mpg

[tonymcb]

Well with the onset of cold weather its not only the temperature that's falling so is my MPG

I drive a 2007 D5 auto which I have owned for 3 years.

Its now reading 27.8 MPG, I travel 11 miles round trip to work and back barely reaching over 40 mph due to town driving.

Has anyone with same setup experiencing same low figures.

even if I take the car for a run to let it regenerate I cant get it to go over 30 mpg.

even on a run earlier this year to Nottingham I averaged only 42 mpg.

don't get me wrong I love the D5 grunt and power it has on tap, but I think its time to move on and revert back to petrol, as I cant justify the £285 road tax & low MPG

Looking in about 6 months to change and really fancy the new V40.

with me only doing 7000 miles a year it looks like diesel is out of the question and the petrol T2 T3 T4 variants are on the table

Has anyone who owns the above petrol engines have some real time MPG figures for town driving. Probably looking at T3 T4 engine still in the automatic transmission

lets hear your MPG figures for comparison

cheers Tony

[marccowley]

Got the same prob, 2007 v50 d5 auto 29.1mpg i have however had my dpf removed.

Im thinking of a t5 aswell, cant imagine it would be much worse.

[Richard Knight]

I have the same car, I get 50 to 55 on a run about 43 to 48 about town.

[JBONE]

I'm not sure what I should be getting. I've only had it long enough to do one full tank but I get less than that from my 2.0D....

[tonymcb]

I have the same car, I get 50 to 55 on a run about 43 to 48 about town.

Volvo quote for the 180 Bhp engine with auto box

Urban 29.1 mpg

Extra Urban 52.3 mpg

Average mpg 40.4 mpg

so your doing very well !!!!!!

fancy doing a swap for a week to see if you can get my mpg up !!!!!

[tonymcb]

Got the same prob, 2007 v50 d5 auto 29.1mpg i have however had my dpf removed.

Im thinking of a t5 aswell, cant imagine it would be much worse.

Know exactly where your coming from as petrol is cheaper and you wouldn't have to worry about looking after your pdf.

Road tax & insurance would probably be very similar

[SouthWestWanderer]

Its the Auto Box which ruins the D5 economy.

My manual is doing 45.5 mpg no matter what.

My commute is 12 miles of open road, and I do longer runs for work during the day and at the weekend.

I do tend to drive it quite hard as well, so I'm quite please with the balance of performance and economy (especially after a 28mpg Subaru for the last 6 years!)

I wonder wether the auto fluid gets thicker at this time of year, making the engine work harder?

[scooby]

same here manual d5 with winter tyres on 44.5mpg norm get more with my other tyres on i do about 40 miles a day in mine

[MacV50]

You should get a petrol. 11 mile round trip is nowhere near long enough to get a diesel warm and have good MPG.

[tonymcb]

You should get a petrol. 11 mile round trip is nowhere near long enough to get a diesel warm and have good MPG.

Yes totally agree that's why after 4 1/2 years of the D5 its time to go back to petrol.

I will however still be looking for the petrol automatic versions of the T2 T3 T4 new V40.