right Sarah has got it into her head that she now wants a focus st 2.5 one as her everyday car.

what we wanna know is what are they actually like on fuel around town and on a run??
she will be coming from a vectra sri diesel lol. we know they not gonna be anywhere like the derv but with diesel being 11p a litre more in some places would it even its self out.

must be based on a standard st

 

Hi, i have had my ST3 for 16 months now, great cars and drive well.

MPG - I do allot of motorway miles 25k per year and TBH i think its crap! i dont run the engine flat but drive at 80mph average i would say, Mine shows 26.4 since birth as only re set the computer the day i bought it.

My mate has the montune and it shows he is getting 27 MPG which i have heard others say.

 

Brilliant everyday cars!

2 and a half years and love it as much as the day I got it.

I reset my trip every tank and get anywhere from 19mpg to a tank to 28 depending on town/motorway etc. 19mpg is from some heavy foot action like.

Chill at 60-65 on a long run and you will see above 30mpg. 80 or so and you will get about 27-28 ish irrc.

You will love it!

 

We replaced the missus ST200 with a 2010 ST3 in September. Since then she has been getting circa 22 around town and around 33 when I have used for work (48 miles each way round the M25).

They are certainly not the best for fuel but are worth it for the smile factor. They are like little go carts compared with my remapped 535d.

 

you will get around 20mpg average. I have heard the mountuned ones get closer to 30.

 

im on the St forums, and they all seem to be selling up because of fuel costs, most people seem to be getting 15-20mpg round town, shocking for what you actually get imo

 

yeah deffo won't be getting one if that's the case, the vectra does about 37mpg round town, i thought maybe about 25 on the st

 

Once I can get the Mrs driving she will be getting a derv so any longer journeys I will be using that.

I quit smoking partly due to the cost of fuel.

If you can accept the fuel costs they are worth the money!

 

Standard i was getting 27MPG.. with the Code Red 300 kit i was getting 20-25mpg..

How anyone get 15mpg in a ST is beyond me, thats what i was getting in a 4.0l V8 M3

 

its quite easy if you live in a busy area, i regularly see sub 20mpg on my FRS and they are better on fuel than the ST.

the 2 miles journey to my folks can take 10 mins in a car, stop starting and thats what kills the economy round town

 

so your telling me that a ST can be worse than a M3 in the same traffic conditions? when the BM has an extra 1.5: and about 200hp extra

 

In normal guise I got about 26mpg and now running mod X with RS injectors and over 300bhp I get around 30mpg,now mostly I drive like a sissy apart from the occasional blast,I only go 12 miles a day to work and that's at 2 in the morning doing 40-50mph so maybe why mines isn't to bad,u nail it and it drinks fuel other than that I think they're ok if ur sensible

 

that sounds more like we were expecting tbh but still so many different mpg readings lol

 

maybe go over to the forum and tell them what there doing wrong then

 

yup......

 

They are great cars, had mine from a year old for 3 years and was sad to see it go but the cost of fuel finally ment it had to.

Average was 27mpg, with a high of 33mpg on steady 75mph trips on the motorway. (Remapped with dreamscience)

Really miss the old girl, until I fill up or see 50mpg on my 320d display.

 

My good friend has just had a dream science remap (performance plus) and he reckons it is marginallly better on fuel. He drives quite tamely anyway though.

 

27-32 mpg on motorway dependant upon speed.
22 mpg town type driving to and from work.

 

both of mine never moved off of the 19 mpg mark around town
anybody who tells you much more is kidding themselves
there running the old volvo engine that was never fuel efficient in the first place
if you use them in anger or on a track they will be down to 7-9 mpg on the instant mpg on the fuel computer

 

Horrendous on fuel.. stick with the vectra

 

My 220 bhp mk2 Octavia vrs does 33mpg cruising at 90mph and averages 35 over the time I owned it so far. Cruising at 75 will see nearly 40mpg

This is why I bought it instead of the ST I'd set my heart on, I'm glad I did too as its a bloody brilliant car and pretty quick for whT it is

 

More or less what put me off the ST to that and there everywhere, im getting 10mpg more round town then my mates ST with 75bhp more

 

That's cause the Mazda is lighter with its cheap tat trim
















Just kidding rofl

 

Graphs or stfu......

 

you'll have them next week

 

i wish way heavier then a ST

 

Dicko have you seen the focus zetec s.s they come in diesel form and i think there nice.Hopefully me and the wife will be getting one this year.She needs a diesel cause she goes to durham and back everyday.

They might be out of your price range though compared to the St.s

 

If you or your missus likes the car enough, just get one, they are very nice. Yes there will always be more ecconomical cars, SO what, don't think too many on this site are that fussed, or you'd not be on this site

 

Mines 280hp and does around 24 to 27mpg when the wife drives it.

Mark

 

i thought an focus st would be better than that, my mondeo st is slightly more economical that what your focus's are!

 

But no where near as fast !!!!!!!!!1

 

Hope it makes the power its supposed to pal...Remember bonnet down..or buy a proper front mount and let me fit it...

 

Take one for a test drive you won't be dissapointed. I absolutley love mine. I kicked the arse out of a Mazda mps on Sunday. Mines still standard. Can't wait to go to revo for my remap.

They are brilliant cars and as long as you can tame your right foot there not too bad.

If you sign up to focus stoc there is a poll on mpg there.

 

really....?

 

Them mazdas seem a quick car to me. I had a play with one with my cossie.

 

If you are asking about the fuel consumption of the car then it obviously isnt the one for you. Who in their right mind buys a sports car and then worries about the fuel costs!!!!

We got Clare's knowing that they weren't that good on fuel but they are worth every penny as they are a great little package all round.

 

I even stopped smoking to help fund the ST fuel addiction

 

Still cant see 15mpg being the norm.. My rs with the same engine.. Bigger turbo, injectors etc has 200hp more and im seeing 25.5mpg in town driving, starting and stoping etc i had a standard ST and never got that low not even close

 

I think people must be driving with a caravan on the back or with the hand brake on.

 

cause i already have a 500hp mk1 focus and don't want 2 cars that do 15mpg lol