anyone driven the...1.0 ecoboost focus?

[Freddy0309]

I get about 32mpg on my 200tdi and my insurance is only £193 a year where a 300tdi is £420

 

[Freddy0309]

Only slightly off topic, but lately I've been seeing 200tdis selling for more then 300's in better condition

 

[Parm]

i will have you know the megane hasnt broken down since the last time...although the last time i had to work on it was yesterday...and the next time will be at about 4pm today when the mrs comes home as she said it sounds as if the exhaust has fallen off...

Is the Megane really that bad or is it your mechanic skils that are questionable

 

[500e]

Cruel or what

 

[rikrobson]

.ive no idea why but insurance is nearly 3x higher for 300tdi than for 200tdi with the same driving details entered

Those pesky meerkats are just making it up, so you have to go to the movies.

 

[rikrobson]

Is the Megane really that bad or is it your mechanic skils that are questionable

Its French, take a guess.

 

[owas]

Only slightly off topic, but lately I've been seeing 200tdis selling for more then 300's in better condition

Getting rarer now .. remember how old they are and how much they rust

 

[Freddy0309]

Getting rarer now .. remember how old they are and how much they rust

Believe me I'm well aware lol

 

[voipio]

I've driven a Fiesta EcoBoost 1.0 and was quite impressed with the three pot engine. It went like stink. Torque was like a diesel at low revs. Gear ratios are long. Third gear at 30mph is 2,000rpm. With the red line at 6,500 rpm, I make that 105mph before red-lining it, not that I tried. Cruised happily at 70 in fifth gear at just over 2,000rpm. Fuel consumption was ~50 miles to the gallon. The turbo is small and spins up fast, so lag was hardly noticeable if the revs were decent to start with.

 

[the snooper]

i fear you may have missed my last post...they have said i can use a pool car when needed as i wont know where im going until the day so will have to go to the factory anyway

when needed, does that mean you will be using yours also ? if so I would check with your insurance as you may not be covered for such use as is the case for people delivering pizza or parcels and so on

 

[vwmark]

I have never found smaller engined cars to be economical at all. I had a Polo E once and couldnt get 30mpg.

I get 52mpg from my 200,000 mile volvo v70 D5. Zero deprecation and will do a further 200k

 

[rikrobson]

i once drove an audi A6 2.5 TDI from Northants to Glasgow with a very heavy left foot (I was delivering cars at the time) asnd then a 900cc corsa back.
The Corsa cost about 25% more as it was flat out on the motorway to get just above 70 compared to the audi just sittin' at 90

 

[wookie]

I have never found smaller engined cars to be economical at all. I had a Polo E once and couldnt get 30mpg.

I get 52mpg from my 200,000 mile volvo v70 D5. Zero deprecation and will do a further 200k

I think a lot depends on the type of driving involved and your right foot, if your crusing around on nice flat dual carridgeways & motorways at a constant speed then the advertised mpg might be attainable, but throw in a few hills, a bit of stuff in the boot and perhaps a passenger or 2 and you'll soon see the mpg plummet.

My wife's Peugeot 306 2litre hdi averages 50 mpg, and that's a mixture of up welsh hills, national speed limit and town driving. I wouldn't want to drive a 1litre engine up the hills around here, been there done that and suffered the embarrassment of 20mph 2nd gear hill climbing.

 

[voipio]

Re: "So with all of this 'progress' about small engines being so economic and planet friendly and all that, why is this 'ecoboost' worse on fuel than the wife's 106?"

The EcoBoost is petrol, and mpg was actual miles / gallons tank full to tank full, and the average consumption readout was always 2-4mpg more optimistic than actual. Ford claim 68mpg for the Fiesta EcoBoost, but that, like most cars nowadays, is based on figures from a rolling road, where the only wind resistance comes from turning the wheels round. It's a swiz to quote such figures, but it seems to be done to keep gov't happy with carbon emissions targets. It's also zero road tax.

As for the hills in Wales, the Fiesta ate them up like a hungry man eats his dinner, round the back of Abergwesyn towards Llyn Brianne. The non-turbo base model is gutless, by comparison, but the Titanium one litre three pot delivers 125PS!

 

[octo0072000]

Daughter have a Fiesta ecoboost she is like a district nurse uses car for work
asked what mpg she said a lot she used to have a astra 1.6 that did approx 25 mpg Fiesta does double of what the astra did so say 45/55 mpg that is round town stop and start miles and a few motorway runs seems to go well but not that comfy for me