View Full Version : Lonely Arosa Forum Post: Amazed by my MPG
driveforward
05-03-2003, 22:27
I decided to check on my mpg today, and using the SeatCupra.net MPG calc I found that on my journey of 80+ miles back home today my lil Arosa Sport did 38.7mpg. Mostly motorway driving at undisclosed speeds ;o)
I'm pretty impressed, as I had previously roughly worked it out to be in the low 30's!
Plus I got a pay rise: Overall a good day :o)
good stuff
must lay off my go pedal sometime, altho i can get 34 ish on the m/way
:cheers:
driveforward
06-03-2003, 19:41
Originally posted by Saul
good stuff
:cheers:
I'm making the most of it, lil arosa will be up for sale soon i think :o(
I get about 35mpg on long journeys or about 32mpg around town
driveforward
07-03-2003, 20:59
Not bad, previously I had worked it out to be around 33 on my M5 journey - so was quite pleased with 38 :o)
about 80mpg from my TDi:o
about 80mpg from my TDi:o
cordobabrendy
05-05-2003, 17:57
all way to and from portrush yesterday (covered 250 miles in all) the comp was sitting at 42.3 mpg , average i hear you say...its a slightly modded 2.0 16v tho! billy bonus! i was doing around 50mph 95% of the time and still had petrol left at the end of the trip.. how happy was i!
(btw i know the onboard can be wrong by a little bit but it made nicve reading considering i can get it to read single figures too!!)
i average 56.3 mpg on dayly trip to uni and back and i dont hang around. I like to get up early and beet teht traffic and come back late in a bit of a hurry.:devil:
driveforward
06-05-2003, 21:11
I averaged 55.3 MPG today in the Ibiza on my M5 commute. Not bad considering I was tormenting BMW drivers who tried it on, but just couldn't..! :D :p ;)
Is your ibiza standard. Also do u no if the police pratol the m5 buy stourbridge as i come back this way somtimes when there are prodlems on the m6. They seem to of recked a good road out the back of stourbridge aswell
driveforward
06-05-2003, 21:21
The mods to date are just fancy ones (listed in my sig).
I've personally never encountered any police around J3/4/5 but south of that they do for sure.
You mean the bypass that was a perfectly good dual carraigway, and now in their wisdom they've made half of it single carraigeway with a set of lights soon to be turned on too? With the added bonus that traffic now backs up onto the M5 at J4..
"Lets spend 3Bn on building new roads, but feck up the decent ones we already have"
:cheers: Ian
Originally posted by bowliog
Is your ibiza standard. Also do u no if the police pratol the m5 buy stourbridge as i come back this way somtimes when there are prodlems on the m6. They seem to of recked a good road out the back of stourbridge aswell
Thats the one. I used to find i a nice quick road but now well its not. I can recomend the revo software for your car i had it fitted to my car before i took delivery. I was turn off today and i missed it. The car is very lazy to drive when it is switch on.
You said you work for orange. Is this the modile company. If it is please tell them thet i would like it they could get me my text messages to me within the week they were sent.:D
driveforward
06-05-2003, 21:30
I presume you mean when it's switched off! ;)
I'm not sure about spending much money on this car for a couple of reasons:
1) Yeah I like it, but I'm only gonna have it for a max of 18 months
2) I can't help dream of buying a project car when I've finished on my Escort :p
3) For what I do with the car (motorway driving) I think the performance is more than adequate
Sorry to sound boring, but if I want a scortcher of a car, I'd prefer to keep it a while and make it a real scorcher! :devil:
Where abouts do you live then? Where did you buy your Ibiza?
driveforward
06-05-2003, 21:33
Yup I do work for Orange, and I have the same sms issues as you! "It's a feature.."
Ok, it's not, and I get annoyed with it's unreliability too.
Originally posted by bowliog
You said you work for orange. Is this the modile company. If it is please tell them thet i would like it they could get me my text messages to me within the week they were sent.:D
Sorry to bring up work when you are at home. Just it gets me in trouble when i dint reply to somthing i have not recived and wimmen are not reasonable.
I purchased my car from listers in coventry and live in sedgley. howether i now the stourbridge area well as i used to work there.
driveforward
06-05-2003, 21:44
Originally posted by bowliog
Sorry to bring up work when you are at home. Just it gets me in trouble when i dint reply to somthing i have not recived and wimmen are not reasonable.
I purchased my car from listers in coventry and live in sedgley. howether i now the stourbridge area well as i used to work there.
OK, this is weird..
I get the same woman trouble about sms too :(
..and even stranger, my partner lives in Sedgley! Wouldn't Barlows in wolvo have been closer for you!?
Yep but they dont do chips sand i spend all day in cov so i is handy for the warranty work i have had to get done on the car.
driveforward
06-05-2003, 21:49
Plus of late they only sell red cars..
.. i mean it - take a look at their showroom and forecourt!
yep they are closer but they dont do chips. Also i spend all day in cov so it is good for geting work done on the car. Oh and yes i forget listers cost about £1k less for the car all in.
Got mine from Listers and guess what.........
.....Yup you guessed it....
...It is RED!:D