Hi guys,

I am new to the forum.
I was interested to comapare my average fuel usage with other members.
Thought may be a good idea to collate information from all i20 users.
Official VCA fuel data is given below.


1.2 Petrol
44.1 62.8 54.3

1.4 Petrol
39.2 60.1 50.4

1.4 CRDi (57Kw)
51.4 74.3 64.2

1.4 CRDi (66Kw)
51.4 72.4 62.8

Points to note:

Source of fuel can vary the results.
Extra Weight inside car can vary the results.
Driving style can vary the results.
\summer\winter can vary the results.

My car has done 2000 miles.
Hyundai i20 5dr Classic 1.2 RED.

Total fuel used= 200 litres.

Average Milage = 10 miles/litre (45.4 mpg)

Best Milage = 450 miles on 42 litres.

I would appreciate if other users posted their figures for comaprison.

Thanks

This post has been edited by bigkabina: Oct 14 2009, 04:25 AM

Hi bigkabina.
There are a least a couple of sites that allow you to keep track and compare your fuel usage with other users;
http://www.spritmonitor.de which has the i20 listed and quite a few users.
http://www.fuelly.com where the i20 is not listed under the Hyundai models, but you can still register & enter the relevant values.
I've just filled up after having done over 390 miles since my first initial full tank, so, I'm not too unhappy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by BGRT: Oct 16 2009, 09:03 AM

Thanks,
I shall post and compare the results on the German website.

I am aiming to get 500 miles from one tank.

Got a 500 mile round trip coming up from Leeds>Cardiff. Ginna stick to 60mph..see what happens ;)

Thanks,
I shall post and compare the results on the German website.

I am aiming to get 500 miles from one tank.

Got a 500 mile round trip coming up from Leeds>Cardiff. Ginna stick to 60mph..see what happens ;)

You might just be able to make it ! Bearing in mind mine as only got 460 miles on the clock and this was my first tankfull, I recently filled up having done 390 miles, with another (at least in theory) ~84 miles left in the tank. Mind, it seems a bit optimistic as I filled up about 3~4 miles after the low fuel warning light came on, but ...
Although this was done doing mostly what I would decribe as 'extra' urban driving, it included a ~110 miles round trip on motorway and A roads at the end of which on-board computer showed 53MPG. Keep us posted !

Hey

Does anyone know roughly what the run in time for optimal fuel economy is? I have a 1.2 petrol and On my first full tank I only got 310 miles out of it, with 50/50 motorway and Urban and little A/C usage. Some of that can be accounted for as 'new car wastage' but was still expecting a more out of it. I've still done under 400 miles in total so am hopin with time it will start givin 400 + miles per tank.

Anyone else had similar experiences?

Thanks

This post has been edited by james_drink: Oct 29 2009, 03:10 AM

Yes, it would be interesting to find out after how much run-in you can expect to see the optimum mpg. I'm currently about 3/4 through my 2nd tank with 760 miles on the clock and the on-board computer is showing 51.1 mpg for that current tank, so over 400 miles should be achievable. Having said that, I am fairly light footed and my driving style is definitely more geared towards fuel saving than 'performance' !
I should add that the mpg calculated from the actual amount of fuel taken on my 1st fill-up worked out at 47.9 mpg rather than the 50.9 indicated by the on-board computer.

This post has been edited by BGRT: Oct 28 2009, 05:14 PM

the fuelly site seems to be quite good (shame the i20 isn't properly listed - looks like the i10 people contacted the admins to get their's on there properly) though i'm only on 60 miles so is going to take a while for me to get any idea on mpg / improvement and how much of a difference the trip computer has from real usage (since it's showing just under 70mpg after a ~20mile all over the place drive last night) but i've got ~400 miles to do over the next few weeks so that'll help i hope.

I have had my 1.2 Comfort 3 door for two months now, most of my driving is in town but I have done two trips from Yorkshire to Kent and back. The car has done 1,700 miles now without any problems, I have not had to touch the fluids or tyre pressures since collecting it from the dealers.

My findings are around town 42 to 42.7 mpg
I drive 5 miles to work, its all in a built up area and involves a height difference of 250 metres between home and work.

Longer trips
57.3 mpg on first trip at 60 mph
53.6 mpg on second trip at 70 mph
thats mostly down the A1, M25, Dartford crossing and M2.

I am no light weight (6' 2" and 18 stone) and the longer trips where with my wife ( very silth like)and a boot full of (mostly wifes)bags.

Forgot to add the longer trips where about 240 miles each way.

This post has been edited by Richard Brown: Nov 3 2009, 11:47 AM

I've had my 1.2 i20 now for 5 days, initially filled tank up. Gauge half way now & covered 250 miles, hope to get 500 on full tank (mixed driving). Also driving slowly, never been over 4,000 revs or 70 mph on motorway yet.

When I bought car, dealer had put £5 of petrol in (or so they said). I then filled tank up & paid £1.05p per litre, came to £40.50p. Does anyone know how much roughly it costs to fill up tank from petrol light coming on? Just trying to work out roughly what mpg I'm getting from my first tank of petrol.
Thanks.

Skinflints... or was I lucky ? I got close to 3/4 of a tank when I picked mine up !

The 2nd time I filled-up was 3 ~ 4 miles after the warning light had come on and I put in 37 liters. Having said that, a low fuel warning light can come on when you've got different amount of fuel left. On my previous vehicle, if it came on whilst on the move, it would come off again if I had to stop for a few minutes and not come back on again for a further few miles once I had restarted.

only had 5 liters in mine.....

BGRT,
Thanks for info.
Mine had less than a 1/4 full when I collected it. My old Astra's petrol gauge was like your old one too. Think it'll be a case of getting used to our i20's.
So at a guess I'd say around £40-£45, at £1.10 a litre to fill tank. If that's the case if I covered 500 miles, I'd be happy.

KDC,
A spit in the tank, just like me then.

Just noticed, the i20 is now listed on Fuelly.com (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)
Other than diesel / petrol(gas!), there are no variants listed such as the different diesel power outputs, 1197cc, 1248cc and 1396cc petrol, auto or manual, trims but I suppose it's easy enough to add in the vehicle description.

This post has been edited by BGRT: Nov 5 2009, 12:22 PM

that's good to see, can't let the i10 drivers have all the fun (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) it doesn't look like the i10's have that level of differentiation either but like you say it can go in the description.

had a third of a tank when i collected, was told they'd put a £10 in which i think is about right going against what i filled her up with but still got around half a tank so still a few days before i get to try a full fill-up (oh how i don't miss filling a car up every few days (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) )

This post has been edited by DrO: Nov 5 2009, 09:02 AM

5 litres???? You were lucky!

When I picked my i10 up, the fuel light was already on.

I drove 1/4 mile down the road, then put 35.74 litres in it.


In a 35 litre tank!


So mine actually had less than no petrol in it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)


TJ

Now that garage of yours has to deserve the accolade for... top misers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) !

This post has been edited by BGRT: Nov 5 2009, 12:23 PM

well its good to know hyundia's can now run on air!!

The 1.2 Classic has done 3500 miles now.

The gear shifts are becoming smoother, the engine is revving more freely.

On average, town+motorway driving combined, I am getting 400 miles before the Fuel light comes on.

Upon refilling, the car usually takes 38 litres after the fuel light comes on.

I dont think however that I am ever going to achive 500 miles on one tank.

450 miles was the best I ever achieved and probably ever will.