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John

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

Ian Riches

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

John (fearon1978@aol.com.au.nz) wrote...
> Anyone have any details on fuel consumption?
>
> VAUXHALL Vectra 2.5 V6 SRi
>
> petrol. W reg.

Can't find exact data for an SRi, but for a 2.5i V6 24v Hatch/Saloon
GSI, I get the following:

Urban: 19.6mpg
Extra-Urban: 38.2mpg
Combined: 27.4mpg

That's for a manual 5-speed.

Incidentally, lots of useful information can be found on:

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/

Ian

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Will Reeve

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

John wrote:
> Anyone have any details on fuel consumption?
>
> VAUXHALL Vectra 2.5 V6 SRi
>
> petrol. W reg.
>
> Regards,
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We get 35mpg easily, 40mpg if you try very hard and plan ahead well. You
won't get below 30 as they handle so crap you won't want to push on too
much!

Will

Rebelrouser

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

"Ian Riches" <ianriches@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bd9ac6799d0635198978b@News.Individual.Ne t...
> John (fearon1978@aol.com.au.nz) wrote...
> > Anyone have any details on fuel consumption?
> >
> > VAUXHALL Vectra 2.5 V6 SRi
> >
> > petrol. W reg.
>
> Can't find exact data for an SRi, but for a 2.5i V6 24v Hatch/Saloon
> GSI, I get the following:
>
> Urban: 19.6mpg
> Extra-Urban: 38.2mpg
> Combined: 27.4mpg
>
> That's for a manual 5-speed.
>
> Incidentally, lots of useful information can be found on:
>
> http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/
>
> Ian

Well I have an Omega 2.5 V6, slightly heavier car, but I can manage 24mpg
around town, 37mpg on motorways at 80mph. If I am really trying and stick to
70mph, I can get 40mpg.
This is with an auto box and cruise control, but then it all goes out the
window when I have a mad half hour.

Dave

Lou

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

I used to have an S reg one (not the SRi but the 2.5 V6 CDX) of these
and it did 20-25ish around town and 30-35ish on a decent run doing 70
to 80.

I wouldn't recommend it for economy but it was a brill car to drive !

Dave Plowman (News)

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

In article <416f9b34$0$59463$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
Will Reeve <will@reeve.org.uk> wrote:
> We get 35mpg easily, 40mpg if you try very hard and plan ahead well. You
> won't get below 30 as they handle so crap you won't want to push on too
> much!

These are the best figures? Now give the consumption crossing London in
rush hour. 15 mpg doesn't sound so good...

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Will Reeve

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article <416f9b34$0$59463$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
> Will Reeve <will@reeve.org.uk> wrote:
>> We get 35mpg easily, 40mpg if you try very hard and plan ahead well.
>> You won't get below 30 as they handle so crap you won't want to push
>> on too much!
>
> These are the best figures? Now give the consumption crossing London
> in rush hour. 15 mpg doesn't sound so good...

Indeed, we use the car in Norfolk! The wife drives into town (around 20
miles) to work so it gets a few stop start cycles but nothing like London!
Bit of 80mph dual carriage way on as well.

I bet ALL cars average to about the same in London don't they? Sitting at
idle, stationary, gallons per hour is 0.2 according to the trip computer or
0.3 if you switch air-con on!

It's not a bad car, but 170bhp driving the front wheels is never a good idea
IMHO, even if they fit a flashing light on the dash to help (which it
doesn't). Still the gearing is longish in 5th so it's quiet.

Will

Dave Plowman (News)

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

In article <4173a19d$0$47999$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net>,
Will Reeve <will@reeve.org.uk> wrote:
> > These are the best figures? Now give the consumption crossing London
> > in rush hour. 15 mpg doesn't sound so good...

> Indeed, we use the car in Norfolk! The wife drives into town (around 20
> miles) to work so it gets a few stop start cycles but nothing like
> London! Bit of 80mph dual carriage way on as well.

That's why asking a question about MPG is pretty useless, unless you
qualify it by saying something like 'clear motorway MPG'.

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Zathras

10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:57:32 +0100, "Will Reeve" <will@reeve.org.uk>
wrote:

<Snip>
>It's not a bad car, but 170bhp driving the front wheels is never a good idea
>IMHO

Yes, I thought that too during a decade of driving Vauxhalls. After a
change of make and driving some other makers cars too, I came to the
conclusion that Vauxhall didn't use a good suspension or half decent
front wheel drive system.

I'm currently driving the most powerful front wheel drive car I've
ever owned and understeer/torque steer/lack of grip/poor suspension
control in corners are now consigned to the history books for me. It
has shown me that you *can* actually put a tremendous amount of power
and torque through the front wheels perfectly well. I was fooled for
years by Vauxhall and their dealers but I will never return to that
marque again.

I see now that they were simply under-invested, under-developed, cheap
cars for the masses. The last one I had (the final straw) had no clue
how to corner. It was perfectly happy to understeer like mad. You
could put it on full lock and just use the accelerator to go round
roundabouts..what a joke. Good riddance I say..
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10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

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> I'm currently driving the most powerful front wheel drive car I've
> ever owned and understeer/torque steer/lack of grip/poor suspension
> control in corners are now consigned to the history books for me. It
> has shown me that you *can* actually put a tremendous amount of power
> and torque through the front wheels perfectly well.

What's the car?

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10-25-2004, 05:09 PM

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:15:59 +0100, "DocDelete"
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>"Zathras" <webnewsgroup@nospamthanks.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:ltf7n01qltqo8511pdcc17js2rv4supd2h@4ax.com...
>
>> I'm currently driving the most powerful front wheel drive car I've
>> ever owned and understeer/torque steer/lack of grip/poor suspension
>> control in corners are now consigned to the history books for me. It
>> has shown me that you *can* actually put a tremendous amount of power
>> and torque through the front wheels perfectly well.
>
>What's the car?

Alfa Romeo 156

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STE666

06-17-2007, 08:40 PM

Anyone have any details on fuel consumption?

VAUXHALL Vectra 2.5 V6 SRi

petrol. W reg.

Regards,

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As we flow down life's rivers
I see the stars glow - one by one
All angels of the magic constellation
Be singing us now
I have a 2.5 V6 Sri on a 2000 model (X reg). I never go on motorways and get 28mpg or that what the trip computer says. A full tank gets me 310 miles of driving. I will be having a superchip installed in a few weeks to gain more power so i suppose all that will change

danny boi

11-25-2007, 01:46 PM