Used car mpg claim

waamo

If you swapped the car for another one you would still be in the same boat. All manufacturers tend to use the same methods to measure MPG so they all give a very generous figure. Garages can only really give you the official figures.

eeeeen

Thanks for all the replies guys, just wanted to know if i had any any challenge to the garage, it seems not.
I have been driving cars for thirty years plus, laterly since the price of fuel went to all time highs I have had a range of cars all company and have been driving them very frugally and achieved some astonishing results and on some occasions in the region of manufactures stats,this renaualt megane 1.5 dci That I purchaced is very disappointing. Once again thanks

hcb42

fuel is cheaper than it has been for ages, isnt it.....? Not costing me £90 to fill up any more thankfully..

Revolting_Peasant

The way that MPG figures are assessed / published nowadays in done what basically amounts to 'lab conditions' and the chances of you achieving them in the real world is NONE AT ALL.

Thing is, when viewing / test-driving the car, why not cycle through the options to see what the on-board read-outs are giving??

It's all quite subjective really. I used to have a Renault Kangoo with the 1500dci engine - the 'paper' figures reckoned it'd do 60mpg, in the real world I never bettered 40, over 30,000 miles. When it came to change I looked at various 'economical' cars which claimed 60/70mpg (Hyundai i130, Kia Ceed etc) but when I tested/viewed them none were better than high thirties. In the end I decided sod it, have some fun and bought a used BMW 330d which averages 38mpg AND goes like sh*t off a shovel. LOL

Horses, courses, etc.

neilmcl

robatwork wrote: »

It's about time someone took a car manufacturer to court to challenge their MPG figures. They should be realistic but aren't - nobody drives a car without seats, mirrors and tape all over the bonnet, and no driver.

I think you'll find that all manufacturer's state that the advertised MPG figures are there for comparative purposes only and don't reflect real driving results, so I don't think you'd get very far taking them to court but please be my guest.

eeeeen

hcb42 wrote: »

fuel is cheaper than it has been for ages, isnt it.....? Not costing me £90 to fill up any more thankfully..

How long will it say low that's the question?

Money-Saving-King

eeeeen wrote: »

Just bought a used car 62 reg no tax needed due to low emissions, I am not happy with the mpg conversion dispite claims by a the manufacturer and the garage selling the car that it does an average of 80. Now I know that they never run as they say but I would expect something better than what I am getting.
Do I have any come back on the garage selling it as I am really not happy.

Thanks in advance

What did you have in writing including any terms & conditions?

akkers

These economy figures are a con. There was a report on TV last week where they showed that the manufacturers were carrying out the tests with bonnets, mirrors etc removed. There is nothing in current law to stop them quoting figures from dodgy tests.
My guess is that a brand-new car will do 90% of the official figure. A 2nd hand car could do 70-80% of official figure if you are lucky.

George_Michael

bris wrote: »

These figures are at optimal driving conditions, i.e straight line driving at 55 mph (give or take) for a few hundred miles to get the average that can be achieved.


In the real world we stop and start, drive around town, take kids to school etc, this will half or more you MPH. You must be a new driver if you don't know even the basics of this.

This is incorrect.
The tests used to give the MPG figures are conducted using two different types of driving (urban and extra-urban) and both of these require a mixture of accelerations, steady driving and decelerations.
It used to be the case that the tests were conducted with the car at a steady speed but this was changed many years ago and in order to comply with EU regs and to get a type certificate (without which the cars can't be sold in the EU), they are now required to follow the requirements of EU directive 93/116/EC