Fuel Efficiency
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Who cares enjoy the car and drive how you like
What's the point of that post.....?
I've run a few tanks in 3 modes now. Do you know what......? There's only +/- 2 or 3 mpg difference between the lot of them. Eco mode made the car feel limp and I actually worked it harder than all the other engine modes. My default is sport. Makes the car responsive, lively and makes the best use of hybrid I think. Just wish I didn't have to hit the button 3 times before every journey and you could keep the car in your chosen engine mode.
Haven't used trail or slippery at all.
A first trip of around 230 miles to North Wales and back using eco mode and active cruise control on motorways / dual carriageways, normal or sport mode on other roads and the trip computer is showing 50.4 mpg so well happy with that. Going up to Scotland at the weekend so will see how that goes.
Ford Puma Titanium First Edition mhev 125 - Grey Matter
700 miles on the clock now. The lifetime av is 44.5mpg. My run to the office yesterday was stuck on cruise at 60mph for 90% of the journey and it returned 49.5mpg.
I have sadly kept a record of all my cars and have found the first 500-1000 miles a good indicator +/- 2mpg of what the av fuel consumption to be.
Previous recent cars, non-diesel cars at around 700miles figure: (which stayed within 1-2mpg over their life)
Citroen C4 Cactus (3 cyl, 1.2 turbo petrol): 58mpg
Citroen C1 (3cyl 1.2 petrol (same as above but no turbo) We still have this car: 57mpg
Citroen C3 (3cyl 1.2 petrol) 52mpg
As a comparison - my Sunday car, 18yrs old:
MG-TF 1.8 Chipped 180hp: 42mpg
Now I am an average driver - that is to say, I drive sensibly, don't slouch, but also don't rev highly. I have fun from time to time. To be honest, I expected better from the Puma in terms of MPG with it being hybrid. If I compare it to my Cactus that was a Turbo 3pot 1.2 it's pretty poor in comparison. The Puma is even more woeful when I compare it to my MG - that is shipped, it gets hooned quite often, it's been tracked and it's av is 42mpg over it's life that I have had it (6yrs).
To get the 49 I did yesterday I was conscious and set cruise at 60 mph. The A1 part of the journey is 50 odd miles each way straight road. If I were to drive this journey normally I would expect it to return about 46.
Overall, I expected a lot better than this - I don't feel that the hybrid adds any saving to MPG. That said, I love the car...
I have sadly kept a record of all my cars and have found the first 500-1000 miles a good indicator +/- 2mpg of what the av fuel consumption to be.
Previous recent cars, non-diesel cars at around 700miles figure: (which stayed within 1-2mpg over their life)
Citroen C4 Cactus (3 cyl, 1.2 turbo petrol): 58mpg
Citroen C1 (3cyl 1.2 petrol (same as above but no turbo) We still have this car: 57mpg
Citroen C3 (3cyl 1.2 petrol) 52mpg
As a comparison - my Sunday car, 18yrs old:
MG-TF 1.8 Chipped 180hp: 42mpg
Now I am an average driver - that is to say, I drive sensibly, don't slouch, but also don't rev highly. I have fun from time to time. To be honest, I expected better from the Puma in terms of MPG with it being hybrid. If I compare it to my Cactus that was a Turbo 3pot 1.2 it's pretty poor in comparison. The Puma is even more woeful when I compare it to my MG - that is shipped, it gets hooned quite often, it's been tracked and it's av is 42mpg over it's life that I have had it (6yrs).
To get the 49 I did yesterday I was conscious and set cruise at 60 mph. The A1 part of the journey is 50 odd miles each way straight road. If I were to drive this journey normally I would expect it to return about 46.
Overall, I expected a lot better than this - I don't feel that the hybrid adds any saving to MPG. That said, I love the car...
@hammy
Great post. The puretech Citroen's have always been good on fuel. We had a little c1 as a rounaround just the 1.0 version. It was very good.
I would only question how figures are calculated now. We've moved from nedc to wltp. I suspect that computer figures are more accurate now.
Did you ever calculate actual fuel use or just use the indicated figure?
I read about the 1.0 ecoboost returning high 30's - low 40's , particularly thirsty in the focus.
The lad in my local petrol station has commented on not seeing me as much as when I had my ST's.......
Great post. The puretech Citroen's have always been good on fuel. We had a little c1 as a rounaround just the 1.0 version. It was very good.
I would only question how figures are calculated now. We've moved from nedc to wltp. I suspect that computer figures are more accurate now.
Did you ever calculate actual fuel use or just use the indicated figure?
I read about the 1.0 ecoboost returning high 30's - low 40's , particularly thirsty in the focus.
The lad in my local petrol station has commented on not seeing me as much as when I had my ST's.......