How many miles do you get out of your Xantia?

ripsaw82 · Post by **ripsaw82** » 19 Nov 2004, 16:22

Just wondering how many miles other Xantia owners get out of a full tank. I take it all Xantia models have the same 65L tank?
I get 450+ miles most of the time out of my 2.0i 8V , which seems quite good to me.

mseymour · Post by **mseymour** » 19 Nov 2004, 17:26

That is pretty good. I get about 500ish out of my estate TD

pete_wood_uk · Post by **pete_wood_uk** » 19 Nov 2004, 18:01

Afraid I don't generally run to the bottom of the tank, unless I'm desperate (though I did once make it right through half of France to Andorra for diesel during one of their strikes). I get about 46mpg out of my 97 TD saloon, and about 47mpg out of the HDi Estate. The TD saloon used to do better, but a change from low-rolling-resistance Michelin Energys to sticky Goodyears seems to have cost about 2-3mpg. Which as far as I'm concerned is a price well worth paying for a car that doesn't emulate a cat on wet lino (or a wet cat on lino, which is what I'm more often faced with in an English winter...

). I kinda presume that the HDi Estate would do 50mpg if I put crap tyres on it.
Interestingly (!), my old 94 Xantia TD used to do about 42-43mpg. The 97 model (with the electronic gubbins on the pump) is significantly better. I had 'em both from new and drive 'em pretty much the same, so clearly something got improved in the engine in the interim.
Pete

Panjandrum · Post by **Panjandrum** » 19 Nov 2004, 18:53

OK guys get your hankies ready for the Activa sob-story.
I gave up on the calculations a couple of years back and now just fill-her-up to the top and run until close to empty - so I judge consumption by miles per fill.
On a good day I can get to over 300 miles before the wee orange light appears.
Around town it's about 220.
All donations gratefully accepted.
PJ

reffro · Post by **reffro** » 19 Nov 2004, 19:05

My old Xantia 2.0i 8V auto would get about 22-24mpg in town, 27-29mpg cruising up the A1 at 70+mph, and the best ever was 33mpg @ 65mph for 300 miles up the motorway. So usually anywhere between 270-330 miles from brimful until the light came on.

Richard Gallagher · Post by **Richard Gallagher** » 19 Nov 2004, 21:08

On my 1.9TD the record is 670, but I then managed to put in 69 litres into the 65 litre tank.
On the 2.0 16V I get about 500.
A CT Turbo estate I had last year would make 450.

MW · Post by MW » 19 Nov 2004, 22:19

My 1.8 16V turns in somewhere around 37-38 on long motorway journeys, 34-ish in normal use. The furthest I've ever dared to push it on a tankful of 95 octane was 530 miles, which was in France, while also laden to the gunwales with stuff. Slightly more miles on 98 octane, I notice, and it's much zippier too.

crooser · Post by **crooser** » 19 Nov 2004, 22:28

my poor old 2.5 xm estate only does 840 miles to the tank.is something wrong with it?

paranoid · Post by **paranoid** » 19 Nov 2004, 22:37

Got 65 mpg on the motorway once because of no money or cards DOH! but my god was it boring (and dangerous) average between 36-42 at the moment, seems a bit cheaper with the occasional bit of veg oil as well to spread the dino diesel out a bit nore as well[}:)]

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » 19 Nov 2004, 23:27

My 2.1 Xantia estate. From brim full to brim full does 42mpg unless the caravan is on the back when it drops to a disappointing 28mpg. But have you checked the accuracy of your speedo/mileometer? I've checked mine against the rev counter at 27.3mph/1000rpm, and also against Microsoft Autoroute 2004 measurements, and both confirm an inaccuracy of 5%. Surely then it follows that the fuel consumption figure is also inaccurate.

xantiav6 · Post by **xantiav6** » 20 Nov 2004, 00:31

My 3.0 V6 typically gets 420 miles before I fill it. Mostly motorway driving as fast as is socially acceptable (I have measured 27 - 32 MPG).
Note that the Xantia tank is actually 65 litres before the light comes on and then another 6 litres. I once squeezed 71.25 litres into my previous Xantia 2.0 8V which used about as much fuel as the V6!

Mosser · Post by **Mosser** » 20 Nov 2004, 01:31

On my 1.8i 16v i always get between 500 and 550 miles per tank, on average i'd say its about 530 when i pull into the petrol station

Post by **Thunderbird** » 20 Nov 2004, 01:38

Xantia 2.0HDi got really economical after ECU remap.
City and road driving: Usually 600 miles.
Only road: Never less than 700 miles. Usually around 750 miles. One time did 780 miles. Calm driving, of course.

akojic · Post by **akojic** » 20 Nov 2004, 01:42

7.4 - 7.8 l/100km during summer (mixed drive) and 8.0 - 8.6 l/100km during cold winter (also mixed drive.) Driving on 98 octane petrol.

akojic · Post by **akojic** » 20 Nov 2004, 01:48

Forgot to mention that with full tank usually drive 760 - 800 km during summer and 690 - 740 km during winter.
I'm preparing to experience something totally different regarding consumption in several weeks with small HDi in C3.