850 SE or T5 ?

Hi all,

What's the most economical 850 out there, the T5 or SE ?

Cheers

 

If you can afford one a TDi - diesel!

In the real world, my 2.5l 10v SE (1994) does ~26mpg around town on the
school run and ~30-32mpg at ~85 mph on the motorway.

One note of caution, of all the engine variants, only the 2.5 10v came with
an odd exhaust, where the flexible joint is part of the manifold down pipe.
So if the flexible joint fails, you have to replace the whole pipe and that
*is* expensive...I think you can guess how I know this :-/

 

The turbos can be more economical than non turbos.
We have contacted two club economy runs and the high power cars always do
very well.
The problem is that once you own a turbo do you drive for economy?
My S70R returns an overall average of 9.2 litres per 100 kilometres which
equals 30mpg.
On highway it will return an average of 7.6 litres = 37mpg (not bad from a
vehicles with 300hp).
Again I do not drive for economy.

Regards

Heino Nowatzky
Melbourne Australia

 

The SE for sure, but given the choice I'd go with the T5, a lot more fun is
worth a little lower economy IMO.

 

37mpg!!! That is astonishing! I have a S70 T5 and it will return 35mpg only
if i drive it like a geriatric with an egg under his foot and keep my speed
below 100kph!

On average though my T5 will do around 30-33 mpg mixed running but you
really have to be gentle to get the higherend figures. In winter expect the
economy to get worse (cold air is denser so more fuel required) - mine drops
to 26-29 mpg in mid winter.....

Alastair

 

What tyres and tyre pressures are you running?

Hammo

 

I'm running Pirelli PZero 205/50 ZR 16s....at around 35-36 psi....

A.

'Its hard to soar like an eagle in the morning when you've been hooting with
owls all night....'

 

Is it possible the two of you are comparing different size gallons (US
vs Imperial)?

-ivan-

 

Mine are imperial gallons (which if memory serves are the larger ones.....)

AB