Whats the real MPG

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timboellis
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Post by timboellis »

Hi all I am looking to by a CX-3 2.0 SKYACTIV-G Sport Nav 2WD however not sure on the real MPG anyone advise their experiences on this?

steve67
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Post by steve67 »

Hi , we have the same car, had it for just 1000 miles from new and around town we average 40mpg. which is the same as we were getting in out mazda 2 gt (1.5 engine)
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Post by Strangways »

Agree with Steve, around town and short runs 38-40mpg, longer runs around 45mpg. The best I've had on an 80 mile round trip was 52mpg.
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Agree around town mine is 39mpg but getting 50mpg on longer runs but tend to only drive around 60/65 mph on motorways.
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Post by santa »

Mine is an automatic and during my 92,000 km so far, the average is 45mpg with a best of 50.47mpg.
That's mainly country roads at around 80 km/h with a bit of city driving and the odd highway trip (110-130 km/h).
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Post by tyrfelin »

Average mpg over 14000 miles (never reset includes lots of town, motorway, A roads and basically hanging around) always reads 42.6 to 42.7 mpg. Not bad!! ☺
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Post by Chas »

Have a look on Honest John's website, interesting !
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I’ve recently changed fuel from standard Tesco to Tesco Momentum. A quick calculation shows that whilst the cost increase is about 4%, the mpg improves by 6%.
I have also compared the following:
The mpg recorded by the car, and the mpg calculated by the distance/fuel I purchase. The car seems to be optimistic by a tab over 2mpg, and feels more refined.
The difference in mpg by varying the speed I cruise at on the motorway for my daily commute. The journey is 63 miles with 50% on the motorway and the other 50% on A & B roads with mainly 40 & 50mph speed limits. If I set the cruise control to 70mph I can get, according to the cars computer, about 45mpg. If I set the cruise control to 62mph (journey time about 1hr 20minutes) the mpg rises considerably and my last tank full returned 51.5mpg – equivalent to about 49.5mpg. Since filling up I’m now at 54.4mpg average – real world of 52mpg. This will come down over the weekend but not below the 50mpg mark.
I don’t hang about but try to drive smoothly and look well ahead for any issues.
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How much of an improvement did you get when you had the car chipped? About 10%?
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Post by HouseSpider »

I did get an improvement but cannot remember by how much. At most I think it was 10% but probably closer to 5%. But that extra torque probably helps with the way I'm currently driving my car rather than when I first had it done.
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