Hello everyone,

I've just joined the forum to ask a quick question, I hope someone can help.

I bought a 2004 Volvo S40SE automatic a few weeks ago and I've been keeping an eye on the average MPG displayfrom the Info Centre.

When I got the car, the average MPG display was around 36 which I thought sounded about right for a 1.8 auto but I've reset it a couple of times since then and the most it's ever displayed is around 30MPG. I don't push the car too hard and I reckon I do about 60-70% town driving and 30-40% motorway (but I do tend to have the aircon on most of the time at the moment).

Does around 30MPG sound about right for the 1.8SE? I'd read S40 reviews on a few websites before I bought the car and I thought the official figureswere nearer 35MPG for this engine so do I have a problem?

Cheers!

 

for the third time I will try to reply, damn error messages.....I have an 04 LSE..which I'm guessing is your model as well. I get about 29 in the city, but i race to every red light! On the highway i get about 38. I can get 400 miles on a tank full. Hope this helps

 

For comparison I get about 24-25mpg around town, but I've gotten 34.5 & 37.5mpg on two different hwy trips out of my 2.4i.

 

Hummm, I seem to have major problems replying to mesages!

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I give up - if I put more than a couple of lines of text then I get an error and it logs me out. [:@]