Spent a couple of days driving around the East coast of UK and the trip computer recorded the MPG as 44.5. This is a 2004 2.0 Ghia and it had just been serviced a week earlier. The "Miles on the tank" at the next fill up were shown as over 500.
I know that the US/UK MPG requires a calculation for comparison - but I reckon the readout was having a laugh at my expense. I have owned more than one focus since 1999 and have never been near this MPG figure.
Has anyone else had the trip computer give back this level of reading? My normal work journey (45 miles a day via local roads, main routes and a bit of traffic) gives me about 35MPG.
Also the car is going to the dealer to have the boot/tailgate re-sprayed as it is rusting under the chrome strip - not bad for a 13month old car (and the dealer assured me it was a pre-facelift problem that has been corrected)