turbopete
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- 2017 '17' Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCi ST Line X 180 (sorry)
i have seen 45mpg quoted on adverts selling E300's before!
that figure was heading south (more downhill) from Carlisle to Banbury, non stop at a maximum 70mph, so virtually no acceleration etc to take into account.
i once opened it up to see what it could do (on private ground of course) and the rate that the fuel guage dropped at 135mph, i reckoned i could empty a full tank in about 100 miles!
these were the sorts of trips i could get that mpg on. i couldnt get near it in normal day to day useage. i matched it only once, going to the warrington gtg earlier the same year, driving in the same manner at the same speeds. the running i do currently with the 203 (getting 40+mpg on short runs approx 3.5 miles each way) i would be hard pushed to see much over 20-25 if id still had the E300.
for those who remember me joining the forum, the E300 was the car i had when i joined, which had starting issues, particularly when hot. the engine had very low compression. i wonder what happened to that car because other than the starting (and me not getting on with the auto box) it was really a very nice car!
that figure was heading south (more downhill) from Carlisle to Banbury, non stop at a maximum 70mph, so virtually no acceleration etc to take into account.
i once opened it up to see what it could do (on private ground of course) and the rate that the fuel guage dropped at 135mph, i reckoned i could empty a full tank in about 100 miles!
these were the sorts of trips i could get that mpg on. i couldnt get near it in normal day to day useage. i matched it only once, going to the warrington gtg earlier the same year, driving in the same manner at the same speeds. the running i do currently with the 203 (getting 40+mpg on short runs approx 3.5 miles each way) i would be hard pushed to see much over 20-25 if id still had the E300.
for those who remember me joining the forum, the E300 was the car i had when i joined, which had starting issues, particularly when hot. the engine had very low compression. i wonder what happened to that car because other than the starting (and me not getting on with the auto box) it was really a very nice car!