1st gen mpg test...

[Ian65]

175 miles so far on my 40 litres ( or 8.79 gallons )... it\'s looking grim now though...just into the red.

[mpk490p]

by the way that was when i was stock, i would say now about 150 a tank full

i just fill mine up ok as its a second car i can use it when i like but mine does about 250 / 300 to a tank full

[Ian65]

finally ran out of fuel at 198.8 miles....  was doing 22.61mpg...not too bad.

[A7RXY]

Ian does that mean its a gonna or goer ? ................22/23 is that better than the Jag.

[Ian65]

not really, I was driving the Mazda with a very light foot, never took it over 4000 revs.
The Jag usually does 21.9 around town driving normally although at the moment it needs an oxygen sensor and it\'s dropped to 18.9.
It\'s up for a mot soon so I\'ll get it on the diagnostic and sort it out.
you would imagine that a 12a rotary would be more econonical than a blown 4 litre V8 wouldn\'t you?

I don\'t really want to sell the 1st gen but I might be forced into it.
A bit of good news though is that my work mileage will drop significantly after next week until September so that might take the pressure off a bit.
We\'ll see what happens...

[syebba]

I would of thought 20 > 23mpg was about right.
I though have done much better,a gallon has lasted me over a year,though i can\'t work out the mpg going up & down my drive!!!

[Marcrs]

I brimmed the tank before setting off for Japfest...and did the same in the shell station just off the M4.
Can\'t remember the exact figures now, but it was 152miles on 23 litres of fuel, or something like that...I worked it out at the time to be 29.6mpg - that was with a pretty light foot, we were in no rush so sat at 70 on the motorways...and I got stuck in a bit of traffic...and played with a celica off a roundabout once
 
I was very impressed, never thought I\'d see the best part of 30mpg from the old girl

[jim pratt]

last time i did this was in my first elford turbo and i used to get about 27 mpg at abou 80-85 on motorways.it was way more economical than any of the 3 na cars i had owned