millage

May 25, 2004 3 Replies

Hi ..just bought a brandnew 2004 Focus stationwagon ZTW. My millage sucks and is not anywhere near what it should be. Get about 1:8 or 9......is this normal and what millage do you get.?? Thanks John Folkers


Hi John. Congratulations on the new car and welcome to the NG. You'll find several Focus wagon owners here - myself among them.

I've never seen fuel economy figures expressed quite the way you've got it. Is that one litre to eight or nine kms? If so, that seems a bit high... Perhaps your car is still sorting itself out. My car uses about 9l/100kms or

31 miles per Imperial gallon during combined driving (city/highway).

Rob

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"John Folkers" wrote ...

manufacturer rule of thumb is that fuel economy improves and should be most accurate by 10,000km so please give the car a chance to break in.also the fuel economy rating are designed to give you an opportunity to compare vehicles as they have to go through the same test.Is it a real world test?absolutely not!Will you ever get the results in that book?Doubtful.

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