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Tommo
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Post by Tommo »

How’ did u find the eco air con setting ?? I notice it does come on when eco drive mode is selected but couldn’t find it as a permanent setting in the climate option
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Teeceee
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Post by Teeceee »

ok... Run from Malvern to Northampton and back over last few days...

going there took in M5, M42, M6 and M1... mostly motorway speeds - aprt from M6 which seemed to be 50 mph all the way..

Roughly 100 mile trip.

Going - with air con = normal 48.8 mpg
Coming home - no air con = 52.1

both in eco mode, running cruise when ever possible.

journey distance and time to complete almost identical so not much to choose between driving styles
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KentishWelsh
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Post by KentishWelsh »

Tommo wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:01 am How’ did u find the eco air con setting ?? I notice it does come on when eco drive mode is selected but couldn’t find it as a permanent setting in the climate option
Uh... good question! I assume it was in the climate settings menu. I had 30 minutes to wait for my wife so I had a play with the computer, but suspect I only got as far as the basics.
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Shaenei
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Post by Shaenei »

You can change the eco climate on the individual drive mode settings
1. Press Settings in the top view.

2. Press My Car select Individual Drive Mode and then
select Individual Drive Mode

3. In Presets, select a drive mode to start from: Eco, Comfort or Dynamic.
Possible adjustments apply to settings for:
• Driver Display
• Steering force
• Powertrain Characteristics • Brake Characteristics
• Suspension Control
• ECO Climate
• Start/Stop.
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Tommo
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Post by Tommo »

Thanks for that Shaenei I haven’t ventured that deep into all the settings yet so haven’t set up an individual setting
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hdasmith
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Post by hdasmith »

Teeceee wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:35 am ok... Run from Malvern to Northampton and back over last few days...

going there took in M5, M42, M6 and M1... mostly motorway speeds - aprt from M6 which seemed to be 50 mph all the way..

Roughly 100 mile trip.

Going - with air con = normal 48.8 mpg
Coming home - no air con = 52.1

both in eco mode, running cruise when ever possible.

journey distance and time to complete almost identical so not much to choose between driving styles
That must have been a hot journey back! Good data though, 3.3mpg for air con seems quite a lot!
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Post by hdasmith »

ste12 wrote: Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:08 pm 700 miles to date mainly taken up with 500 mile return trip to Cornwall on very quiet A roads/motorways both ways. Current average is 44 mpg.
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Post by morrishey »

I can’t help thinking that if folks are that concerned by the mpg they are getting, they might have been better off with a different car. A blocky SUV is not something that you purchase for its economy!
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Teeceee
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Post by Teeceee »

im not worried, as i claim all fuel expenses, but am interested to see how a brand new car to market is performing...
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dsun18
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Post by dsun18 »

I've got a T5 FE and mpg is pretty much what I expected. On a long motorway with a fairly light foot I can get 35mpg. In more mixtured conditions of city and motorway, more like 28mpg. In London on short commutes around 23mpg. Saying that my previous 2016 bmw 520d could achieve 61mpg on paper and I only got about 30mpg max on short London commutes. One thing I have found is that using pilot assist or adaptive cruise on journeys where it makes sense definitely achieves higher mpg than I could with my own foot... I guess just muh smoother. I only do 5000 miles a year so not really an issue for me.
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