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Originally posted by *lou-p-lou*:

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Originally posted by XNtrikalfaman:

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Originally posted by eliminator:
Ford Focus ST3 2.5 litre 5cyl turbo.
Dashboard computer says long term average 27.5 mpg but around town it must be 20 or less. On a long motorway journey spent mainly in the outside lane about 25mpg or less.

i find that to be a dreadful figure...both my fiat, and my old volvo 850t5 beat thse figures...the fiat is a straight 5 turbo with 220hp, and the volvo was a much larger, less aerodynamic car and uses the engine the focus' is based on.....

i had read several times that the focus was greedy, wonder why that is??..my t5 averaged almost 30mpg, almost 40mpg was available on long, steady runs and the figure never dropped below 25mpg even round town....so much for modern cars being more efficent eh??..

tbh im suprised at that figure, i would have thought it be less seeing as my fiesta ST only gives me 29mpg.

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Originally posted by eliminator:
All the advance publicity I've read, on 4Car and elsewhere, cites 4wd for the new Focus RS.
I have to agree that to do it with only 2wd would be a mistake.

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Originally posted by Tomo28:
I dont think the on dash computer read outs are realistic. best thing to do is work it out manually. pretty simple, fill the car with gas, reset tacho, when you next fill up look at the no. of litres not the price. then work out from there.

perform side to side MPG comparisons on www.WhatMPG.co.uk

Ive got an Audi A4 1.9Tdi (90 bhp)
and the list says 53 combined but im getting 48 which is good but not what they say..

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Originally posted by Knockside:
With a new GTR intercooler, and freeflow turbo elbow and downpipe, I'm nearly touching the 30mpg mark driving sensibly now.

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Originally posted by Bamford:
An A4 with 90 bhp must be pretty sluggish.