Thinking of buying an Estate 850 T5 R Topic is solved

chrissugden · Post by **chrissugden** » 22 Aug 2005, 00:27

Hi there,

I am in the process of buying a new family car, new to me anyway, and top of the list is an 850 T5 R as i have always liked the look of them ever since they were first on the scene. My question is can any of you guys give me a rough MPG that I could expect from one and also any major problems that I should be looking out for on one.

Many thanks

Chris

White850Turbo · Post by **White850Turbo** » 22 Aug 2005, 12:11

Since you called it an estate, I'll assume that you're on the other side of the pond. Seeing as how that is the case, I'd suppose that you'd want a measurement in imperial MPG or litres per 100 Km. I do mostly city driving and I average about 24 mpg if you're meausuring with imperial mpg or 11.78 l / 100 Km. These cars do very good w/ highway driving. On the highway, I can get about 38 imperial MPG or 6.2 l / 100 Km. If you want to save money, the Turbo or T-5 models have identical engines to the T-5R. The only difference on the T-5R is the ECU programming and a few mild cosmetic differences.