I have no idea what MPG value I could reasonably claim on the Superb, since we've only had it a few weeks, and we've not been driving much.
I'm sure it's much less than what Skoda claims, and a helluva lot worse than the 2002 1.9 TDI Octavia gave me when it was in its prime. Back then, I could easily do 650 miles at motorway speeds before I got the tank low warning light, so that's something like 55 MPG in the real world. Not only is the Superb petrol, it's also considerably bigger and heavier than the Octavia, so I wouldn't be surprised if its MPG isn't much better than half that.
As much as I appreciate the need for reducing the consumption of oil, the whole official MPG thing is a little ridiculous. Something that annoyed me was that the Superb didn't come with a spare as standard (it has the well for one, but I assume the standard fitting is one of those stupid inflation kits), and I strongly suspect that was primarily a weight-reduction measure in order to improve the MPG.
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I have no idea what MPG value I could reasonably claim on the Superb, since we've only had it a few weeks, and we've not been driving much.
I'm sure it's much less than what Skoda claims, and a helluva lot worse than the 2002 1.9 TDI Octavia gave me when it was in its prime. Back then, I could easily do 650 miles at motorway speeds before I got the tank low warning light, so that's something like 55 MPG in the real world. Not only is the Superb petrol, it's also considerably bigger and heavier than the Octavia, so I wouldn't be surprised if its MPG isn't much better than half that.
As much as I appreciate the need for reducing the consumption of oil, the whole official MPG thing is a little ridiculous. Something that annoyed me was that the Superb didn't come with a spare as standard (it has the well for one, but I assume the standard fitting is one of those stupid inflation kits), and I strongly suspect that was primarily a weight-reduction measure in order to improve the MPG.