I've recently borrowed a 2000 model Peugeot 306 90bhp HDI whilst my other main car is off the road.
I've found that on day in day out short journeys etc, it manages 43mpg.
Doesn't seem too bad really.
However, yesterday we did a leisurely 200 miles in it mainly on quiet country lanes and single carriageway A roads, wafting along at 55 to 60mph most of the time, with maybe 20 miles worth of 80mph'ish cruising.
Again, it's returned 43mpg, which I think given the reports I've read on how these do 50+mpg, and feedback from other people I know who have bigger cars with the same engine (Xsara Picasso / Berlingo) is a bit low.
It's also less than I used to get with ease out of my 110bhp 406 HDI, a heavier car which had covered 170k.
So... any ideas as to why the MPG should be so low?
It's covered 134k, full service history, just had a filter and oil service and otherwise seems to drive fine bar one little niggle:
If you nail it, the injectors seem quite noisy and then shut up just past 3k rpm, at which point you feel a little hesitation and then the car feels slightly less powerful - not by much, but by enough that you feel it.
TIA