[Stu Wallace]

Hi

Just wandering how many MPG do other window cleaners get in their vans/cars.

I get about 30miles per gallon from my Transit that is mainly driving in town and villages.

Thanks

[windiewasher]

Not enough from my scudo however its getting converted to run on water and diesel and supposed to get you minimum 30 % more mpg.

[Spruce]

Hi

Just wandering how many MPG do other window cleaners get in their vans/cars.

I get about 30miles per gallon from my Transit that is mainly driving in town and villages.

Thanks

What Transit have you got? My Citroen Relay Hdi swb does around 22 - 28 depending on fuel stop start. Mainly work within about 8 mile radius of home. Take it easy as well.

[James chapman]

45-50 in my berlingo its only the 75bhp 1.6. But does me for speed although I blast through my water by half 2 so looking to get the newer 850 model

[DeLuce]

I've got the t230 connect which gives me around 40 mpg, it's on a 54 plate. I don't think that's too bad really, I usually thrash the nuts off it too. 

[Nick_Thompson]

Yeh, my transit 300 averages 28 mpg with 1000 litres onboard.

I only do 2500 miles per annum, so that's just £11 a week, cool huh!

[Stu Wallace]

Hi

Just wandering how many MPG do other window cleaners get in their vans/cars.

I get about 30miles per gallon from my Transit that is mainly driving in town and villages.

Thanks

What Transit have you got? My Citroen Relay Hdi swb does around 22 - 28 depending on fuel stop start. Mainly work within about 8 mile radius of home. Take it easy as well.

I've got a Transit 280 125bhp 6speed 1 year old

500 ltr tank which is filled up every morning

My radius is about 12 miles tops

[robertphil]

40 odd in my berlingo 1.9, crackin engine 

[Lee GLS]

do you all actually work out your MPG or just estimate it by how many mile you get to say £10?

[Stu Wallace]

do you all actually work out your MPG or just estimate it by how many mile you get to say £10?

I just go on what the dash board says on my Transit

I have checked manually tho to compare using MPG calculators websites.

[Spruce]

do you all actually work out your MPG or just estimate it by how many mile you get to say £10?

Good question lee. The only way you can get an idea is from fillup to fillup. The electronic gauge on the dash usually over reads and so does the odometer.

My trusty 1988 2.0l Ford Sierra (petrol) GLE in South Africa was an eye opener. Not only did the speedometer over read by 10% but so did the odometer on a measured 1 km. (there was a section of road in Johannesburg not far from us where this was measured and marked.)

This meant that not only was our fuel consumption 10% better than it actually was, but also meant that when the car had done 100k it actually had only done 90k. It also meant that Ford (if main dealer was the chosen service agent) got another service out of it - like the difference between monthly and 4 weekly cleans.

But it gives an idea of whats happening. Both our Hdi vans use more diesel on cheap supermarket fuel when compared to Esso and Shell. I can also tell exactly what fuel is in the tank when I come up Saltburn bank with a fullish tank of water.

Tyres are also another factor. HGV drivers get their truck's speed limiter recalibrated with 'bald' tyres, so when they fit new ones they can go fractionally faster.

[Nick_Thompson]

Spruce, what an eye opener!  Good post man.

[Lee GLS]

do you all actually work out your MPG or just estimate it by how many mile you get to say £10?

Good question lee. The only way you can get an idea is from fillup to fillup. The electronic gauge on the dash usually over reads and so does the odometer.

My trusty 1988 2.0l Ford Sierra (petrol) GLE in South Africa was an eye opener. Not only did the speedometer over read by 10% but so did the odometer on a measured 1 km. (there was a section of road in Johannesburg not far from us where this was measured and marked.)

This meant that not only was our fuel consumption 10% better than it actually was, but also meant that when the car had done 100k it actually had only done 90k. It also meant that Ford (if main dealer was the chosen service agent) got another service out of it - like the difference between monthly and 4 weekly cleans.

But it gives an idea of whats happening. Both our Hdi vans use more diesel on cheap supermarket fuel when compared to Esso and Shell. I can also tell exactly what fuel is in the tank when I come up Saltburn bank with a fullish tank of water.

Tyres are also another factor. HGV drivers get their truck's speed limiter recalibrated with 'bald' tyres, so when they fit new ones they can go fractionally faster.

Yes that is how I work mine out, we'll actually the app on my iPhone does  . I asked because before I buy a new car/van I always go on forums to see what people are getting from the vehicle I am looking at getting, and 8/10 people's mpg figures are always alot higher that the actual mpg that I get from the vehicle. Like for instance someone posted in here they get 40mpg from their connect, the best I have ever got from mine is 33mpg. Then others say they get 45 mpg from their van when will be stop start journeys, I have a 2.0 tdci cmax, and regularly do 50 mile round trip on dual carriage ways, and average 250 miles a week with not much stop start, and average 43mpg. I don't drive fast, and I'm not saying people are making up their mpg, but do people actually work it out properly, or guesstimate.

[tompoole]

do you all actually work out your MPG or just estimate it by how many mile you get to say £10?

I just go on what the dash board says on my Transit

I have checked manually tho to compare using MPG calculators websites.

Wallace windows Aylesbury ?

[tompoole]

Transit Swb low roof 85ps 500 litre tank
32mpg average since I bought it.

[gswainyboy]

Spruce. only a question but were you being chased 

[AuRavelling79]

Doblo 1.3 jtd diesel  40mpg
Hyundai 2.5 diesel 28 mpg

[Stu Wallace]

do you all actually work out your MPG or just estimate it by how many mile you get to say £10?

I just go on what the dash board says on my Transit

I have checked manually tho to compare using MPG calculators websites.

Wallace windows Aylesbury ?

That would be telling 

[Spruce]

Spruce. only a question but were you being chased  

  If I understand you right - no.

When I was in the motor trade Fiat had much better fuel consumption figures for their Scudo van than Peugeot and Citroen. The only difference between the vans was that they had different badges.

It turned out that in Italy they were allowed to evaluate fuel consumption on a rolling road, where the French regulations required the fuel use to be evaluated on a measured road in opposite directions within a specified time limit.

The unfair thing was that Fiat marketed their brand on the better fuel economy and overall cheaper life time running costs.

[tompoole]

Thought it was, you haven't paid me ?
If you gonna work on my patch its £10 per day fella!
Pmsl