1994 Xantia 1.9d MPG

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mirafioriman
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1994 Xantia 1.9d MPG

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Made a trip to Birmingham and back Sun/Mon. Filled up, did about 15 miles of town driving then set off. Did 450 miles in two journeys with an overnight stop in between. Got back and filled up. It took 34 litres to refill the tank, so by my calculations:

34 litres = 7.5 gallons

450 miles divided by 7.5 gallons = 60 MPG

Not bad for a 19 year old n/a diesel Xantia in my opinion :)
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Shame you don't get cheap road tax due to the supreme greenness :)
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mirafioriman wrote: 450 miles divided by 7.5 gallons = 60 MPG
That's bloody excellent :-D

The old NA XUD9 really is an excellent economy engine. I used to have a 405 with the same engine and used to average almost 55mpg just going to work and back..

It's partly the excellent engine and partly the excellent Lucas pump...

The XUD7 in the 205D could do even greater feats of economy...
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CitroJim wrote: The XUD7 in the 205D could do even greater feats of economy...
Not with me driving it couldn't ;)

Although it could go from Hatfield to Purbrook in an hour...
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The TUD5 was even better in the AX ;)
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That's good but one car, if you can call it a car, was the phenomenal 1990 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 4 speed. An ex of mine has one and I could easily achieve 68mpg from a petrol!!!

The 5 speed 1.4 book figure was 72mpg from memory and the diesel was 78.4mpg from memory. The problem was finding one in decent condition and I'm talking about back in 2000.

I'm sure I used to get about 55-60 from my old 205 DTurbo.

The problem was trying to keep to sensible speeds in it and gently acceleration. Very difficult with something so potent.

Spider will no doubt confirm that.
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Rhothgar wrote:That's good but one car, if you can call it a car, was the phenomenal 1990 Vauxhall Nova 1.2 4 speed. An ex of mine has one and I could easily achieve 68mpg from a petrol!!!
Easy when you have to push it for most of any journey you undertake in it. Good job it had a heated rear window - kept your hands warm when pushing it :)

Rhothgar wrote: I'm sure I used to get about 55-60 from my old 205 DTurbo.

The problem was trying to keep to sensible speeds in it and gently acceleration. Very difficult with something so potent.

Spider will no doubt confirm that.
So will I :-D Those things went like a scalded cat on a hot tin roof... I had one for a while. It was considerably quicker than my 205GTi...
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