850 SE or T5 ?

If you can afford one a TDi - diesel!

In the real world, my 2.5l 10v SE (1994) does ~26mpg around town on the school run and ~30-32mpg at ~85 mph on the motorway.

One note of caution, of all the engine variants, only the 2.5 10v came with an odd exhaust, where the flexible joint is part of the manifold down pipe. So if the flexible joint fails, you have to replace the whole pipe and that

The turbos can be more economical than non turbos. We have contacted two club economy runs and the high power cars always do very well. The problem is that once you own a turbo do you drive for economy? My S70R returns an overall average of 9.2 litres per 100 kilometres which equals 30mpg. On highway it will return an average of 7.6 litres = 37mpg (not bad from a vehicles with 300hp). Again I do not drive for economy.

Regards

Heino Nowatzky Melbourne Australia

The SE for sure, but given the choice I'd go with the T5, a lot more fun is worth a little lower economy IMO.

On average though my T5 will do around 30-33 mpg mixed running but you really have to be gentle to get the higherend figures. In winter expect the economy to get worse (cold air is denser so more fuel required) - mine drops to 26-29 mpg in mid winter.....

Alastair

What tyres and tyre pressures are you running?

Hammo

On 4/8/04 7:43 AM, in article

I'm running Pirelli PZero 205/50 ZR 16s....at around 35-36 psi....

A.

'Its hard to soar like an eagle in the morning when you've been hooting with owls all night....'

Is it possible the two of you are comparing different size gallons (US vs Imperial)?

-ivan-

AB wrote:

Mine are imperial gallons (which if memory serves are the larger ones.....)

AB