Beat you all there I managed 18mpg thru Central London yesterday

Yes the wife as in the Car Doc

Last edited by FR2471 on 7th Feb 2010 6:19 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Just to add my 2p worth.

I've started using "proper" diesel rather than supermarket fuel. I have noticed that I am getting 4 - 6mpg more over the same journey and driving style.

By "proper diesel" I mean Shell city diesel, not the V-power stuff. ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

My first 100 miles, nice and steady on country roads = 42MPG indicated.

Rowy wrote:

EV- get ya missus to take the FL2 for a run and see what MPG she returns?
I get 25/26mpg and drive like a hooligan, she drives like a nun on a sunday morning drive & she got 32 when she did a 200mile trip on her own.

Just a thought

Executive Valeter wrote:

Only a minor problem there in as much as she wont drive the chromed up car....

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Hi. This is my first post after a week or so of FL2 ownership. I've been noting with interest what mpg figures people have been getting and this has been the only aspect of the car I was a little disappointed with. I say was because i have to admit to having been a bit of a donut
Anyway, as soon as I got the car the first things I did was put the shiny new 18's on that I'd got waiting in the garage, clean her properly (why are stealers so rubbish at preparing used cars!?), fill with diesel and reset the trip computer. Over the next working week my mpg was around 32 (mixture of rural lanes and slow A road mostly), which I was a little disappointed with as I had hoped for 35. At the end of last week I thought I'd check a couple of things out which might help, including tyre pressure. Oh . 18 psi
I could have sworn the dealer who supplied the wheels said they were balanced, pumped up and ready to go! Entirely my fault, should have checked. Anyway, I reset the computer and over the last 150 miles if identical driving ........ 39 mpg

p.s.car doesn't handle any worse even when there's only half the required air in the tyres!

After exactly 1 week of ownership !! I cant believe I have had it a week It still feels so new but I somehow feel as if I have been driving it for years. Its been so easy to get used to driving the FL2 and I love it.

Still getting through the first tank of fuel put in when I took delivery last Tuesday. The Average MPG shows up as 35.9 which is a mix of slow commuting from the house to the station about 7 miles away and a few runs through country lanes and A road driving over the weekend.

I used to get about 37-40 in my Civic Type S which I agree was spirited driving but I would be very happy with 36mpg in my FL2, as I presume the economy improves in time considering its new at the moment.

beachy68 wrote:

Anyway, as soon as I got the car the first things I did was clean her properly (why are stealers so rubbish at preparing used cars!?), fill with diesel and reset the trip computer.

At the end of last week I thought I'd check a couple of things out which might help, including tyre pressure. Oh . 18 psi

I could have sworn the dealer who supplied the wheels said they were balanced, pumped up and ready to go! Entirely my fault, should have checked.

Got my new GS (manual) 5 days ago. 9 miles on the clock. It now has 800 The drive only gets better, I have been on motorways for the last 200 miles and averaged 40.9mpg. The first 500 miles was a bit more fun and averaged 36mpg. I do find the "Christmas Tree" on the dash keeps telling to change up a gear when I think I don't need to. Sure it just wants me to keep changing gear. Hope the next 100.000 miles are as much fun  ______________________
2010 GS Galway Green Manual (now sold)