The Ultimate MG5 "Real World" Energy Consumption Thread

[Alb]

Better than expected this month as the car wasn't used much on the coldest days. Graph will be posted later.

 

[Jomarkh]

Here my figure for January not great as far to cold?

 

[maskull]

Still holding at 4

 

[mailmannz]

I forgot to get an end of month photo....since October

BUT since the start of October Ive done 4,326 miles using 1464.3KwH at a cost of £111.92. I have used some public chargers but the miles they provided will be negligible so wont impact the cost that much.

This makes it 2.5p a mile which I am very happy with considering my mini, that the MG5 replaced, was costing me north of 20p a mile!

Ok, thats just energy usage and doesnt take in to account the £31k price difference between the two cars BUUUUUT this also doesnt take in to account that my work insurance also covers my 17yo daughter for driving the car (and saves us buku dollars on insuring her to drive!) and so on

So all in all...one happy camper

 

[Alb]

Update of my graph for January 2024. I've done some more tweaking and added some indicative range information at the max and min data points.

 

[Fiver]

Still holding at 4
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Interesting - my average speed last year on my cycle was 23mph, over a distance of 5031 miles

 

[maskull]

Interesting - my average speed last year on my cycle was 23mph, over a distance of 5031 miles

The default in Wales now ( allegedly ) is 20 mph . Though there was a 120 mile round trip to Bristle in that of which a 100 miles is motorway

 

[Archev]

I took a wee jaunt to IKEA in Edinburgh today. The weather was fine, a bit cloudy, and around 12 degrees C. I picked up the stuff I wanted and had a beautiful lunch of salmon, creamy dill sauce with rice and veggies. The M9 / M8 motorways and the A720 city bypass were a bit busy but allowed 55ish mph all the way. As I came off the M9 on the return I noticed the car was averaging 5.4 mi/kWh. P
I’m assuming it was the dill sauce on the salmon that enhanced the figure - yon meatballs and sauce would have caused excessive drag I’m convinced ?

 

[Alb]

Time for the February figures
Slightly better than last month.

 

[Jomarkh]

February results are in. Vast improvement on January.

 

[maskull]

Spring is coming

 

[MickeySw]

All driven in ‘Normal’ instead of ‘Eco’ very little if any difference

 

[MickeySw]

Time for the February figures

Any thoughts on how you manage to improve efficiency year on year?

 

[crispyjay]

Cold and wet month for me.

 

[Alb]

Any thoughts on how you manage to improve efficiency year on year?

Notwithstanding the fact that February bucked the trend, it's a bit of a mystery. I have not made any conscious effort to maximise efficiency so I can only conclude that over time, I've progressively become more in tune with the way the car behaves.

 

[CuriousIslander]

Cold and wet month for me.

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Any thoughts on how you manage to improve efficiency year on year?

The best aid to good efficiency is a light right foot!

 

[Lewis49]

The best aid to good efficiency is a light right foot!

This is mine for Feb. Quite a bit of motorway this month. All in N and KERS3 with heating at 21 or 22°C.

 

[MickeySw]

The best aid to good efficiency is a light right foot!

Agreed, just curious though, do any of ye get them great figures driving on 17” wheels?

 

[maskull]

Agreed, just curious though, do any of ye get them great figures driving on 17” wheels?

I'm on 16"

 

[crispyjay]

I'm on 16"

I have a Trophy with the 17inch wheels. Best I’ve got is 4.1 in the summer.

Wish it had the option to go 16inch but retain all the other Trophy features.