caravanlander
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Hi TD4 girl
Just thought I'd give some of my own feedback on TD4 MPG. I have a 2001 MY TD4 5 door with the manual gearbox and have paid particular attention to it's fuel consumption over the (nearly) two years I have owned it. (I am slightly odd like that).
It mainly does short local trips (terrible for fuel consumption) and averages 28 MPG. If we take it on a run, it will do 35 MPG easily on a mixture of A road and motorway driving (as long as you don't cruise too quickly - it's not the most aerodynamic vehicle!). Best result ever recorded was 42 MPG average across a tank, but you have to be pretty gentle to get this. I can get it as low as 21 MPG, but this is towing a 1700KG caravan, so doesn't really count as a fair comparison!
My car is quite old and has done 110K miles so newer ones are probably more efficient, however changing the air filter made a marked improvement to fuel consumption and this will be true of all cars (clean filter much better than dirty clogged up one). I replaced he MAF sensor with a new one to, as the original was not working correctly below 2000 RPM and this has improved fuel consumption.
Overall I would say low to mid thirties is a realistic figure across a mixture of everyday driving without trying too hard to drive economically. Personally, I think that's quite acceptable for this type of vehicle bearing in mind it's wide range of capabilities (it has been great in the snow recently), but that's just my opinion.
Good luck!
Dave
Just thought I'd give some of my own feedback on TD4 MPG. I have a 2001 MY TD4 5 door with the manual gearbox and have paid particular attention to it's fuel consumption over the (nearly) two years I have owned it. (I am slightly odd like that).
It mainly does short local trips (terrible for fuel consumption) and averages 28 MPG. If we take it on a run, it will do 35 MPG easily on a mixture of A road and motorway driving (as long as you don't cruise too quickly - it's not the most aerodynamic vehicle!). Best result ever recorded was 42 MPG average across a tank, but you have to be pretty gentle to get this. I can get it as low as 21 MPG, but this is towing a 1700KG caravan, so doesn't really count as a fair comparison!
My car is quite old and has done 110K miles so newer ones are probably more efficient, however changing the air filter made a marked improvement to fuel consumption and this will be true of all cars (clean filter much better than dirty clogged up one). I replaced he MAF sensor with a new one to, as the original was not working correctly below 2000 RPM and this has improved fuel consumption.
Overall I would say low to mid thirties is a realistic figure across a mixture of everyday driving without trying too hard to drive economically. Personally, I think that's quite acceptable for this type of vehicle bearing in mind it's wide range of capabilities (it has been great in the snow recently), but that's just my opinion.
Good luck!
Dave
