Springy wrote:
> I've just bought my first Focus, I'm very happy with it apart from the
> fuel consumption. It's a 1.6 Zetec Climate, I don't drive it hard but I
> only get 28mpg around town. For a modern engine this is rubbish - my son
> has a 1.6 Peogeot diesel 206, he gets 45 mpg on the same sort of run. I
> obviously expected some difference, but not this much!
>
> Is 28 mpg around town/45mpg motorway normal for this car?
>
> Neil.
Thanks for all the responses guys and gals, looks as though my focus is
normal then. Not wanting to look a complete idiot, I wasn't comparing my
focus with a small diesel, of course I know that there will be some
difference but I didn't expect the diesel to consume *half* as much fuel
as my car - I thought modern engines were supposed to be efficient!
Depending on the trade-in I may change to a diesel sooner rather than
later.
Neil.
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