Fuel Consumption.....

[ffelan]

My C2 Cab Tip with GT3 bypass pipes and induction kit (EvoMS) seems to be very poor on economy.... around town i am getting 19mpg and even on a long run I am only gettting 27mpg? is this normal or some function of the mods? when i test drove it I got 33+ on a longer run.

What do the rest of you get?

[P.Viby]

What are all those numbers in KM/Liter . In town I get around 6-7 KM/L and on highway easy drive, I get 10-12 KM/L

C2 Cab with PSE and manual gear.

[Loren]

Porsche specs say - 18 MPG city and 26 MPG highway.

Sounds like you are right on spec.

[bnewport]

Thats about what I get in a 99 C4 Tip, easy round town driving then 19, aggressive is like 16-17, motorway at stready 65 over 90 miles is around 27/28.

[Paul Strong]

Don't forget that ffelan is quoting UK mpg where a gallon is 20% bigger than the US. So his US MPG would be 17% lower: 15.8mpg city, 22.4mpg highway.

27 UK-mpg doesn't sound too bad for a Tip unless you drive at a constant 80mph on the motorway and rarely never accelerate/brake. Could it be that you're more used to the car now so you use the power as much as possible, which you're less likely to do in an unfamiliar car on a test drive?

Also, do you use regular unleaded (95RON), super unleaded (97RON) or Optimax (98-99RON)? You should get better MPG with the better stuff.

[ffelan]

i only ever use 98 optimax... just that a couple of other uk owners are adamant they get 22-23 round town and 29-30 on the motorway....?

i must be a lead foot...

[Paul Strong]

Exactly, there are so many different styles of driving -- like the 355-driving **** near me who likes to accelerate hard up the backside of cars, brake hard to avoid crashing into them, and then proceeds to sniff at their bumper until the poor sod moves aside for his highness. Grrr.