MPG Mway compared to town.

[scarr89]

What a difference in MPG you get from 'normal' city driving and short 20mile journeys here and there compared to say 2 x 250mile trips on the mway!

I thought there was something wrong with my car over my 3 weeks of around xmas, pottering around Soton and Pompey, only managed 500 from a tank and about 48mpg at best! 

Just had a 200mile drive back from Lincoln to Soton...Got 53mpg cruising at 80ish on the mway, really pleased and car is back to normal! I thought I was going to have to chase a MPG issue!

[Hoggy]

PD 150 from Carlisle to Manchester, 40mpg average 85mph 

[sveed1.8T]

My MPG has dipped slightly since the cold spell, but I'm still getting about 530miles to a tank

[scarr89]

My MPG has dipped slightly since the cold spell, but I'm still getting about 530miles to a tank

The cold helps MPG I think  ...

I normally get 550 from a tank but over xmas I got 480, so I was understandably mortified and thought I had an issue! 

[Rhyso]

Cold destroys MPG!!

I combat the drop by fitting smaller wheels and winter tyres. The irony is i know get mor miles out of a tank