slowrunner
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- Oct 19, 2015
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I know modern cars don't need running in, but having just read the post about MPG I'm a little confused. I've had a MY16 4HS for 4 days now. My first journey unfortunately was a 200 mile 'round trip. I filled up, reset the MPG value on the MMCS and watched it more than the road on the way there and back. When I arrived back home it was 38.2 MPG - not bad I thought for an almost pure petrol drive.
Yesterday I did a 38 mile round trip with a full charge and was EV all the way there and at least 5 miles on the way home. Gentle/slow driving the whole way. This time once the MPG started to display it briefly showed something like 800mpg then quickly went to mid 40s.
This did not concern me when I thought this was the 'petrol only' value, but reading the previous post, if this including the EV part in the miles then the figure is terrible !
OK - so its only the second journey I've made, and like most scientific endeavor 'we need more data', but am i missing something. Does the car get better over the first few runs/days/months ?
I'll know more once I've filled it up with fuel for the second time and can measure tank to tank against odometer.
Yesterday I did a 38 mile round trip with a full charge and was EV all the way there and at least 5 miles on the way home. Gentle/slow driving the whole way. This time once the MPG started to display it briefly showed something like 800mpg then quickly went to mid 40s.
This did not concern me when I thought this was the 'petrol only' value, but reading the previous post, if this including the EV part in the miles then the figure is terrible !
OK - so its only the second journey I've made, and like most scientific endeavor 'we need more data', but am i missing something. Does the car get better over the first few runs/days/months ?
I'll know more once I've filled it up with fuel for the second time and can measure tank to tank against odometer.