700/900 Fuel Economy (Petrol Engines)

OldBlueVolvo · Mar 10th, 2010, 20:20

Post up your car's best fuel economy (from recent years). Additionally, please state your engine and model year, and any other details you want to include. The poll is only for petrol-engined 700/900s.

I'll start.

Model: 745GL
Best MPG: 30mpg
Model Year: 1986
Engine: B230K

CTCNetwork · Mar 10th, 2010, 21:21

Hi,

You missed out the "Couldn't give a hoot" option...
You do something to you font? Looks very thin!

Des. . .

OldBlueVolvo · Mar 10th, 2010, 21:52

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Originally Posted by CTCNetwork

Hi,

You missed out the "Couldn't give a hoot" option...
Des. . .

That wouldn't be helpful to people who do 'give a hoot'. The purpose of this poll (in my mind) is not to 'show off' how good your car's fuel economy is, but to give an idea of what 'average' is and also what can be achieved through careful maintenance. So, the next time somebody asks whether 23mpg is OK for a 940, they can be directed to this thread. If enough people take part, I'm sure this thread will be very useful to some people. The way I've arranged the poll options, we should see a normal distribution.

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Originally Posted by CTCNetwork

You do something to you font? Looks very thin!

Yes I changed the font to Arial Narrow.

rippedoffagain · Mar 10th, 2010, 21:55

Who ticked 'Greater than 35'? I'd love to know more.

OldBlueVolvo · Mar 10th, 2010, 22:17

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Originally Posted by rippedoffagain

Who ticked 'Greater than 35'? I'd love to know more.

Hi ROA, if you click on any of the blue underlined numbers on the poll you will see lists of all the contributors to the poll. Then click on a username to see their profile.

smithy · Mar 11th, 2010, 09:39

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Originally Posted by rippedoffagain

Who ticked 'Greater than 35'? I'd love to know more.

i did .i used to get 34 with the small turbo but now i have the large turbo its doing more like 36 to 38 on the motorway and an average of 28 round town.mainly due to the turbo not kicking in till 3krpm .its all down to the way you drive the car to get decent fuel economy ,but dont get me wrong if i put my foot down i recon i could get it to 10 or less lol.

rippedoffagain · Mar 11th, 2010, 10:02

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Originally Posted by smithy

i did .i used to get 34 with the small turbo but now i have the large turbo its doing more like 36 to 38 on the motorway and an average of 28 round town.mainly due to the turbo not kicking in till 3krpm .its all down to the way you drive the car to get decent fuel economy ,but dont get me wrong if i put my foot down i recon i could get it to 10 or less lol.

That's interesting. I'd love to get 36 to 38 out of my non-turbo. My driving style is somewhere between old dear and typical commuter. I tend to come up through the gears as early as I can, I rarely go over about 60% throttle, and usually keeps the revs below 4000 rpm. I keep my tyres well inflated and try to find a suitable cruising speed rather than constantly speeding up and slowing down, yet still I'm lucky to get 30mpg.

Does this mean my motor needs work do you think? I read on another thread how someone improved their mpg by replacing their worn out lambda sensor, and I once found the official mpg figures for the 940 which suggested they could do 38 mpg. Of course, the 700/900s are old now so they will have lost some efficiency, but it would be nice to get some back.

arcturus · Mar 10th, 2010, 21:23

93 945 auto 29 mpg. I'm heavy footed!

rippedoffagain · Mar 10th, 2010, 21:32

93 940 estate, 2.3 normally aspirated, manual. 30 mpg at best on a motorway run.

cumbrianmale · Mar 10th, 2010, 23:11

I have had 31 on a long motorway run but voted 27 cause thats my average.

940 B230FK Auto + Lead foot

View Poll Results: What is your car's best fuel economy (petrol engines)?
Less than 20mpg	11	5.61%
20-21mpg	8	4.08%
22-23mpg	14	7.14%
24-25mpg	34	17.35%
26-27mpg	27	13.78%
28-29mpg	29	14.80%
30-31mpg	31	15.82%
32-33mpg	19	9.69%
34-35mpg	5	2.55%
Greater than 35mpg!	18	9.18%
Voters: 196. You may not vote on this poll

Mar 10th, 2010, 20:20	#1
OldBlueVolvo VOC Member Last Online: May 4th, 2023 20:38 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: West Sussex	700/900 Fuel Economy (Petrol Engines) Post up your car's best fuel economy (from recent years). Additionally, please state your engine and model year, and any other details you want to include. The poll is only for petrol-engined 700/900s. I'll start. Model: 745GL Best MPG: 30mpg Model Year: 1986 Engine: B230K __________________ William 745 GL - 1986, B230K 745 GLE - 1987, B230E Last edited by OldBlueVolvo; Mar 10th, 2010 at 23:05. Reason: changed font

Mar 10th, 2010, 21:21	#2
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Mar 10th, 2010, 21:23	#8
arcturus arcturus Last Online: Today 08:11 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sagres Portugal	93 945 auto 29 mpg. I'm heavy footed! __________________ life's too short to drink bad wine

Mar 10th, 2010, 23:11	#10
cumbrianmale Forum Support Team Last Online: Apr 22nd, 2024 12:22 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deep in Makem territory	I have had 31 on a long motorway run but voted 27 cause thats my average. 940 B230FK Auto + Lead foot __________________ Current 04 S80 D5 SE Auto 03 S80 D5 SE Man Previous Volvos 90 240 GL B230FB Auto 96 940 CD 13 V40 D2 R-design 89 745 GLE 98 V90 3.0 24v 98 945 Celebration Auto 96 965 SE Auto 86 744 GL 81 244 DL

Mar 10th, 2010, 21:55	#4
rippedoffagain Premier Member Last Online: Nov 16th, 2019 18:20 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkshire	Who ticked 'Greater than 35'? I'd love to know more.

Mar 10th, 2010, 21:32	#9
rippedoffagain Premier Member Last Online: Nov 16th, 2019 18:20 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkshire	93 940 estate, 2.3 normally aspirated, manual. 30 mpg at best on a motorway run.

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