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arry wrote: | mpd72 wrote: |
You'd be surprised, the 3.5 V6 Petrol CGI Coupe (lighter) does 40mpg average, the Passat won't be averaging 50mpg. I have the same 140ps 2.0 tdi engine in my Transporter and even when it was a bare shell with the rear 6 seats out, it only did an average of mid 30's, with late 40's on a run. I doubt the passat would be much lighter or more fuel efficient than my DSG7 Transporter. |
Side point really but Passats can average that. Drag Coefficient of your van is probably ~0.40 compared to the Passat ~0.32 or so. That does make a big difference. |
Maybe, but the Merc Coupe does 40mpg, not the 25 you quoted for the non Coupe. It's a lot lighter with a lot of aluminium in the build.
My Dad's one is still showing over 38mpg average on the trip computer. It shifts pretty well too!
It cost £14,400 when 6 years old and mint at 38,000 miles. ____________________ TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
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JonB wrote: | Mpd72. I'm sorry, but you are wrong on the MPG front on the VW group 2.0 TDI, I had a Passat estate with that engine and was getting 50mpg. |
I suppose its possible, I can see 40 plus on the Transporter on a slow motorway cruise, so with a bit more aerodynamics and lower weight....
Depends if you're talking motorway or around town really. We're talking average, not someone who uses it mainly for motorway commuting.
My point really, was that it's not just diesels which are better on fuel, modern petrol cars are surprisingly frugal too.
My old man's E350 Coupe with it's 3.5L V6 petrol has a claimed combined of 40mpg and his trip computer has shown an average of 38mpg over the last year or so. ____________________ TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
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Having taken the thread completely off topic, the passat (well vw cc actually) is a177 Tdi, and had 20K miles on the clock when bought last year (Merc coupe only getting to that price now, and difficult to find Merc used approved with warranty at that either - equivalent passat cc will be a lot less for a 40K mile example now). it's 103 miles door to door from home to the lichfield office of which 98miles is motorway.
Leave at 5am and sit in cruise in 6th, at 68-71 mph, & 50 through average speed cameras equal s a very frugal drive. Usually over 60mpg on onboard computer so probably mid 50s
Leave at 7pm the other way (long day but hey Ho).
Oh, no emissions fix either keeping fuel burn temps up!
Admittedly not the most exciting drive, but it's pretty much the type of driving thus car was designed to do, and it does it well -
Comfortable enough place to be, with a few toys as well.
No-one really picked up the irony about German cars, however the point was replying to OP about overpriced car finance deals being entered into by people who couldn't really afford it.
For me, as will be the same for others, I'm 'lucky' in that work effectively pay for it (in return i spend too much time away from family) and some kind of finance based deal appears to make sense.
The partially funded 2nd hand vw cc won over a new lease car at the time as I thought I may have ended up with something of residual value, but that's looking less and less likely given current war on diesel. ____________________ DanceLikeAMonkey says: "An infinte amount of web pages available
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Ooh an MPG thread.
Is it bad that I get 20mpg (sounds even better as 17 miles/US gallon) and do about 80 miles a day? ____________________ Make mine a Corona. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 269 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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