whats the most economical car you have owned?

and what did you use it for i.e. local driving/motorway driving etc

 

I have got a 57 plate 1.6 fiesta tdci remapped use it for work ect goes minnimum 55mpg all the time no matter how hard you drive it, I wouldnt part with the little car unless it was for a newer one

 

My 406hdi, did a trip to Spa in belgium and back, fully loaded, on a trackday visit, 915 miles to less than a tank, 59mpg. Cant fault that economy really. Everyday driving is about 53mpg

 

my escort cosworth

 

Best has been my previous Vw Bora TDI 130 6 speed

I was getting 62-65mpg and on a longer haul could achieve 70 i reckon no problem

Even booting it hard was still getting 48/49 mpg

Great car and missed badly

 

My mk6.5 Fiesta Zetec-S TDCi does 63mpg round town, then does 71mpg on motorway. Awesome little car

 

Fiesta TDCI all the way eh! I'd love something economical in my life

Then again i wont need a car for work for much longer so who cares

 

IMO the ZS version not bad looking little runabouts either. Mine has full leather, sat nav, hfs, so nice to drive too and always returns 60+mpg where ever you drive it



sounds like your be getting better mpg without a car for work tho lol

 

my mothers 1.3 fiesta tappet rattler, i used to use it all the time as it was dirt cheap to run and never missed a beat

 

Passat tdi estate 130 fully loaded, 62 mpg over 350 miles, mainly at 60-65mph. Cant fault that at all.

 

My mondeo 130 TDCI zetec s was brilliant on diesel.

Failing that my cosworth as it never gets used.

Pete

 

fiat cinq sporting 55bhp

but got 60mpg

and a fun little car.

 

my old 1.4cvh orion, did 80mph at 2800rpm, to my mums and back was 600miles , Ł55 when fuel was about a Ł1 per litre. dunno what tht means in mpg.... must be 50 ish .
Adding to that, in 7 yrs all i did was replace the clutch, services. never changed the brakes in tht time. superb car , prob my best so far lolol

 

Either an old 405 diesel I had or a Passat Tdi Est.I very rarely went to a petrol station,not like now with my sapph and my 2.8d Iveco van < pile of shit does about 20mpg

 

Pug 306 TD the old one with mechanical fuel pump, even with it tuned up to from 92-130BHP with a FMIC and over 2 bar of boost is was still returning 55Mpg

 

years ago i had an italia 90 fiat panda 750cc and a tenner use to last weeks its was jokes, really slow though

 

What cooler did you use mate? I have just turned my pump up and will do the boost tomorrow but cant run over 18psi on standard cooler.

 

106 XND did 550+ to a Ł40 tank.

Current car is an 07 Golf GT that easy does 60+ on the motorway, overall combined is 45. A bit worse than the pug but a lot heavier and faster.

 

golf 100 TDI.

Amazing mpg like 65 some times....

 

fabia VRS with a re-map can see up to 65-70mpg and booting it can see average of 55 mpg

 

My old 1969 mini, did 60mpg, but had modded head(12G295) plus other economy mods, that was short trips but at steady 55mph.
tabetha

 

over 33k in 15 months in my FST ive got 34.1 average, mostly all motorway miles.

 

my most economical car was a little citroen ax 1.4 diesel i bought just to run to work an back. that used to do 70mpg easy. yet i have a 406 1.9td for work now and its real good, 50 odd to the gallon, but its better on a motorway journey.

 

not most economical but my dads landrover used to get the same mpg regardless of how it was drivin, fully loaded(bike rack, trailer tent 4 people, roof box), moterway, town anything. 19mpg though lmao

 

pug 307 2.0 HDI. avg 61mpg driving around town and to work

 

1.9D pug 306 just for local driving i try not to take french cars too far from home.

 

pugs seem to be doing well

 

My wifes Isuzu truck, just get in it, drive, take it home.

Done loads of miles, never put a penny in it - fantastic economy (accompanied by occasional ear ache)

 

my current Leon TDI 50 + mpg

 

Fiat Sceicento Sporting. Stuck Ł15 in it and it lasted nearly a fortnight. Why did I have it?

It was free as it needed a headgasket and I sorted it and sold it for a profit. No way I'd drive a fucking rollerskate like that

 

my 06 octavia tdi would run to about 60 or a bit over if i was trying to save juice (usually if i was a run to do in my own time ) but on a thrash it was much lower (how do you guys get 45 and thrashing?)

at 120mph it was 18-24mpg (the private lane i used runs parrellel to the a14)
acceleration 12mpg bottom

did over 100k it that thing, i loved it, the superb i had before was shocking on juice and did a set of 17's in in 6k heavy old bastard that was tho

 

her x type 2.0d jag, that does 40mpg and on a run is about 50mpg, quite good for a car that size imo.

 

so it seems the new tdi's are good, iv always known that pugs were good on making dervs

vag tdi's and ford tdci's seem the way to go

has any one had any experience with LPG??

 

Ive owned vags derv, fords derv pugs derv, vauxs derv and still to this day the pug is the quietest engine and smoothest to drive IMO

Borrowed my mates 150 cdti astra a few weeks ago and fuck me from stone cold startup you would wake the neighbours , my escort TD van was quieter as i started it up to compare

 

drove my escos from london to newquay 295miles 3/4 of a tank doing about 80mhp.

dont get that now i fried my ecu.

 

anyone with LPG experiece? I heard good things about them oo like the p38 converted range rovers doing good MPG

 

It would have to be my old astra 1.6 belmont on k reg, used to put Ł20 in on a thursday and use it all week, i.e driving to my exs on friday 30miles north of me at uni, then sat eveing drive another 30miles home, then go to my best mates, bout 25miles south of me then a few mile down his way and them home, then to work everyday in it bout 6 mile round trip and it would be rallied every single mile! dont know on the mpg as the speedo didnt work nor the petrol gauge! was bit of a shock going from that to my rs trubo.

 

how did you get one of these private lanes?lol I need one!

 

Opel Corsa 1.3CDTi, 60mpg ish

 

My 997cc 1962 Ford Anglia Van, does around 40 to the gallon and a close second in the missus RS1800i Fiesta, on a recent run, following said Anglia van she got over 40 to the gallon, and on a run up to the lake district at New Year we got 38 mpg

So all in all cant complain at those apples !