What MPG is this..... 173 miles used 36.60 litres of fuel? Price of fuel was £1.22p a litre.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Fucking dreadful mpg

 

Exactly what I thought Richie!

This is my Mondeo MK3 2.5 V6 Auto/Tiptronic.

 

17.6mpg near enough. Fuck that

 

Shit mate, savage mpg then......This mpg is M3 territory, wouldn't mind if it had M3 performance

Ok.....The search begins for a diesel auto! I will need an auto for another 12+ months according to my physio, wonder what I could get for £1,500?

 

I make it 21.05mpg.
1gal = 4.546ltrs
36.6ltrs ÷ 4.546 = 8.05gal.
173miles ÷ 8.05gal = 21.05mpg

Either way it's still shit mpg. About the same as my Focus ST when doing mostly town driving.

 

I am doing a lot of town driving and country lanes. Nearest shop to me is just under 2 miles so I jump in the car, drive there get my fags and drive back, think this maybe a killer for the fuel.

 

Yep that'll do it! Oh and I've just figured out where 17mpg came from. That's using US gallons. 21mpg is using UK gallons.
When I do purely town driving in the ST I get less than 20mpg. With a mixture of town driving and some A road / motorway driving it goes up to about 25-27mpg. If I do a long run I can get 30+mpg.

 

About 21mpg

www.mpg-calculator.co.uk

 

When doing conversions I use an app on my phone that I downloaded called ConvertPad. It's great, you can convert pretty much anything.

 

This is the car I am after once my leg repairs.....A Focus ST

How many miles can you get from a full tank of petrol Nick? I am getting around 250 from my Mondeo. Was just looking at MK3 Mondeo diesel auto's but it seems they have a terrible rep for injectors and the injectors are very expensive so think I will steer clear of those.

 

I average around 260-270, and that is a mixture of town driving with some longer runs on motorways and A roads. I've had less than 200 but I've also seen 300. All depends on the type of driving. I did a track day not long after I bought it and averaged 9mpg! A bloke who I got chatting to was averaging 11mpg in his M3, but I guess I was having to work the ST harder to keep ahead of him.
Bloody love my car, it's a PFL 5 door ST3 in black running a Superchips Bluefin stage 2 map with a 3" downpipe, 200 cell cat and a custom made cat back. Oh and the RS clutch (cos the standard ones are made of chocolate!). Had it 5 years now and I still love it. The five pot combined with the exhaust makes a great sound.
Incidentally, even though it's mapped, my mpg has not been affected.

 

Sorry thought I did use imperial gallons to work it out, spend all my day working out feet and inches so the brain must have still been in that mode

 

Lovely Nick.....The colour and being a 5 door, exactly what I would like!

With the mods you have done, what what you say 0-60 is?

 

Thanks mate. Can't imagine there's much difference in 0-60 compared with standard. These cars are not great off the line cos you struggle to put the power down. They excel though when you get up in to third gear and above, where you can really exploit all the extra torque that the map gives.
​​​​​​​Also, the drive shafts are also known to be a weak point on the ST (I've had to replace one), so I wouldn't advise doing standing starts.

 

dont worry about mpg, just drive what you want, depending upon how many miles you need to do of course.

 

Exactly! I was a little concerned about mpg when I was thinking of buying the ST, as I had a Seat Leon Cupra Tdi that averaged between 50-60mpg. Once I got the ST though none of that mattered. As has been said unless you're doing loads of miles don't worry about. Get yourself an ST and enjoy that 5 pot

 

My old ST, miss that old thing!

 

That's nice. Looks good with the RS wheels. Why did you get rid of it?

 

Just noticed, the pic was taken at Castle Combe. That's where I did my track day. Was expecting there to be more ST's there but I was the only one. Loads of M3's there though. Is Combe your local track? I'm in Bridgwater so it's the nearest one to me. Used to go there loads to watch different things. Their rally day was always good.

 

Needed driveshafts, clutch and a few other things doing. Lost my work van so doing a 60 mile commute in it so had to go for something more economical!

Really lost the love for it but should have just parked it up and bought a shitter for a while!

 

Ah hindsight is a wonderful thing! But to be honest if I was faced with a 60mile commute every day I think mine would very reluctantly have to go.

 

It's a mondeo with an auto box so you are never going to get great mileage out of it

Which is why I bought a shitter to get to work and back that does 45 mpg

 

The only photo I can show off about is my engine as I think it looks rather good.....Well for a MK3 Mondeo

Took this pic' this morning.........



Only had 2 owners and mileage is currently 70k and has full service history and all previous MOTs.

 

sound good, can i play the avg mpg game?


currently 11.9

 

Looks tidy in that pic, if you like the car other than the fuel consumption, have you thought about lpg. Claire has just got rid of a 2.5 ZTT that on lpg did the equivalent of around 50mpg cost wise.

Dave

 

Yes it is mate, I live about 10-15 mins from there. Used to go all the time but since the kids have come along I really struggle for time!

 

Couldn't be arsed with that mpg unless it was something that was quick

 

Sounds like you're in the same boat as me. Don't have much time for anything since the little'un came along, plus my wife isn't into cars and bikes so going to any kind of Motorsport event has for the moment become a thing of the past.

 

Not thought about LPG, will look into it.

Mpg for my car and her performance is not the best, but pulls very well in 3rd from 60-100mph (on a track of course!)

My girlfriend had a 306 diesel turbo for a time, the non ECU one so not the HDI. It was a simple case of getting a boost gauge £25, an 8mm allen key and a spanner. Turn the allen key in the fuel pump clockwise about 20mm and wind the bolt coming from the actuator on the turbo 4 turns inwards, This took me about 45 mins to do and got the car from just under 14psi to 20psi! Used to be able to light the wheels up in 2nd whilst getting about 45mpg, huge fun for a car that cost a couple of hundred quid.

 

I love my 2.5 v6 mk3 mondeo. I couldnt care less about mpg. I stuck a cone filter on it and it sounds mint ha ha.

Mines a big comfortable car with a bit of poke.

 

I remember a few guys years ago with the old 306 td. Young lads and it was cheap insurance but they made some of them go really well. One lad put a big front mount intercooler on one and seemed to go very well

 

Same as Glenn, love my 2.5 V6 MK3. I have seen cone filters for the ST220 and ST200 but not for the 2.5 V6 MK3?

These engines seem common in America, used in the Ford Contour. Some of the parts are so cheap on Ebay.com, but the shipping charges equal out about the same as using our Ebay!

 

I used a ST17O air flow meter cause its the same. Then i just fitted my cone filter to the air flow meter. I made a box to shield the filter. Theres a thread in the pics section. My thread might be a few pages back now.

 

Found the pic', thanks mate

So the part I am looking for is this.........?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-Ford-...gAAOSwnHZYbMEZ

Also whilst on the topic of MK3 Mondeo's, would you say they are bigger or about the same size as a Sierra?

 

I'd say the mondeo is much bigger, certainly heavier anyway.

 

Yeh thats the one. As long as its defo a ST17O air flow meter. I had to file a bit of the plastic down for the cone filter to fit on then i had to use a rubber spacer to go round the other side of the air flow meter so that the orginal mondeo inlet pipe would fit the air flow meter.