Surprised by my MPG!

[matt78]

I bought a Civic Type R (EP3) a few weeks back and have now calculated the mpg on £50 (37 litres/8 gallons) of petrol. I do 40 miles a day and I'd say 80% of that journey is on 60mph limits, where you can comfortably do that speed. It's came out at 37 mpg which has really pleased me. Obviously I don't thrash the thing much during my commute but I think it's excellent from a car you can really spank when the need comes. I know different generations of engine in the Civic, Accord and Integra will be different but does anyone else get this kind of figure? The engine really does have two characters!

 

[sandypark8]

thats good for a type R i would say i put about £50-55 in and get 230-270 miles , 270 being the most ive ever had from a tank.

 

[matt78]

Well I need to fill it again this morning so I'll make an exact note of all the figures and double check! But before I did the calculation I was thinking it seems bloody good!

 

[eptrois]

I've done 180 odd miles on APPROXIMATELY half a tank. Some of you may think I am talking porkies. It was the most boring journey as it was all motorway at 55mph in the middle of the night. It was a voluntary full saving exercise en route to Cornwall, just to see what I could achieve.

 

[Walkden]

Watch that needle drop for the second half though !

 

[eptrois]

Indeed! I filled 'er up again at Taunton and continued. Has anyone ever claimed to have had 400 miles from a tank?

 

[Danger200]

Watch that needle drop for the second half though !

I had that, spent 8hours on the motorway the other weekend, managed a decent mileage for the first half tank (about 200miles), second half just dropped.

Covered 376miles on 47.5l of fuel (£57.40) worked out at 36mpg. Shame I drove like a cnut around town for the first 5miles on a full tank.

 

[eptrois]

400 miles on a tank has got to be do-able! Even if it requires drafting some trucks for a bit. (At a safe stopping distance of course and remaining visible in the drivers mirrors so he can see you...) ;-)

 

[Danger200]

Oh easily, I would say I averaged 70mph. That was with some 50mph average speed checks, and some heavy foot action for over taking. If I sat at 65mph I think the car would do it. :lol: at the drafting in some trucks. Problem is they're limited to 52-55mph so it would take an absolute age to cover that many miles.

Like I said, took me 8 hours due to traffic. To cover 400 miles would easily be 6.5 hours driving.

 

[matt78]

Ah not just me then! When I was talking about getting a Type R and saying I was hoping to get 35mpg out if it I was laughed at! By people that don't have Type Rs though...

 

[Bonito]

It'd be hard enough getting 400 miles. I regularly got 550-600km from
my DC5 when I brimmed the tank to playing petrol light Russian roulette. Got 610 once over a week schools were out so no traffic in town once I got off the motorway. Some extreme granny driving that week.

 

[Danger200]

Well technically I had 2.5l of fuel left, so that would've worked out to another 19miles making it 395miles total. If I was careful and had less town driving, I think 400 would've been achievable.