Hi all,
I've noticed a lot of comments about MPG and am quite surprised about the sort of figures that a lot of my fellow Cactus owners are reporting.
I have the Flair e-HDi 92 ETG6 (no longer available
), I have now done well over 5,500 miles and my average is nearly 62mpg. I drive a complete mix of all styles of road and traffic conditions and although I may go over dual carriageway and motorway speeds a tad
I avoid hard acceleration and braking. When driving very early in the morning, which I do 3 - 5 days a week, I do drive very conservatively, as long as I'm not holding anyone up behind, this obviously does help with the fuel saving. I do also use cruise as much as possible, using the + / - buttons for minor adjustments when in light traffic.
I leave stop/start on permanently and it has so far worked very well, operating damn near every time I stop or slow down to below 5mph with my foot even lightly on the brake, it's pretty amazing to me (i'm easily pleased).
I guess I am a bit anal and OCD about these things but for years I have used a spreadsheet to calculate mpg, overall max possible miles on one tank etc. and these figures do not match those of the in-car computer, which reports from 1.5 to 6.5 mpg more than true, averaging around 4mpg over. My previous C4 computer was more accurate at 1 to 2mpg over.
Finally, I suspect that my fuel tank may be a 45 litre, even though the manual states 50 litres. When the car said I had zero miles of fuel left, just as I approached a petrol station, I was only able fit 44.32 litres in. Does anyone know how I can find out definitively which I have got? (other than literally running out and filling).
That's enough rambling for now, thanks for lasting to the end, Chris.
I've noticed a lot of comments about MPG and am quite surprised about the sort of figures that a lot of my fellow Cactus owners are reporting.
I have the Flair e-HDi 92 ETG6 (no longer available
I leave stop/start on permanently and it has so far worked very well, operating damn near every time I stop or slow down to below 5mph with my foot even lightly on the brake, it's pretty amazing to me (i'm easily pleased).
I guess I am a bit anal and OCD about these things but for years I have used a spreadsheet to calculate mpg, overall max possible miles on one tank etc. and these figures do not match those of the in-car computer, which reports from 1.5 to 6.5 mpg more than true, averaging around 4mpg over. My previous C4 computer was more accurate at 1 to 2mpg over.
Finally, I suspect that my fuel tank may be a 45 litre, even though the manual states 50 litres. When the car said I had zero miles of fuel left, just as I approached a petrol station, I was only able fit 44.32 litres in. Does anyone know how I can find out definitively which I have got? (other than literally running out and filling).
That's enough rambling for now, thanks for lasting to the end, Chris.