Economy (or otherwise)...
 

Just wondering...

Have not been driving mine long distances for the last 6 months or so, and can't remember what I used to get.

Pottering around town, I am in the mid 15s to the gallon. A few blasts up the M1 recently at high-ish speed I am at 20-21mpg. 2002 S8 FE recently serviced run exclusively on Vpower.:rolleyes:

What are you guys getting? Is my economy representative? Or do I have dodgy O2 sensors...?

I might add that this is all taken direct off the DIS.

Zip

you don't want to know mine.. (2.8!)

Go on - upset me...!
 

Wouldn't be running my car if my company didn't pay for all of my fuel...+++

Zip

My route to and from work is winding and hilly, so not terribly economical. I'm averaging around 18-19mpg (only 5 miles each way).

On a long motorway run I've had mid-high twenties, but generally in out-of-town driving it's around 21-22

That's an early A8 4.2

for the record my 3.7 is doing 24-26 mostly short local journeys of up to 20 miles with the occasional zoom up to london and back from swindon.
must be all those roundabouts slopping the fuel around. . . ahem :D

I see 11 - 13 on Petrol around town and I have had 28 show on the DIS with wife and mother in the car after 250 miles. Normaly I see about 19mpg on the Mways with spirited driving.

On LPG however.................... :p

commute - 1/2 town, 1/2 dual C/way. 17mpg

Running on LPG ...

I see 16-17 for normal urban, up to 26 on the motorway and down to 14ish when I'm having fun on petrol.

Well, short journey to/from work each day - around 20 mile round trip - seing 22-26mpg.
On the bi-weekly trip on the motorway to visit the wifes family, getting 30-33.

Best I have seen was kept the cruise to 70, on the M62 from Leeds to Preston and the DIS showed 36MPG+++

Worked out that the DIS is optimistic by about 15% to 20%:tuttut:

4.2 QS

I love the implication there Mike that the MPG is better with wife in car then even better with mother as well LOL :ROFL:
clearly we all need to carry 2 wives and 2 mothers to get best figures :p

Sounds representative of a 2002 with a driver using a medium to heavy foot... If you drive like a fairy, you'll get high 20's on a long run, but with a company expense account behind you, why bother :D

Ok..
 

Best keep those business miles up then otherwise the tax man will strike you down!!
I have the same deal, but they feel better about it as I get 30+ on a run (have had consistent 34) and 28 around town.. depends of course how its driven. You got the power where as I have to know my limits in a 2.8!

on the on board computer the most the average it has ever seen was 21mpg for a steady drive from oxford to Northampton to pick up some wheels

normally sits at 17 and i have a heavy right foot ;)

Its been some time since the number of business miles you do has any impact on what the tax man wants for the perk of having a company car and/or fuel.....

If you have a company car, and company fuel the whole tax bill is based on the CO2 emmisions only.

If you have an opt out (ir, you run your own personal car), and the company pays all your fuel, and probably an 'opt out allowance', then the fuel and allowance are treated as income and taxed at the normal income bands, but with the pleasure of being able to offset the first 10000 business miles at 40p per mile and the rest at 25p......

The last alternative is if your company has a special agreement with the Inland revenue for expenses, and you can pay a set amount each month irrespective of the amount of fuel used, but you dont claim business miles....

All the advice above is comment only, I'm not a financial adviser, check it yourself, bla bla bla +++

I think we are both coming from the 'use our own cars and company pay for the fuel' side of the fence, where the amount of business miles has a very real effect on the tax bill!!
There are generally two options
use your own car, and put in expense claims/company pays for business related mileage at whatever rate it wants (you can then claim the difference if any back from the IR up to the figures above.. 10k etc etc)

or my option..use your own car and company pay all fuel with fuel card, submit that amount the IR upon when I call them and say 'hey chaps, actually xxxx miles were business from that lot' and the reimburse me at the same rates as above.

So, keeping my business mileage up is a good thing in my case - and not hard since I am here and clients are in London. 500 miles every trip ! (down side is car has done 40k in 10 months :-(

Down side?! :Confused:

At an average of 50 mph, that's 800 hrs, or 33 days (solidly) in your 8....

...that's time well spent in my book! :D

-Oli

there are times it feels like that on the M6 !! haha

But.. can think of worse places to be.. like office!

rofl

In town 27mpg, best on motorway - 39mpg.

On average - 31mpg.

Not bad from a 4.2 V8 diesel!!

I have been pleasantly surprised by mine.

Average is 24.5, that's combined town and long stretch driving.

On a good run, if I'm sat at 80 (KPH ;p) the car will easily return 32MPG. At higher KPH speeds of around 92, it's even better.

That's great for a 4.2 petrol +++

Oh, and I don't have a lightweight foot ;)