Hi.
I have owned a 2014 eco flex insignia for around 9 months. I have always been disappointed with the mpg it gets. I have given it a service but that hasn't improved anything . It has 98k on the clock now
the written mpg are as follows
urban - 62.3 mpg - I'm seeing 35- 38 mpg
combined - 77.4 mpg - I'm seeing 38 - 42 mpg !! ): mostly 40mpg
Extra urban - 88 mpg I'm seeing about 50 - 55 mpg solely motorway in 6'tyh gear with cruise control
I know the written mpg figures are always higher than real world but in previous experience my previous car's were about 10 mpg lower than what was written , not as much as 35 - 40 mpg difference that seems a gross exaggeration by the manufacturer !
I mostly drive urban with a few motorway trips and combined most often always returns 37- 40 mpg.
At first when I got the car my car was giving about 43 mpg around town but all of a sudden it dropped down to 35-38 mpg which even that I consider poor as most people with these cars say they get high 40's - early 50's around town and get about 700 - 750 miles a tank, yet I am barely scraping 500 miles a tank in this and it is a 70 litre tank !
I also fill it weekly brim to full, costs £85 but I feel I am only getting £50 or so from every fill up ( £85) out of it )
I recently drove it with an old tuning box my friend fitted but took it off after 25 miles as car was stalling and making chiming noises ( like seatbelt warning noise ) and lacking power. not sure if that caused decrease in mpg even after removing it because not long after fitting that and removing it I noticed a further drop in mpg ( it was already poor on fuel but became worse after )
I assume these car's are deemed efficient to be exempt from road tax, it's free road tax because low emissions and I assume low emissions means burns fuel slowly, yet this seems so heavy on fuel.
no idea at all why it is tax exempt considering how poor it is on fuel.
Any ideas greatly appreciated. thanks
I have owned a 2014 eco flex insignia for around 9 months. I have always been disappointed with the mpg it gets. I have given it a service but that hasn't improved anything . It has 98k on the clock now
the written mpg are as follows
urban - 62.3 mpg - I'm seeing 35- 38 mpg
combined - 77.4 mpg - I'm seeing 38 - 42 mpg !! ): mostly 40mpg
Extra urban - 88 mpg I'm seeing about 50 - 55 mpg solely motorway in 6'tyh gear with cruise control
I know the written mpg figures are always higher than real world but in previous experience my previous car's were about 10 mpg lower than what was written , not as much as 35 - 40 mpg difference that seems a gross exaggeration by the manufacturer !
I mostly drive urban with a few motorway trips and combined most often always returns 37- 40 mpg.
At first when I got the car my car was giving about 43 mpg around town but all of a sudden it dropped down to 35-38 mpg which even that I consider poor as most people with these cars say they get high 40's - early 50's around town and get about 700 - 750 miles a tank, yet I am barely scraping 500 miles a tank in this and it is a 70 litre tank !
I also fill it weekly brim to full, costs £85 but I feel I am only getting £50 or so from every fill up ( £85) out of it )
I recently drove it with an old tuning box my friend fitted but took it off after 25 miles as car was stalling and making chiming noises ( like seatbelt warning noise ) and lacking power. not sure if that caused decrease in mpg even after removing it because not long after fitting that and removing it I noticed a further drop in mpg ( it was already poor on fuel but became worse after )
I assume these car's are deemed efficient to be exempt from road tax, it's free road tax because low emissions and I assume low emissions means burns fuel slowly, yet this seems so heavy on fuel.
no idea at all why it is tax exempt considering how poor it is on fuel.
Any ideas greatly appreciated. thanks