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Originally Posted by mattylondon
My MPG counter does the same as yours in that video. Once driving mine starts to steady out and climb after a minute / few hundred meters. Have you recorded real fuel usage between fill up's?
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Hi, does yours drop as low as 5? Mine always seems to start at 15 then drops to 5.
It does slowly climb back up over the next couple of miles but seems to go back up to around 13mpg over the last few days on a clear run.
I've never calculated the real consumption before but I put £20 of petrol in every 2 days, and drive 25 miles per day, so £20 gives me 50 miles. (tank is always close to empty when filling up)
At £1.09/litre, £20 = 4.1 gallons.
50/4.1 = 12.2mpg
So the real consumption does reflect the readings. It definitely seems too low - my Mondeo averages 24mpg on the same journey and that engine is notorious for low MPG (Volvo T5 engine).
Thanks