My new 70 plate Leon is showing long term fuel economy as 29/30mpg, I’ve been driving sensibly as running it in, I’ve read could be getting at least 35mpg, anyone have advice or does it need to be looked at??
Cheers Scott,
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I’ve only had it coming up to 2 weeks so not sure if it’s because it’s settling down, I get that it’s not going to super economical because of what it is, I just thought it would have been slightly higher figures, only really had it round short trips as of now, and a mix of mainly sensible driving mixed with goon mode when some spotty teenager flys up behind me in a shitty Ford with a dustbin for an exhaust ????No mine is 2015 and I'm generally not driving slowly.
Like you said you can expect 35ish combined, they quote about 38.7 combined but you really want to realistically look at about 75% of that.
When you say "driving sensibly" what do you actually mean?
Long motorway trips or shorter trips?
Remember it still is a 290BHP car, its not made to be economical. It has pretty high mpg figures because they've put in stop/start and comfort laggy throttle mode to slow you down, as soon as you drive it on spool and put your foot down a bit its all lost.
Thanks Chris,Mine is imporving as it gets mileage. Its just over 30 average which is the best ive got from any car! For comparison my old 90s 2 litre turbo gave me 17.
Nice one, look forward to that!The whole car feels better with a bit of mileage. The pops, bangs and DSG farts start to appear. Mine didnt really do it at all much until about 4k, now its at 8 its all the time.
I’m happy I just expected more that’s all!You buy a hot hatch for smiles per gallon not miles per gallon.
if you aren’t happy maybe you bought the wrong car.
Don't waste you're time running it in that engine would have been trashed on a bench to see it makes required figures and then driven round like a mad man at the port, engines have moved on massively over the years and running in really isn't required, the engine will loosen off over time and mpg will increase a little