Any Car mechanic 'bods' out there ?

Mike_St_Helens

Hi all..

Im after a bit of advice.. I cant really take the car back to the garage or go to another as ill either get charged or laughed at and there is something i need to ask about my car ..

I have a frontera, 2L. It takes around £70 to fill the tank.. Im only getting around 400 miles out of it.. Is this right. Thing is Ive never had such a big car so I dont know if its normal.. Im used to getting 350 miles for £30 in the Clio !!

Any help would be great.. also if it is right, tips on reducing this would be good too !!

Mike :beer:

chivers1977

Not a mechanic but a googler:

Frontera consumption in the region of 25-28 mpg
Renault Clio's 65.7mpg

oscar52

Sounds about right mike - as posted above the frontera is about 28 mpg, however the clio is more likely to be about 45mpg.
anyway, based on your £70 - 7000(pence) / 83.9 (per litre / 4.55 (for galls) =18.33. 400miles/18.33 = 21.82 mpg.

a little bit heavy, but depends how hard you put your foot down - do like to get to 60 quickly, or build up your speed.

THE_LONE_RANGER_4

sounds right to me frontera aint no cleo when it comes to mpg

rog2

Perhaps you could consider having an LPG conversion - costs vary from £500 - over £1000, but LPG is half the price of petrol so you would soon get your money back.

whatatwit

rog2 wrote:

Perhaps you could consider having an LPG conversion - costs vary from £500 - over £1000, but LPG is half the price of petrol so you would soon get your money back.

I have thought about doing this, but then I remember when diesel was much cheaper than unleaded. How long before LPG is at the same price.

joeblack066

And check the standard stuff - tyre pressure makes a difference to mpg. Try driving at 50 instead of 70, you'll be amazed the diff it makes! TTFN Debs

Mike_St_Helens

oscar52 wrote:

Sounds about right mike - as posted above the frontera is about 28 mpg, however the clio is more likely to be about 45mpg.
anyway, based on your £70 - 7000(pence) / 83.9 (per litre / 4.55 (for galls) =18.33. 400miles/18.33 = 21.82 mpg.

a little bit heavy, but depends how hard you put your foot down - do like to get to 60 quickly, or build up your speed.

I am a little 'foot' heavy I guess.....

Thanks guys, Its put my mind at rest knowing that its OK and the car isnt !!!!!!ed !

rog2

whatatwit wrote:

I have thought about doing this, but then I remember when diesel was much cheaper than unleaded. How long before LPG is at the same price.

I agree, but I don't think that even this government would risk the backlash of raising the duty in one fell swoop.
Diesel would have been the best option, but as Mike already has the car then LPG is one possible solution.

Mike_St_Helens

rog2 wrote:

I agree, but I don't think that even this government would risk the backlash of raising the duty in one fell swoop.
Diesel would have been the best option, but as Mike already has the car then LPG is one possible solution.

The car is quite old really and I dont do that many miles.. I guess it wouldnt be that cost effective.

Still.. At least I get clubcard points !

rog2

Mike_St_Helens wrote:

The car is quite old really and I dont do that many miles.. I guess it wouldnt be that cost effective.

Still.. At least I get clubcard points !

If you don't do that many miles, Mike it's probably not worth bothering with. No car is at its most economic on short runs - my wife's car (318i) gives around 26 mpg, but when I take it up the motorway it's nearer 40 mpg.
And, of course there's the clbcard points - I really notice the difference since my car was repo'd - last week my statement arrived and I was 20 points short of getting any vouchers. :mad: :mad: