Fuel Efficiency

[NawidDaoud]

What kind of fuel efficiencies are people getting out of the 2.2l straight six engines?

I've measured mine across 1250 miles of driving and I'm averaging 27 mpg, that's a mix of motorway and city driving.

I'd be interested to know what other people average and if mine is close to normal or not?

 

[Rudyrov]

Around town I get about 19 to 20 MPG, on the highway, I get about 27 as you do. My car is a 1998 2.8L with the 5-speed manual.

 

[andyglym]

Around town I get about 19 to 20 MPG, on the highway, I get about 27 as you do. My car is a 1998 2.8L with the 5-speed manual.

You'd need to be mindful of comparisons, the US Gallon is 3.8 Litres (rounded up) with the UK Imperial Gallon being 4.5 litres. To that end, I get roughly 23 around town and up to 35 at a constant Motorway speed of 70mph. Same car.

 

[abh29]

30.60mpg over last 14,550 miles All bar 3 tanks being Shell V-Power

 

[mrscalex]

What kind of fuel efficiencies are people getting out of the 2.2l straight six engines?

I've measured mine across 1250 miles of driving and I'm averaging 27 mpg, that's a mix of motorway and city driving.

I'd be interested to know what other people average and if mine is close to normal or not?

I don't think that will be far off what most people get. I have to admit I don't keep records as I know it will depress me. But using the OBC for spot checks that's about where I am with my 3.0. I would have thought a 2.2 ought to be nearer 30mpg for me but I do drive my cars like a granny.

The official combined figure for a 2.2 is 31mpg. I always found with my old Seat Alhambras that I would achieve official combined minus 10%. So if that's true of Z3s too you're almost on the money as that would be 28mpg.

 

[NawidDaoud]

Yes I'm using UK gallons in my calcs.

@mrscalex I imagine I would probably be 28-29mpg, but in my first couple of months of Z3 ownership, I've been a bit throttle happy and overexcited. Hopefully it'll calm down soon.

 

[Markie]

What kind of fuel efficiencies are people getting out of the 2.2l straight six engines?

I've measured mine across 1250 miles of driving and I'm averaging 27 mpg, that's a mix of motorway and city driving.

I'd be interested to know what other people average and if mine is close to normal or not?

On my 2.0 according to the fuel computer, I average 33 mpg, it also says 50degree temp. Outside!!

 

[Geophys]

I only kept a check for the first six months or so of ownership of my 2.2 and found that I was getting roughly 32 mpg in overall use, I did find that I did about 4 mpg more when using V-power.

 

[Bumpa]

My 2.2 Sport averages around 27-28 mpg (UK gallons). I don't think I have ever broken the 30 mpg barrier. I always use super grade fuel.

 

[Oddly Godly]

My 2.8 is about 30mpg at the moment. With my previous job it was on 18 due to the commute being short and in town. My mpg also went up after i replaced the air hoses that had perished and triggered the engine light.

 

[gookah]

I average 16 - 17mpg around town, and 28 on a run in my 2.8 but then I am not driving miss daisy around either.

 

[Nodzed]

euro trip in 2018 I got 28MPG ave for the trip, motorway, mountains, and B roads roads in the M, I was well impressed. If I'm out with @Lee or @Mint I get about 19mpg regardless of the road type. Don't know why that is though

 

[D0nni]

Around the same. Sitting at 25 purely cause my son (18 months) likes to sit in it with me with the engine running dooting the horn and playing about.

Only owned it last 3 months but I've been sitting around 27mpg ballpark.

 

[Jack Ratt]

How's this for OCD
This is my record of every penny that's gone on fuel into my manual 2.8 Zed from the day I bought it on 13th May 2018 to last night when I took it for a little run. My auto Zed is sorned but I have the same records for that car too and that goes back to December 2013. All MPG is calculated and not OBC. I always fill my car fuel tank which makes calculation very easy.

Self explainable really but columns are date, amount of fuel, cost of fuel, trip meter reading, calculated MPG and finally odometer reading.

13/05/2018 40.82LTRS £44.19 319MILES 35.47MPG 123236
08/06/2018 37.03LTRS £47.36 286MILES 35.06MPG 123523
09/06/2018 29.56LTRS £37.81 216MILES 33.17MPG 123739
10/06/2018 43.17LTRS E66.01 278MILES 29.23MPG 124017
13/06/2018 42.30LTRS £60.45 322MILES 34.56MPG 124340
13/06/2018 34.47LTRS £44.78 243MILES 32.01MPG 124583
21/07/2018 42.72LTRS £52.84 316MILES 33.58MPG 124899
16/09/2018 43.61LTRS £58.39 292MILES 30.39MPG 125191
08/12/2018 40.54LTRS £46.50 293MILES 32.81MPG 125484
19/01/2019 42.71LTRS £55.05 287MILES 30.51MPG 125771
09/03/2019 43.23LTRS £51.40 272MILES 28.56MPG 126043
12/03/2019 42.97LTRS £51.52 290MILES 30.64MPG 126333
14/03/2019 43.62LTRS £52.30 293MILES 30.50MPG 126626
15/03/2019 42.79LTRS £52.59 304MILES 32.25MPG 126930
18/05/2019 42.11LTRS £53.35 271MILES 29.22MPG 127201
09/07/2019 42.02LTRS £51.98 270MILES 29.17MPG 127471
03/08/2019 37.35LTRS £47.77 257MILES 31.24MPG 127728
26/08/2019 37.22LTRS £48.35 247MILES 30.12MPG 127975
15/09/2019 43.36LTRS £53.20 269MILES 28.17MPG 128244
12/10/2019 42.94LTRS £55.79 313MILES 33,09MPG 128558
14/10/2019 19.80LTRS £29.68 304MILES 128862
14/10/2019 33.13LTRS £40.98 67MILES 31.82MPG 128928
01/01/2020 41.19LTRS £49.30 290MILES 31.96MPG 129219
13/04/2020 42.15LTRS £43.29 268MILES 28.87MPG 129487
25/05/2020 39.73LTRS £39.61 269MILES 30.74MPG 129756
08/08/2020 39.21LTRS £43.01 295MILES 34.16MPG 130051

 

[D0nni]

How's this for OCD
This is my record of every penny that's gone on fuel into my manual 2.8 Zed from the day I bought it on 13th May 2018 to last night when I took it for a little run. My auto Zed is sorned but I have the same records for that car too and that goes back to December 2013. All MPG is calculated and not OBC. I always fill my car fuel tank which makes calculation very easy.

Self explainable really but columns are date, amount of fuel, cost of fuel, trip meter reading, calculated MPG and finally odometer reading.

13/05/2018 40.82LTRS £44.19 319MILES 35.47MPG 123236
08/06/2018 37.03LTRS £47.36 286MILES 35.06MPG 123523
09/06/2018 29.56LTRS £37.81 216MILES 33.17MPG 123739
10/06/2018 43.17LTRS E66.01 278MILES 29.23MPG 124017
13/06/2018 42.30LTRS £60.45 322MILES 34.56MPG 124340
13/06/2018 34.47LTRS £44.78 243MILES 32.01MPG 124583
21/07/2018 42.72LTRS £52.84 316MILES 33.58MPG 124899
16/09/2018 43.61LTRS £58.39 292MILES 30.39MPG 125191
08/12/2018 40.54LTRS £46.50 293MILES 32.81MPG 125484
19/01/2019 42.71LTRS £55.05 287MILES 30.51MPG 125771
09/03/2019 43.23LTRS £51.40 272MILES 28.56MPG 126043
12/03/2019 42.97LTRS £51.52 290MILES 30.64MPG 126333
14/03/2019 43.62LTRS £52.30 293MILES 30.50MPG 126626
15/03/2019 42.79LTRS £52.59 304MILES 32.25MPG 126930
18/05/2019 42.11LTRS £53.35 271MILES 29.22MPG 127201
09/07/2019 42.02LTRS £51.98 270MILES 29.17MPG 127471
03/08/2019 37.35LTRS £47.77 257MILES 31.24MPG 127728
26/08/2019 37.22LTRS £48.35 247MILES 30.12MPG 127975
15/09/2019 43.36LTRS £53.20 269MILES 28.17MPG 128244
12/10/2019 42.94LTRS £55.79 313MILES 33,09MPG 128558
14/10/2019 19.80LTRS £29.68 304MILES 128862
14/10/2019 33.13LTRS £40.98 67MILES 31.82MPG 128928
01/01/2020 41.19LTRS £49.30 290MILES 31.96MPG 129219
13/04/2020 42.15LTRS £43.29 268MILES 28.87MPG 129487
25/05/2020 39.73LTRS £39.61 269MILES 30.74MPG 129756
08/08/2020 39.21LTRS £43.01 295MILES 34.16MPG 130051

