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Old 27-03-2011, 04:42 PM
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as above cheers andrew
Old 27-03-2011, 04:44 PM
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Used to get 500 motorway miles out of my Focus. Really good on fuel
Old 27-03-2011, 04:49 PM
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is that mk1 focus?
Old 27-03-2011, 05:10 PM
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out of my 2l mk1 cross country, through towns including traffic and therefore not eco at all i would get 31 mpg.

long motorway stuff sticking to 70 should be very good!
Old 27-03-2011, 05:17 PM
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What? I get sub 30mpg out of my 1.6 around town.
On the motorway at 65-70mph I get about 50mpg.
If I put the hammer down abit on my private motorways and have a few high speed sprints I get about 35-40mpg.
I need a bigger engined Focus I think
Old 27-03-2011, 05:31 PM
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my old 1.8 escort si would return about 40mpg round town if i drove it very carefully
Old 27-03-2011, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bailes1992
What? I get sub 30mpg out of my 1.6 around town.
On the motorway at 65-70mph I get about 50mpg.
If I put the hammer down abit on my private motorways and have a few high speed sprints I get about 35-40mpg.
I need a bigger engined Focus I think
mine were decent runs of 45 miles though. if all you do is short start stop purely round town with lots of engine stats it will be signifacantly worse.

i can easily get very low 20's when playing
Old 29-03-2011, 12:31 AM
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my old escort si`s did 30 mpg easily, and i regularly thrashed them, got to ford fair (220 mile to get there)on a little over 1/4 tank in my rs1800 fiesta steady 70 mph all the way, but my 1.6 escort would only do 25 mpg on a good day,too underpowered i think
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the best i've got out of my 2.0 focus is 33mpg and my worst was 18mpg lol
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my focus 2.0 gets pretty much the same as phil, its the cold start short journeys that kill the mpg average 30mpg ,on a long run doing around 60-70 it will do 45mpg
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Originally Posted by LewisT
my focus 2.0 gets pretty much the same as phil, its the cold start short journeys that kill the mpg average 30mpg ,on a long run doing around 60-70 it will do 45mpg
yep sticking to 55-60 on a long motorway journey and you'd be amazed at how economical they are, my problem is i hate driving that slow on the motorway
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My 1.8 turbo does 23-26mpg regardless of how I drive or where
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mines a 2002 1.4 and i get about 380 miles round the doors on a full tank thats just town driving its never really done any motorway driving, shes only done 39k i only did 4000 miles last year
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Our 08 Focus Zetec 1800 TDCI hatch 50,000 miles has just been exchanged for a new 1600 Titanium stop start TDCI hatch.
The old one showed 46 MPG during winter and 54 MPG in summer.
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Originally Posted by Robert Parker
Our 08 Focus Zetec 1800 TDCI hatch 50,000 miles has just been exchanged for a new 1600 Titanium stop start TDCI hatch.
The old one showed 46 MPG during winter and 54 MPG in summer.
will be interesting to see what the new one does.
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