sparkygoat
Established Member
Hi Dick. I think most MG5LR & SR owners are fascinated by and love their cars so much that they want to present their experience in a really positive optimistic way, me included!. But I strongly suspect that some of the really high miles/kwh claims on the forum may relate to unusually favourable conditions. I've driven half a dozen LR and SR MG5s over the last year ( another story there! ) and I would say that if you're concerned about mls/kwh being on the low side ( or the high side ! ) the only really sure way to measure this is to charge the car to the brim now and again after doing a fair number of miles. Make a note of the kwh's used and the miles driven. That way you get a 100% true value of mls/kwh. The GOM and %used indicators are a rough guide only. Sometimes they coincide with actual economy but often they can be very optimistic or pessimistic. Over the last few months of winter driving with heating, lights on, mixed town/motorway, usually 60 mile round trips, I'm averaging 3.4 m/kwh. In summer with air con on "econ" I was averaging about 4m/kwh. The most economical times of year seem to be spring and autumn with no air con/no heating where I was easily getting 4.2-4.5. So my seasonal performance is about 205 in winter to about 250 in summer. And with a few temperate weeks giving as high as 260-270. The worst economy I have had was in January. I happened to be doing a lot of shortish journeys with frost/darkness on the motorway ( 10 ml round trips ) where the cabin took a while to warm up. Showed 2.4m/kwh (eek) for first mile or so then evened out to about 3.2 ). Inn any case electric would need to go to 80p/kwh to match diesel. Even if electric became dearer I'd still prefer my silent fast Mg5 with highly convenient home charging. I curse whenever I get into my other car ( 2.4 Diesel volvo ). Previously deemed luxurious but now feels live the cavemobile from the Flintsones compared to the Mg!.
