I bet you used to rev them up just to annoy every one
What is the worst mpg car you have owned (or borrowed)
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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Nope, but did enjoy playing in the snowI bet you used to rev them up just to annoy every one
Ridgeway
Veteran
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
I had an X pack RS2000 that i fitted twin Weber 48's to, modded the cam and generally squeezed what i could out of it. It was a gallons to the mile machine after that
Also modded my previous Audi RS4 with some help from Sportek and that averaged around 15ltrs p/100km (19mpg) but could easily get down to 22ltrs p/100 (13mpg).
Since i've grown up i now boast about "how far i can get on a single tank"
Also modded my previous Audi RS4 with some help from Sportek and that averaged around 15ltrs p/100km (19mpg) but could easily get down to 22ltrs p/100 (13mpg).
Since i've grown up i now boast about "how far i can get on a single tank"
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I had a 5.3 V12 Jaguar XJS back in 1990, I think it averaged around 14mpg but it had an onboard computer showing current mpg, if you really booted it then it would drop to around 7mpg!
the_mikey
Legendary Member
- Location
- South Gloucestershire
I can only comment on company vehicles I've driven:
Kia Cee'd - 1.6 diesel, This thing just wasted fuel in return for no performance benefits, lucky if it averaged 35mpg no matter how carefully and miserly you drove the thing.
Kia Cee'd - 1.6 diesel, This thing just wasted fuel in return for no performance benefits, lucky if it averaged 35mpg no matter how carefully and miserly you drove the thing.
I had one of them horrible thing.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Dad owned a Vandem Plas Princess with a 4 litre Rolls Royce engine, that was a guzzler.
Chromatic
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
In the 80's I had a hard top Toyota Crown coupe automatic. Straight 6, or 8, I can't be for sure.
It went like faecal matter off a flat bladed digging implement!
It should have had a twin speed fuel gauge, and a towing hook for a fuel bowser!
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I gave it to some friends when I bought a cheaper car to run (if you can call a Triumph Stag 'cheap to run'
I had a Stag too, loved it. When I once worked it out I got about 18 to the gallon out of it.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
I've never owned a car that did less than 35mpg, that one was a 1.3l Vauxhall Nova. Pre unleaded and catalysers it was astonishingly quick for the size of engine and I used to properly make it go, but always under the speed limit occifer.
Next was a 1.6; Renault Scenic which was a lovely car and would top 40mpg on a run.
The worst car we had was Lady Byegad's Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 'E' for economy which was an offence against the Trades Description Act. Averaging 35mpg on a sedate long run, it would go firmly sub 30mpg if driven with even a modicum of enthusiasm.
Next was a 1.6; Renault Scenic which was a lovely car and would top 40mpg on a run.
The worst car we had was Lady Byegad's Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 'E' for economy which was an offence against the Trades Description Act. Averaging 35mpg on a sedate long run, it would go firmly sub 30mpg if driven with even a modicum of enthusiasm.
byegad
Legendary Member
- Location
- NE England
I've never owned a car that did less than 35mpg, that one was a 1.3l Vauxhall Nova. Pre unleaded and catalysers it was astonishingly quick for the size of engine and I used to properly make it go, but always under the speed limit occifer.
Next was a 1.6; Renault Scenic which was a lovely car and would top 40mpg on a run.
The worst car we had was Lady Byegad's Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 'E' for economy which was an offence against the Trades Description Act. Averaging 35mpg on a sedate long run, it would go firmly sub 30mpg if driven with even a modicum of enthusiasm.
Next was a 1.6; Renault Scenic which was a lovely car and would top 40mpg on a run.
The worst car we had was Lady Byegad's Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 'E' for economy which was an offence against the Trades Description Act. Averaging 35mpg on a sedate long run, it would go firmly sub 30mpg if driven with even a modicum of enthusiasm.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Mazda RX-8. If driven over 'good' miles it would eke out 25 mpg. If driven over an urban/suburban commute it was around 18mpg. I spent a lot of time in fuel stations but that aside it was a really good car for the three years I had it (from new).
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I had a 1971 Beetle that did less than 20mpg around town. I might as well have been driving a BMW.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Ten yearsago, we rented a Chevvy Impala to drive up Highway 101 from San Francisco to Vancouver. It certainly had a thirst. A little over 20mpg. Fortunately, petrol prices were ludicrously low compared to the UK and awareness of Climate Change was a bit sketchy. Great fun.
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An old Hyundai Getz 1.3, lovely car, went well but the tin worm got it in the end, driven with a light right foot about 35 mpg rising to 40mpg on a long run, driven enthusiastically it would drop to around 30mpg.
