turbo much and it'll have economy better than an equivalent larger engine, if you boost it all the time you'd have been better off with a none turbo engine of equivalent power and performance.

[tch]

I'd say it's the short trips that are killing the mpg. Not getting the engine up to temp.

[BeefMasta]

Might be also my trips are always short as well, 2 miles to work. 2 miles to the gym and then 2 miles home and each time the engine is cold?

Might give driving it like an old biddy ago.

Or stop being lazy... 2 miles is like 40 min walk max (even at my slow pace).

[Rickzayne]

Or stop being lazy... 2 miles is like 40 min walk max (even at my slow pace).

I didn't buy a car so I could walk everywhere 8-)

[lfcrule1972]

Did you buy it to bitch about the low mpg ??

[Moznov]

My DStyle NAV auto averages 425 miles per full tank. Onboard computer says I'm getting about 42mpg. My daily round-trip distance is 40 miles.

[Bigfeet]

Right first things first.

THE PUBLISHED FIGURES ARE NOT REAL WORLD DRIVING BUT ARE FOR COMPARISON ONLY!!!! *breathe*

In regards the the P/T 110 it's all going to come down to driving style, I've driven the same engine and I was return around 50 MPG from the car. My suggestion is to follow the GEI on the dashboard for a couple of trips and see if that helps.

[Rickzayne]

I did a 12 mile round trip yesterday to experiment,

while it will do 50 mpg while doing a nice steady 30mph, the second i have to stop at a traffic light and even look at 1st and 2nd gear WITHOUT touching the boost, its still destroys the average.

So most of my trips being at rush hour i rarely get up to 30mph so there is my problem =[

[rozzingxo]

I do about 100 miles a week and on average I get about 41-42 MPG

[DigitalCal]

1.2 puretech 110 mpg

Right... So I'm currently driving an e-HDI 115 and have been loving the economy and range I get over the last 3 years (always 60mpg+).

I do a high annual mileage of around 25,000 miles so am doing pretty much exactly 500 miles per week, which is why the diesel has been brilliant.

I'm reading a lot of comments in different places online about the future of diesel and its harmful effects on people's health etc. There appear to be a very vocal few on car magazine websites labelling diesel drivers as 'morons' and 'ignorant' to the diesel negatives.

So two questions... Is anyone else reconsidering diesel? I'd really like a petrol to drive if my commute didn't dictate diesel (which I still think it does) - and it looks like I wouldn't get anywhere near the economy, even with a 1.2 Puretech. About 90% of my commute is motorway-based.

Thoughts?


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[minimike]

I am with you on the excellent MPG. We can average 60mpg easily when on the motorway and 50+ with town and A road driving. Great performance with an e-HDI 115 too.

I commute to work in a Peugeot 107 and the fuel economy can be good in that. I average 50MPG but it is not in the same league as the DS3 for comfort or performance. It doesn't suffer from cabin rattles as much though

I would personally stick with diesel if I was you. Next week they will decide petrol is worse than diesel.........etc etc

[JEZDS3]

I regularly average 55mpg on my work commute which includes a spot of town driving too.

[Jan79]

I can only agree with minimike and jezds3.
Last average I got with my 120bluehdi was als0 50+.
Petrol direct injection isn't also a green way for carbon smoke reasons. For this mercedes beginns equipping his petrol engines with a particle filter.
As long as the exhaust gas aftertreatment works properly everything is fine with a diesel engine. For this see modern truck engines.
They have lower Nox emissions under all conditions than normal passenger cars. So a clean diesel engine is possible.
I would always stick to a diesel except they improve the H2 facilities and sell a fuel cell car for a reasonable price.

[DigitalCal]

I commute to work in a Peugeot 107 and the fuel economy can be good in that. I average 50MPG but it is not in the same league as the DS3 for comfort or performance. It doesn't suffer from cabin rattles as much though

I would personally stick with diesel if I was you. Next week they will decide petrol is worse than diesel.........etc etc

I had an Aygo before my DS3 and yeah that was a cracker too, but couldn't imagine doing my 50 mile each way commute in it now.

Thanks for your inputs folks, just helps to know that I'm not some 'crazed moron' for considering diesel again. Was starting to believe the hype against them...


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[StevenRB45]

Tbf we have a diesel DS3 and in winter it manages a whole 3mpg more than a faster, bigger and heavier petrol car. In summer the distance shoots up to 7mpg..although it would appear that most people with thps can beat our figures.

This is off the trip computer in the ds3 though the chances are it's actually smaller difference given the other car is brim to brim measured.

It all depends on usage cycle they both normally do shortish trips but petrols warm up faster. It would be better if the DS3 got used for long trips but it's not the go to car as although it might save a few quid in fuel you couldn't pay me enough to do a 3 hour motorway stint in it. Thankfully the company car scheme ours is from is so diesel biased that it could do 20mpg and still be cheaper than the 1.6 vti to run (30 quid pm over 3 years buys a lot of fuel when the car is barely doing 5k a year).