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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / February 2007What MPG should I be getting 2.4 volvo s70 auto
What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a bit low? > What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 > automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying > 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a > bit low? UK or US mpg? If US, sounds about right, a touch on the low side perhaps. Tim. >> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Tim. Since its a UK car I presume its UK mpg? Is 22.5 low? Seems like its due a service , could this have an impact on it? Surely if its due a service you would think they would have designed it to stay lit all the time? I have been mistakenly thinking it just satyed on for the first 2 mins as some kind of test thing. How much should a service cost for one of these? >>> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >>> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > How much should a service cost for one of these? Depends on the mileage and what needs doing!!! (cue how long is a piece of string) Tim. >>> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >>> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > How much should a service cost for one of these? When was it last done? Stu I drive a 2002 Volvo V70 T5 Estate Built to UK Standards I get an average mpg 25 to 28 UK with a mix of urban and motorway (freeway) miles. On the open road with cruise control at 80 mph over a distance I still get 31-32 UK mpg. 1 UK Gallons = 1.2 US Gallons Easier if we all use grown-up units like everyone else in the world: 1 UK Gallon = 4.546 litres 1 US Gallon = 3.785 litres So the ratio ( 4.548/3.786) is a UK Gallon is 1.2 US Gallons, ish If my Volvo does 30 mpg UK that will be 25 US mpg. ish. Why can't everyone get this sorted and go metric? Although I am in UK , I buy my petrol (gas) in litres as I would absolutely everywhere else in the rest of Europe, Canada or indeed the whole world! ************************************** Except the US, which wants to be different for no reason that anyone understands. (A Mars-lander crashed a few years ago 'cos NASA didn't understand that not everyone uses the antiquated units that the US inherited from their UK colonial masters. Odd that the rest of the British Empire/Commonwealth, when it grew up, all went metric) ************************************** Anyway my good old V70 T5 at 60,000 miles (100k kms or so) is still doing more that 30 UK mpg on a run and about 25 ish in town EP >I drive a 2002 Volvo V70 T5 Estate > Built to UK Standards [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > EP Well perhaps we Brits ought to fall in and express our miles per gallon in litres / 100km ? Or do you propose we buy in litres, and continue to quote consumption in miles per gallon ? Nick > What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 > automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying > 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a > bit low? It's about right given the fact that temperature, altitude, driving habits and driving situation all have a big impact on mpg. In news:1172258080.607203.325760@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com, Roadie <hjsjms@cs.com> wittered on forthwith; >> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > It's about right given the fact that temperature, altitude, driving > habits and driving situation all have a big impact on mpg. I used to get around 24 mpg in normal mixed use from a V70 2.4 LPTurbo estate, my 2.5 20v (same engine) Renault Safrane would do anywhere between 17 and 37 mpg...  SignaturePete M - Using the Scouse Side of the Force - Golf GTi, Mercedes 190E Auto OMF#9 Ok, I admit it, I like Renault 5s. >> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >It's about right given the fact that temperature, altitude, driving >habits and driving situation all have a big impact on mpg. Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that differes to US mpg? > Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that > differes to US mpg? US gallons are smaller.. >> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >> differes to US mpg? > >US gallons are smaller.. I thought everything in the US was bigger ! ;-) Andy >>> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >>> differes to US mpg? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Andy No. Everything in TEXAS is bigger. Chuck Fiedler Nothing but Volvo since 1974 (Born in Texas -- returned in 1981) >>I thought everything in the US was bigger ! ;-) >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Nothing but Volvo since 1974 > (Born in Texas -- returned in 1981) Yes - including Prisons, remand centres, and various other places Nick >>> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >>> differes to US mpg? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Andy Its all down to the pint! A US pint of water is a piddling 16 ounces, whereas a good old UK pint is 20 ounces! They even get short changed on a pint of beer! >>>> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >>>> differes to US mpg? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > They even get short changed on a pint of beer! Except it's served in another capacity unit... :) SignatureThe DervMan www.dervman.com > Its all down to the pint! > > A US pint of water is a piddling 16 ounces, whereas a good old UK pint is 20 > ounces! A UK pint is bigger than a US pint; yes, of course. But that's only because -- as you note -- it has four more ounces! Each of those puny UK fluid ounces is _smaller_ than a US fluid ounce, so a UK pint needs to have 'extra' ounces! Ha ha The UK fl. oz. is equal to a measly 2.8413 centilitres, while the US fl. oz. is a robust 2.9574 cl. :-) cheers, Henry >> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >> differes to US mpg? > >US gallons are smaller.. I thought everything in the US was bigger ! ;-) Andy >>> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >>> differes to US mpg? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Andy Its all down to the pint! A US pint of water is a piddling 16 ounces, whereas a good old UK pint is 20 ounces! They even get short changed on a pint of beer! >>>> Just to note, this is a UK car, so it will UK mpg. Not sure how that >>>> differes to US mpg? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > They even get short changed on a pint of beer! Aww... when I was in grade school I was taught "a pint's a pound the world around." So much for that! > What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 > automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying > 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a > bit low? Our 97 S70 2.4 10v manual is averaging around 31mpg in mixed driving, checked with pen n paper,- the computer is about 1mpg optimistic. It will do around 35mpg on a steady motorway run. Tim.. >> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Tim.. This is a 20v version, not sure if that makes much difference. For the servicing I was just after a rough figure for the standard A, B, C type service schedule C being a major service. Is there a service checklist for these cars online anywhere? The kind of tick box checklist you get when you get a car serviced by the main dealer. >>> What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 >>> automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > checklist for these cars online anywhere? The kind of tick box > checklist you get when you get a car serviced by the main dealer. Its definately heavy. Have an exhaust emissions test done. Sounds like it could be running open loop. Tim.. > What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 > automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying > 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a > bit low? No idea, but that was about tops for my 740 2 litre estate auto 3 speed with overdrive and no lock up. I reckon you should be getting a bit better than that. SignatureTunku "end user" v. A command regrettably not implemented in most systems :-) On our 2000 S70 2.4 with a T5 (high pressure) turbo, we typically got 30-31 MPG highway and around 24MPG in town, 2 people in the car, with about 26 MPG in mixed usage. Since the turbo usually kicked in in stop-and-go traffic (rather than highway which was usually just coasting), I'd think you'd get better than that in mixed conditions without a turbo. Overall, 22.5 seems kinda low. > What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 > automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying > 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a > bit low? > On our 2000 S70 2.4 with a T5 (high pressure) turbo, we typically got > 30-31 MPG highway and around 24MPG in town, 2 people in the car, with [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a >> bit low? I still have the Volvo card provided with the handbook, which has the mpg figures for all the range. The figures for the 2.4 20v NA model with auto are: 18.0mpg Urban (Cold) 35.8mpg Extra Urban 26.2mpg Combined The 10v version is about the same, just slightly worse at speed and slightly better urban. I know these figures aren't especially optimistic, because my T5 manual averages 26 doing runs that are mixed but mostly urban, whereas the combined figure quoted on the card for it is 25. Of course, these figures only apply to the 1997 model year, which means cars built with the old Motronic 4.4 fuel system. Later models had ME7, which includes distributorless ignition via separate coils and a fly-by- wire throttle. Therefore, newer ones may be slightly more efficient. In short, the OPs 22.5 does seem rather low, assuming that he is doing genuinely mixed driving. Stu > What miles per gallon should I be getting from a volvo s70 2.4 > automatic (non turbo, with only 1 person in the car)? Its displaying > 22.5 at the moment with from a mixture of road conidtions. Is that a > bit low? Low 20s in local driving, high 20s to low 30s at steady state highway running is pretty much normal for these. |
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