Fuel Consumption

Your figure is on the money I would say. We get, with steady driving, and a max of 65 mph, between 28 and 32 mpg, depending on wind and terrain, but that's just what the van tells me. Can't be bothered to work it out any more accurately, it uses what it uses as far as I am concerned. 

My experience of the Fiat Ducato 130 engines, based on 3 vehicles from new, is that fuel consumption is predominantly  a function of driving style and speed.

With the two PVCs we've had the average consumption was 31mpg when cruising speeds were around 70-75mph.

With our 7.4M Burstner (laden to just under 3.5t) and cruising speeds of around 60-65mph we achieve 30mpg on a regular basis. Wind directions and speeds also affect consumption dramatically on our Burstner. Your friend in Spain must drive down wind in a storm for most of the time or does he live on the top of a big hill?

CY,  I  always  keep  a  log  of  my  fuel  purchases / mileage  over  the  ownership  of  my  campers.

After  almost  4  years  of  owning  the  present  one ( Autocruise Jazz  van  conversion )  based  on  a  130  FIAT  altho  they  were  supposed  to  be  on  the  very  similar  Pug  and  covering  6K  approx  pa ,  my  figures  are  as  follows

Winter  --  approx  31  mpg

Not  Winter  ---  approx  35  mpg

Living  &  driving  in  a  town ( I  do  not  have  a  car),  does  not  do  the  consumption  much  good  but  I'd  expect  no better  than  another  2  mpg  perhaps.

The  long  Scottish  holidays  I  can  get  close  to  40  mpg  but  noway  could  I be  called  a  boy  racer  sticking  in  lane  one  with  the  lorries  is  much  less  stressful.

B

We have a 7 metre low profile Pilote with a 150 Ducato engine, over 20,000 miles on the clock, and we averaged a fraction under 29 mpg on a 2,200 mile trip to France this year.

We do about 230 miles each way on Motorways to Eurotunnel and back to home in the UK.

For the rest of the mileage we used the French motorways to get anywhere quickly but mainly the normal roads at 'holiday' speeds.

Where possible we don't hang about on the Motorways in the UK - you should see my beloved with her foot down on the M25 (yes, it is possible - and thankfully the Police haven't spotted her so far).

We always adhere to the French speed limits, there are considerably more Police patrols in France, but once abroad we tend to relax more and meander from Aire to Aire – which helps considerably with consumption.

We are probably fully loaded at around 3500 kg most of the time and this is the first time I've bothered doing a check on the amount of fuel used.

I think your mate must do a lot of downhill driving with the wind behind him to consistently get over 40 mpg.

Hope this helps.

I would think your mate in Spain means kpg

Mercedes Sprinter base, automatic, under 6m, about 35-6 mpg.

Hi CY, only covered 2,600 miles in my Peugeot 130/ Elddis 196 and on all kinds of roads she returns 29-31.6 mpg. As you say it should improve once everything bedded in.

But CY, did you buy your motorhome for its mpg? I wouldn't have thought so. Motorhome are usually as aerodynamic as an Accrington brick so would think that 32mpg is very good.

Can’t do better than about 27 mpg on my AS Broadway, Peugeot 2.2, and its only 6.3m long coachbuilt. This is mostly Autoroute cruising or UK motorway around 65/67mph. Seems reasonable to me and I can’t figure out why everybody else gets more.

We have done 1730 miles up until the last refuel and my average for the year is 25.53 mpg so far. That is a 130hp Peugeot Boxer. Mine is 7.5 metres long and wider than average. Must admit I don't pay much attention to driving economically, I just drive! Interestingly when driving in Europe we seem to get slightly better economy but nowhere near as impressive as some of the figures mentioned here. I take some comfort from the fact that my motorhome is more economical than than my two previous 4X4 towcars!!!

David