Looking At Buy An Sr180

[paulh84]

Hi all I've only recently joined the forum as I'm looking into buying a sr180, I have seen a few threads about the poor fuel economy and just wanted a bit of advice.

I currently drive 40 miles per day to work mainly on a-roads around 50 - 60 mph, I do like to put my foot down every now and then but don't drive foot to floor a great deal.

My main question is what rough mpg do you think I will achieve, and is the car as thirsty as some people say, I would be happy with 40mpg but not really 30 - 35mpg which would be a shame as the car ive seen is beautiful! Thanks to anyone who can help!

[Awebb180]

is that 40miles there and back or 40 just there?

I think you will probably get between 35 and 40 to the gallon. on long motorway runs I could get to early 40s(tracked by fuelly.com not the dash read out) Its not designed as an economical car, thats what the 1.4 and 2.0 are for.

Alex

[Uncle Buck]

It sounds as if your commute is very similar to mine & I get 43 MPG average, whilst filling up at around 440 mls. I never use 6th gear under 60 mph as it just clogs up the DPF & ends up with the engine puffing out smoke under regeneration cycles. I try to cruise at steady throttle whenever possible, but do overtake dawdlers too.

[blackcts]

I have a 2.2 Lexus IS (same engine) but heavy big brute and I'd say mid 40s to early 50s are easily attainable with the kind of driving you are talking about. Just done a 250 mile trip in Europe with mine and averaged 44mpg. I certainly did not hang about with frequent bursts of strong acceleration - have to keep the dpf clean lol

[ellingtj]

Mine has been at 43 mpg for most of this year, I used to use 6th for over 50 mph but saw economy drop so use 5th up to 60 (the shift indicator shows no preference between 5-6th @ 50-60)