Miles per gallon - what do you get?

[topgear]

One of the benefits of owning a Maestro or Montego is the economy. But what average Miles per gallon do you get? Let's compare!

[D87 SMW]

At the moment it is impossible to say. When F170 GGT was first driven in my posession, it did 40 miles on a 1/4 tank of LRP.

[H48HPE]

mine does about 34 mpg running to and from work ( 20 miles a day some in trafic jams)

the best has been about 45 mpg, this included 2 long motorway drives as i remember.

i think im going to get it tuned up (i might try rover) its running a bit too rich at the moment and the cold idle speed is a bit too high, ive learnt from past experience that trying to tune it myself without proper kit is a non starter.

andy

[MaestroMatt]

Mine varies from about 30mpg on my daily commute to about 40 on a longish motorway haul unless I really cane it (in which case it is about 30 again!) I am certain that my fuel mix is a touch rich though, so I could save a bit of fuel by making her run leaner and thus more in tune.

[e692wtt]

My Monty 1600 does 27mpg in the winter, 31mpg in the summer (both almost exclusively short runs of 4 miles each way) but gave 43mpg on a long fast run to London and the South last summer (580 miles in 3 days in hot weather). I use Shell Optimax with Millers' Superblend 2000, but used another brand of 'Super Plus' with Millers when refilling in East Grinstead.

How's about that then? Not a patch on my Mini, that gave 45mpg day to day and 65-70mpg on a run at 60mph, though...

The other other Rich.:eek:

[John S]

My dad used to drive an old Daimler Double Six in the '90s (SIII 5.3 V12)and that would do 1 mpg on the computer with your foot hard pressed down. Needless to say it was every bit as fast as a Maestro Turbo but running costs were ridiculous.