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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / August 2004850 SE or T5 ?
Hi all, What's the most economical 850 out there, the T5 or SE ? Cheers > Hi all, > > What's the most economical 850 out there, the T5 or SE ? > > Cheers If you can afford one a TDi - diesel! In the real world, my 2.5l 10v SE (1994) does ~26mpg around town on the school run and ~30-32mpg at ~85 mph on the motorway. One note of caution, of all the engine variants, only the 2.5 10v came with an odd exhaust, where the flexible joint is part of the manifold down pipe. So if the flexible joint fails, you have to replace the whole pipe and that *is* expensive...I think you can guess how I know this :-/ The turbos can be more economical than non turbos. We have contacted two club economy runs and the high power cars always do very well. The problem is that once you own a turbo do you drive for economy? My S70R returns an overall average of 9.2 litres per 100 kilometres which equals 30mpg. On highway it will return an average of 7.6 litres = 37mpg (not bad from a vehicles with 300hp). Again I do not drive for economy. Regards Heino Nowatzky Melbourne Australia > Hi all, > > What's the most economical 850 out there, the T5 or SE ? > > Cheers 37mpg!!! That is astonishing! I have a S70 T5 and it will return 35mpg only if i drive it like a geriatric with an egg under his foot and keep my speed below 100kph! On average though my T5 will do around 30-33 mpg mixed running but you really have to be gentle to get the higherend figures. In winter expect the economy to get worse (cold air is denser so more fuel required) - mine drops to 26-29 mpg in mid winter..... Alastair > The turbos can be more economical than non turbos. > We have contacted two club economy runs and the high power cars always do [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Cheers What tyres and tyre pressures are you running? Hammo On 4/8/04 7:43 AM, in article 411006ff$0$27936$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net, "AB" <noway@nohow.com> decided to come out from under the bed and slurred: > 37mpg!!! That is astonishing! I have a S70 T5 and it will return 35mpg only > if i drive it like a geriatric with an egg under his foot and keep my speed [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Cheers I'm running Pirelli PZero 205/50 ZR 16s....at around 35-36 psi.... A. 'Its hard to soar like an eagle in the morning when you've been hooting with owls all night....' > What tyres and tyre pressures are you running? > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >>> > >>> Cheers Is it possible the two of you are comparing different size gallons (US vs Imperial)? -ivan- >I'm running Pirelli PZero 205/50 ZR 16s....at around 35-36 psi.... > [quoted text clipped - 98 lines] > > Mine are imperial gallons (which if memory serves are the larger ones.....) AB > Is it possible the two of you are comparing different size gallons (US > vs Imperial)? [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>>Cheers > Hi all, > > What's the most economical 850 out there, the T5 or SE ? > > Cheers The SE for sure, but given the choice I'd go with the T5, a lot more fun is worth a little lower economy IMO. |
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