Bongo to Bingo?

[Janner]

Hi, :wave:

I'm starting on my Berlingo journey, I think. I've had a Mazda Bongo for the past six years (N reg) and we've been extremely happy together, I love everthing about it except for the 18mpg. So it's time for something more economical and the only van I'd consider instead would be a Berlingo.

I hope it'll be ok to ask a few questions, still swimming in the different options and models. Based in Bristol. 'Lo!

Janner

[nil by mouth]

A bongo looks foxy man , but 18 mpg that's sportscar mpg lol .

[3rensho]

Ouch, that is low mileage. So far I'm averaging 49.6 mpg mostly city.

[Janner]

49.6!?! Good Lord. The places we'd go! 18mpg is around town, with 2 kids and a whole load of gear. I'm sure it wouldn't be that bad on the open road but it's bad, right?

[zedhead]

18mpg? Ouch.
My 1.9 averages a smidge under 45mpg, steady away like. Yet to work out what I get when it's A) thrashed or B) bimbled.

[Al Pine]

Hi Janner, This is 5 years after your original post but I hope you still have a Berlingo. Like you did then, I am now moving to Berlingo ownership... had a Bongo for 5 years till 2016 and it was a fabulous campervan... We wanted something with an onboard toilet and larger bed so then bought a 20-year-old Elddis Eclipse motorhome... mpg about the same as the Bongo, comfortable enough but a real bugger to drive... and of course unable to get down those narrow streets in little European towns and villages... taking delivery tomorow of a 2015 1.6 Blue HDi XTR... Looking forward to Berlingo world!

[RevManiac]

You got your XTR yet Al? How is it?

Rev