I have a 2002 1.4 206HDi Style 3 door. The letter "i" fn the "HDi" badge is green, so I've been told this is the ECO engine, is that right?
The published MPG figures for this car is 65MPG on a combined cycle, but I have only been able to get 50MPG at best, and that was from 2 long motorway drives (75m/hr, driving very conservatively, using the entire tank). My two measurements were this:
Fill tank to the brim (so that I can see the diesel at the top), reset trip meter, then drive till almost empty. Then note the milage from trip meter, and refill tank to same level. Doing this on two seeperate occaisions gave me 46MPG and 48MPG.
I've asked Peugeot about this and they seem to think that even 40MPG is acceptable for this car. I don't think that's right because I used to get
45MPG regularly from my 1994 Escort 1.8TD!If anyone has the same car, can you post what MPG you get? I'm curious to know if there is a problem with my car, or if its getting the same sort of figures as others.
I'm in England, and the temperature is about 3 degrees celcius. I've been told that diesels sue a lot more fuel in cold weather - is this right? And if so, does anyone have some idea how much the temperature affects fuel consumption.