Nissan Almera 1.5 MPG

Getting 1.5mpg from your Almera will be tough.

You'll certainly need a new fuel pump...

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sounds about average to me

'Official' figures are simply there for comparison between makes. They bear no relation to actual personal driving conditions.

Dave Plowman (News) ( snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Especially not if trying to compare "round town with short journeys and an odd 50mile round trip" with the official extra-urban figures...

In those circumstances, 29 vs 35 sounds fairly reasonable.

Driving normally quite often means not lifting off unless to brake, constantly accelerating and not maintaining a steady cruising speed. If this is the case then here's most of your answer.

The other side is that it's cold out, for short trips this *kills* petrol engine efficiency.

The donk is also tight. It probably won't be anywhere near run in yet. Get it run in, then the consumption will improve. Drive it hard *once warmed up*.

These and other tips :) are available on my site, but for short haul trips,

The message from "DervMan" contains these words:

This has got to be the commonest cause of poor mileage, innit. Hear it all time with people who only drive five miles or so at a time.

I was upset at 42mpg in my diesel due to cold weather, short journeys and leaving it idling while warming and defrosting.

Still, cars are more fun than waiting for a train.

Ben

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I'm still getting over 45mpg out of my Audi 100 and that's an automatic. Then again it was a 400 mile drive.

Thanks for all you replies and help Peter.