Not As Good As I Thought

[Mastiff]

I bought a Toyota Avensis 2.0 Turbo Diesel Estate 1998 about a month ago. She is not as good as I thought on Diesel, thought she would be ultra good, she is about the same as my old 1997 petrol Escort 1.6 16v Zetec Estate as in MPG. Since owning I have done an oil change using the correct grade oil, oil filter and air filter. Also used a bottle of Redex fuel additive and then some STP Diesel injector cleaner.

I must be honest and say I dont hang about, but not as bad as I used to be, im 34 now so had to grow up......although I got 112mph out of her.....on private land of course

Any ideas why she is not as good as I thought on Diesel, I have heard people say how they can do 500-600 miles between fill ups on some Diesels?

The Autotrader guide gives a combined figure of 42.9mpg for my Avensis. The later Avensis D4D (2000 onwards) is 47.8mpg

[T V O R]

Any ideas why she is not as good as I thought on Diesel,

Yeah, it’s an 11 year old car and not straight from the showroom! If you halved your speed you may find an increase in mpg