Old diesel estate cars - good MPG possible?

Green.Lander

I had a Reanult Lauguna and it was a problem from day1. Considering i paid £17,000 odd i expected more, never again. Stick to Ford.

Hammyman

forgotmyname wrote: »

2004 130 TDCI Estate, Manual 6 speed 38mpg average.

Last tank everaged 26mpg. Beat last years lowest of 28mpg.

48mpg averaged on one tank because i drove from midlands to blackpool inbetween my usual short trips.

Is it broken? I very rarely get below 50MPG in mine, although a hatch but that shouldn't make a difference of over 20%. Just out of interest, I only use 6th gear once I'm on a motorway or dual carriageway and can do 70MPH unimpeded. Other than that, it never gets in 6th as it is LESS economical than using 5th.

Hammyman

james_joyce wrote: »

Looking at Parkers, there is roughly a 200-300kg weight difference and the original quoted MPG figures are a bit different - 48 for the Mondeo compared with 53 on the Focus.

Obviously in the real world with cars that are several years old, I'm not going to get those MPG figures - but can I still expect the Focus to be about 10% more economical than the Mondeo?

Why not? My 04 plate MK3 Mondeo is on 147,000 milesd, the equivalent mileage of a 12 year old car doing the average 12k a year - its last service is listed at Ford as an 11 year / 137500 mile service, lol. I very rarely get as low as 48MPG, usually when the wife has thraped it, and usually mid 50's in normal mode topping out at 70MPG when deliberately trying to be as economical as possible.

james_joyce

Thanks, so if I take a Mondeo and a Focus, both TDCI, well-maintained, similar age and mileage, and well driven, they should hopefully both be close to their original MPG. Which in turn may actually be better than the MPG which Ford quoted.

So choosing between the two, if I want the car with better fuel economy I should get a Focus not a Mondeo?

PsiDOC

In a word yes. The focus is smaller and lighter so less weight to pull around.

Kilty_2

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

Have you ever driven anything decent?

When buying my Laguna I test drove the other cars in the same class (Vectra, Mondeo, Avensis, Primera, etc) and it was the best drive of them all

Rossy.

Kilty wrote: »

When buying my Laguna I test drove the other cars in the same class (Vectra, Mondeo, Avensis, Primera, etc) and it was the best drive of them all

I agree although my purchase was more on impulse. I love the styling of the Laguna II too. Still look's decent now imo

Inactive

Kilty wrote: »

When buying my Laguna I test drove the other cars in the same class (Vectra, Mondeo, Avensis, Primera, etc) and it was the best drive of them all

Better than a Honda Accord or a Mazda 6 , or even a Skoda Octavia ?

Kilty_2

Inactive wrote: »

Better than a Honda Accord or a Mazda 6 , or even a Skoda Octavia ?

The Mazda 6 is a Mondeo in drag, the Accord was out of budget and an Octavia is just a Golf - so mostly yes.

Inactive

Kilty wrote: »

The Mazda 6 is a Mondeo in drag, the Accord was out of budget and an Octavia is just a Golf - so mostly yes.

The Mazda 6 drives far better than any Mondeo, it may well share some components.

Did you drive an Octavia?