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Rids666 · Jun 30th, 2022, 18:28

I have a 07 V50 with the 2.0D engine. I do roughly 90% motorway driving and my commute to work is a 60 mile round trip. I sit at 70mph with the cruise on most of the journey and I average around 54mpg and get around 520miles between fill ups. I fill up at my local sainsburys.
As others have said don’t try and use your fuel gauge as a mpg measure as you’ll never get the same out of the second half a tank as you did the first.
I’ve been really pleased with the mpg I get out of this engine. I’m sure if I dropped it to 65mph and took off cruise I could easily achieve nearer 60 mpg!
I nearly bought the 1.6D but have to say I’m happy I chose the 2.0

Jun 30th, 2022, 18:28	#12
Rids666 Junior Member Last Online: Dec 28th, 2023 11:24 Join Date: May 2018 Location: Rugby	I have a 07 V50 with the 2.0D engine. I do roughly 90% motorway driving and my commute to work is a 60 mile round trip. I sit at 70mph with the cruise on most of the journey and I average around 54mpg and get around 520miles between fill ups. I fill up at my local sainsburys. As others have said don’t try and use your fuel gauge as a mpg measure as you’ll never get the same out of the second half a tank as you did the first. I’ve been really pleased with the mpg I get out of this engine. I’m sure if I dropped it to 65mph and took off cruise I could easily achieve nearer 60 mpg! I nearly bought the 1.6D but have to say I’m happy I chose the 2.0 __________________ Volvo V50 2.0 D sport 07 silver manual 95k Previously: Volvo V70 D5 mk3 07 silver manual 156k RIP Last edited by Rids666; Jun 30th, 2022 at 18:30.