Aye lad got to say you win on the record keeping award if there was one

This may have to do

 

[Nodzed]

If I'm honest I couldn't give a hoot what my Zeds do to the gallon. Cash=fuel=miles=smiles

 

[Nodzed]

How's this for OCD
This is my record of every penny that's gone on fuel into my manual 2.8 Zed from the day I bought it on 13th May 2018 to last night when I took it for a little run. My auto Zed is sorned but I have the same records for that car too and that goes back to December 2013. All MPG is calculated and not OBC. I always fill my car fuel tank which makes calculation very easy.

Self explainable really but columns are date, amount of fuel, cost of fuel, trip meter reading, calculated MPG and finally odometer reading.

13/05/2018 40.82LTRS £44.19 319MILES 35.47MPG 123236
08/06/2018 37.03LTRS £47.36 286MILES 35.06MPG 123523
09/06/2018 29.56LTRS £37.81 216MILES 33.17MPG 123739
10/06/2018 43.17LTRS E66.01 278MILES 29.23MPG 124017
13/06/2018 42.30LTRS £60.45 322MILES 34.56MPG 124340
13/06/2018 34.47LTRS £44.78 243MILES 32.01MPG 124583
21/07/2018 42.72LTRS £52.84 316MILES 33.58MPG 124899
16/09/2018 43.61LTRS £58.39 292MILES 30.39MPG 125191
08/12/2018 40.54LTRS £46.50 293MILES 32.81MPG 125484
19/01/2019 42.71LTRS £55.05 287MILES 30.51MPG 125771
09/03/2019 43.23LTRS £51.40 272MILES 28.56MPG 126043
12/03/2019 42.97LTRS £51.52 290MILES 30.64MPG 126333
14/03/2019 43.62LTRS £52.30 293MILES 30.50MPG 126626
15/03/2019 42.79LTRS £52.59 304MILES 32.25MPG 126930
18/05/2019 42.11LTRS £53.35 271MILES 29.22MPG 127201
09/07/2019 42.02LTRS £51.98 270MILES 29.17MPG 127471
03/08/2019 37.35LTRS £47.77 257MILES 31.24MPG 127728
26/08/2019 37.22LTRS £48.35 247MILES 30.12MPG 127975
15/09/2019 43.36LTRS £53.20 269MILES 28.17MPG 128244
12/10/2019 42.94LTRS £55.79 313MILES 33,09MPG 128558
14/10/2019 19.80LTRS £29.68 304MILES 128862
14/10/2019 33.13LTRS £40.98 67MILES 31.82MPG 128928
01/01/2020 41.19LTRS £49.30 290MILES 31.96MPG 129219
13/04/2020 42.15LTRS £43.29 268MILES 28.87MPG 129487
25/05/2020 39.73LTRS £39.61 269MILES 30.74MPG 129756
08/08/2020 39.21LTRS £43.01 295MILES 34.16MPG 130051

 

[black fingernail]

SWMBO ( who drives like the stig), recons @ 27 0n a good day. That is going around Torbay 4 times a day!

 

[Mint]

...How's this for OCD
This is my record of every penny that's gone on fuel into my manual 2.8 Zed from the day I bought it on 13th May 2018 to last night when I took it for a little run. My auto Zed is sorned but I have the same records for that car too and that goes back to December 2013. All MPG is calculated and not OBC. I always fill my car fuel tank which makes calculation very easy...

Same for me Garry. I have a spreadsheet for both my Zeds, this is the summary sheet for my 2.2...

@NawidDaoud - as you can see my average is 32.25 miles per UK gallon.

I wont show the part of the spreadsheet where @Nodzed is chasing following me

 

[bessieblue]

Yes my 2.2 averages about 27 mpg, I think what makes it seem worse is because the petrol tanks are so small, always seems like your filling it up.