I've got a D5 (185) SE Sport Manual. Had it about a month and a half now and I've been tracking the MPG for the last three weeks as it seemed really poor. The computer was saying that it was doing around 31-32 but measuring it brim to brim it's actually doing 27mpg !
That's on a mix of B roads and dual carriageways. By comparison the 51 reg D5 V70 Manual that it replaced was doing 38-40mpg under exactly the same use and the 56 reg D5 C70 Auto I've got does around 36-37mpg on similar roads.
I was expecting the new one to be a little bit worse than the previous one but this is absolutely ridiculous. If it doesn't improve as the weather gets warmer it's going into the dealer to see if there is anything wrong as this surely can't be right.
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