Got myself a new ST yday and been giving it a fair bit of stick hav been slightly dissapointed to find it dropping down to 10-12 rang i know it all depends on you right foot but i have also had a go at driving economicaly and found it upto about 25 at best! damn.

So whats yours doing?

 

Yep same here , even when remaped its stayed the same. A minimum of 40 queen quids a week on fuel

 

its a 2.5 turbo what did yous expect
sound quality tho

 

She might not be lasting very long then, im 19 and cant afford to be chucking fuel in it like that, been looking at some figures, i think its a mindset thing i had for 2 years golf diesels and its just that mpg was always the best thing about them!

If you try though can you get them upto 30?

And yeah the noise is incredible.

 

ive had two now and they both have done 28 29 mpg as long as you behave which isnt easy

 

Are you sure you are not looking at the instantaneous MPG reading if your
car has this option ????

Those figures will frighten you like on any other car.

My ST does 27 to 28 mpg average on a brisk run.

Very happy with fuel consumption.....Especially after having a cossie for 15 years

 

mines averages 22-23 mpg with dreamscience fitted which isnt to bad

 

To be honest im not sure how to use the trip computer but i know its the average. its a st3 so i presume it will be fitted with instantaneous readout aint got that far yet though. 27-28 sounds great, that would be fine. Its in getting valeted and a new starter motor fitting and il pick it back up next weekend. Il have to loook at the bright side was amazed at insurance of only 1200, and car was cheap.

 

my mate doesnt see abov 25 on his ever lol
but try reseting the comp and go out driving like a blouse and see what you can get

 

your 19 and st insurance is only £1200? thats cheap! is that in your name? fully comp?

 

Get 22-23 just dodging about, took it to london the other day and reset it, managed 27. Did the same coming back when the mrs drove got 31!

Its on Dreamsceience too.

 

Is the car remapped?

If yo believe what it says in Fast Ford mag the ST is mapped for stoich even at WOT for Euro 4 emission reasons. This means that a remap which richens it up for max power under wot would significantly decrease your mpg.

 

So far my standard ST has ranged from 24.5 to 30mpg, This is all due to change now I have started the mods .

Mark

 

Brim it and run it down as much as you can then brim it again and work it out yourself. The fuel computer may be out as many are.

 

My one is within .2mpg.

Mark

 

My 2.0TDCi averages 45mpg whilst being bounced off the limiter in every gear

Did a 190 mile run up and down the A1 the other day on £15

 

that will be my next car i think, or st tdci mondeo, or a new ranger

 

Just got back from Cornwall in my TDCi Mondeo, there and back and driving around on 1 tank, just ticked over 600miles when I got home with the fuel light on.... 51mpg

 

How big is the tank on the mondeo?? My Focus has 53 litre tank, whereas the petrol model has something like 47 litre tank....i thought it would be the other way round seeing as the diesel uses less fuel than the petrol?

 

dunno, but I just got 55 litres in it

 

you just got an st3 at 19? yet cant afford the fuel

10 - 13 mpg is PROPPER ragging it to death. dont do it if you cant afford the fuel

ive been experimenting this week, and have just averaged 37.9MPG, best ive got out of it

 

you got 38mpg fook me what were you doing getting towed
do they not tick over showing about 27mpg

 

tick over is the killer, i've had my vr8 down to 7mpg on tick over

 

just got to a comp again. Er driving sensibley got it up to 35mpg which is more like!

insurance is through farm.

ITs a 56 plate st3 odne 5000miles, and i paid a lot less than what its worth.

I can afford to put fuel in it but its weather i want to spend all my money on fuel. tom

 

Best i've got on my ST is 38mpg if i put the right foot down ill average between 11 to 13 mpg. When i plugged the dreamscience unit in and loaded race+ it made no difference to the mpg but when i put a k@n 57i gen2 into it i cant pass a petrol station without having to fill it up

 

My ST drinks less fuel than any of my cossies. Good enough for me

 

same here

 

I'd exepect about that they are known for poor MPG.

just becuase its a 2.5 turbo is not the reason though....

BMW do a 2.0 litre turbo with an extra cylinder that does WAY more than that! And its RWD (worse for mpg).

Alex

 

Isnt it slower than your cossy though???

 

Since when did you get an ST Ant

How are you mate....long time no see, i will have to swing over to the meet one week to catch up

 

Did you not do some research on it before buying one? I was going to get one, but heared they are like Evos on fuel so a big no no

 

Did the research, but when i heard the noise i fell in love i was just curious wha everyone else ws getting.

 

Ive got a saff cossie 4x4 and i was doing 190 mile to 40 quid. Just drive it like a fairy any petrol car with a turbo bolted to it will drink petrol.

 

I dont think ST's are that bad on fuel actually !

I dont drive it slowly and still get 27 to 28 mpg.

 

had it about 3 months mate fed up with cossies plus i can use it every day mate as for power! it would wipe the floor with esccoss i have stuck dreamscience on it and its made a big change

 

Lets not forget the ST is a performance car with a big engine.

Get real people, It will use more fuel than your mothers 1.1 si fiesta

 

Today, Phill2400 driving his Standard ST3 did 145 miles, used 37 litres of fuel which works out at 17.8mpg.

My 320bhp Evo did near exactly the same journey, (bar 1 local run less), did 132 miles, used 33 litres of fuel which works out at 18.2mpg.

That was fast A Road and motorway work, with a bit of a racing / hammering as well.

I thought my tuned Evo was bad till I saw how much fuel Phill put in the ST for virtually EXACTLY the same journey and same amount of thrashing.

Evo's aren't renowned for their fuel consumption, same now goes for Focus STs...

They do look and work well, especially in ST3 full black leather trim, and painted in the finest Electric Orange

Si