Anyone use their V6 petrol as a motorway car?

[Chunklamb]

Sorry if this is another one of "Those" threads...

I'm looking at the cracking deals you can get on the Vectra and Signum 2.8 V6's out there at the moment...

£3-4k for an Elite with all the trimmings, power, low miles etc...

So I'm curious what people get out of it if they are using it as a commuting car? I currently do around 20k miles a year with a minimum 90% of my driving life on the M1 cruising along at 70.

My Saab TTID is a great car, but I just dont enjoy driving it and the wifes Vectra 120 is even more of a bore. I really miss my 2.0 T Signum and am on Ebay/Autotrader all the time looking at whats out there.

I used to get around 300-400 miles from a tank in my old car but that was more 50/50 driving, never pure M1, so I cant compare the Derv with the Petrol. I've never had less than 650 miles from the 58 litre tank in my 9-3.

I've also done a insurance quote online and believe it or not a 2007 Signum 230 V6 is less to insure than my 9-3 180 TTID.

I've sort of convinced the wife its a good idea, I'm just struggling to seal the deal in my own head.

Opinions greatly received...

[Woody]

I'm getting 34-35 mpg in my 3.2 Gsi on 160 mile trips to and from Bristol (from Warrington). BUT, I'm also using LPG so I guess that's around 68-70mpg equivalent cost

Average MPG is around 26-27.

HTH

Woody

[Steven]

Going by what I've read you will get similar miles per tank to the turbo, so prob about 400'miles if you are cruising mostly on M1, but this is a lot less than the Saab. Remap the ttid and have best of both worlds as they are good cars!!

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[babybluemaxer]

3.0 v6 cdti is fabulous on the motorway and mine will return a steady 40 - 45mpg with varied speeds.
Around town I'm averaging 25mph which isn't so great but oh well.

[soulman]

my 2.8T signum was mainly motor ways and A roads and I got about 320miles to a tank

[david-bell]

My vxr I feel is great all rounder the 2.8 v6 engine is a peach it's happy driving like miss daisy doing 60mph and revs sitting at 1800 and when you want to play wow is all I can say. we are currently getting around the doors mainly 6 mile trips start stop 28 mpg and on a good run I have managed around 35 mpg but that is driving sensibly! Lucky to get 20 mpg driving spirtly

[Mark The Cabby]

I get about 280 miles out of a tank full / 24 mpg in my VXR Estate...

[JM53 BEL]

Get another 2.0t . I love my siggy turbo and would tell anyone to get one, if you had one already you know there good!

[Edit100T]

Anyone who gets 650 miles from a tank of fuel drives a very boooorrriiinnnggggg car, keep the Saab as its a must have for boring mpg work related trips, get a weekend toy to play around with, my 205gti is fantastic, get nothing to a tank and don't give a **** either, my vectra is fine for work etc but let's face it, it wouldn't be your first stop for fun

[Chunklamb]

Thanks for the replies, so I guess I'd be looking at 300 miles from a tank on the motorway... thats less than half what I get now. I really need to find test drive one and see how it feels...