Kuga fuel consumption / Miles Per Gallon

Hi There, drive down to london everyday from Huntingdon and am averaging 49.5mpg on my year old 2 litre diesel. Normally hit the cruise control around 65ish mph and sleep  oops sorry i should say watch the world go by. Have had 50+mpg but that was running at 55-60mph on long drives

it doesnt help having the aerodynamics of a breeze block either ( but then again all vehicles of this type do ).

bobuptown wrote: Was considering going into the Dragon's Den with an idea to reduce the co drag (cd) of vehicles, smear them in virgin olive oil, just so they glide through the air much easier, problem here is, anyone seen the price of VO oil recently?

....and it would drive the detailers mad , just think of the amount of microfibre cloths they would need

Looks like all the manufacturers suffer with un-obtainable MPG figures

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/

Bob, I sometimes wonder if this whole MPG thing isn't frustratingly similar to the "what dress size are you?" question to many ladies........so many of my friends used to blag about how they were a Size 10 for instance, when they patently obviously and visibly were a few dress sizes larger than me at a 12/14, so a size 10 they definitely were not .......methinks there may be a similarity with the MPG issue.  I'm not a rubbish driver and have achieved excellent fuel consumption on many other vehicles, so why not with the Kuga?  I know you get a similar consumption to me and it is very disappointing for such a titchy little engine as a 2l!! Like another poster said, as well, I didn't choose a Kuga in order to travel at 55mph up motorways, think about stopping a mile in advance and never use the brakes - the car should deliver a reasonable consumption with reasonable use.