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MudLifeCrisis
14-06-2010, 22:56
Went to Cornwall for the weekend,drove down late at night. Filled up before I left, fast motorway and A roads all the way.


Topped it up before coming home .....




24mpg !!!!!!!!! ;O)



Result ;O)
briggie
14-06-2010, 23:00
Went to Cornwall for the weekend,drove down late at night. Filled up before I left, fast motorway and A roads all the way.


Topped it up before coming home .....




24mpg !!!!!!!!! ;O)



Result ;O)

i filled up my mistral before driving down to norfolk , when i got here i looked at the gauge .... just over half a tank ...... its 214 miles from home to here
tezzer
14-06-2010, 23:00
was you towing your caravan? and how fast was you going? :naughty
briggie
14-06-2010, 23:02
was you towing your caravan? and how fast was you going? :naughty

me ? ..... i dont have a tow bar ... but i was averaging 65 ish :augie
makeitfit
14-06-2010, 23:02
My mpg always LOOKS good on the guage at half way, but seems to drop big time on the last quarter:lol
It's not linear, you'll just have to do it properly and fill up and do the maths:o
briggie
14-06-2010, 23:04
My mpg always LOOKS good on the guage at half way, but seems to drop big time on the last quarter:lol
It's not linear, you'll just have to do it properly and fill up and do the maths:o

mines a auto too , so i guess less mpg ?
makeitfit
14-06-2010, 23:04
me ? ..... i dont have a tow bar ... but i was averaging 65 ish :augie

That's just about tickover:lol
Put your foot down boyo, enjoy:sly
At 65 mph I'm doing about 2000 rpm
MudLifeCrisis
14-06-2010, 23:09
No not towing the van. Speedo showing 80 ish ,sat nav 75 ish ;O)

341 miles and 69.93lts fuel.


Maybe cleaning the air flow sensor has paid off.


Brian
MudLifeCrisis
15-07-2010, 23:15
31 mpg today up to Warwick Castle and back. Either the K&N is working wonders or the 50mph though the M1 road works had something to do with it ;O)

Either way the cars running so much better with the induction filter but it has got the most annoying whistle

Brian
lacroupade
15-07-2010, 23:29
well I'm the first one to pick holes in bullshit mpg claims but this is gods honest truth...

during my trip to France, I've been putting 300-400ml of 95% alcohol in the tank (about 2 euros in BricoDepot for a litre, cheaper than vodka :eek:)...the last full tank I ran through was under my usual 'foot on the floor' driving conditions and I got a gobsmacking 35.5 mpg..even on the way back on the autoroute, towing a heavily laden twin axle trailer at 80mph I was still getting mid-20s which is unheard of for me with a trailer...BUT, as others who've been there may have noticed, french diesel is much superior to the shite we get over here...car runs much better and more quietly, mainly as a result of their judicious use of bio....
MudLifeCrisis
15-07-2010, 23:35
On one of the caravan forums I've read a thread saying just the same. Many members saying how good their fuel consumption is when abroad.


Is there anything us Brits don't get ripped off with ?
(RIP) PLANK
15-07-2010, 23:37
i generaly average 25/26 mpg with a mix of towing and not towing, towns, country lanes and motorways. Some times outrunning boy racers at the lights and sometimes taking it easy listening to radio two. :thumbs
lacroupade
15-07-2010, 23:38
On one of the caravan forums I've read a thread saying just the same. Many members saying how good their fuel consumption is when abroad.


Is there anything us Brits don't get ripped off with ?

and the price has backed off to a reasonable 1.18 euros off the autoroute, around 1.29 euros on it....still cheaper than the UK, yet their unleaded is more expensive by quite a bit....
briggie
15-07-2010, 23:40
i know its not exact , but i used £40 of diesel going to norfolk .... a distance from here of 210 miles , but im guessing autos arent as economical as manuals
MudLifeCrisis
15-07-2010, 23:40
yet their unleaded is more expensive by quite a bit....


Quite right so, stop those fecking Prius drivers killing the planet ;O)
lacroupade
15-07-2010, 23:42
Quite right so, stop those fecking Prius drivers killing the planet ;O)

...having polluted it already with their plug-ugly little cars LOL
MudLifeCrisis
15-07-2010, 23:45
i know its not exact , but i used £40 of diesel going to norfolk .... a distance from here of 210 miles , but im guessing autos arent as economical as manuals

That roughly 2p per mile more than mine ,so not that bad I suppose for an auto with half a tonne of chair in the back ;O)
briggie
15-07-2010, 23:48
That roughly 2p per mile more than mine ,so not that bad I suppose for an auto with half a tonne of chair in the back ;O)

£40 of diesel @ £1.19 per litre ..... approx 4.5 litres to the gallon.....210 miles .... omg my head hurts lol
MudLifeCrisis
15-07-2010, 23:49
...having polluted it already with their plug-ugly little cars LOL

Leaving an off road event a few months back I joined the main road in front of a Prius.


Well you know how important it is to give it a bit of welly to clean your tyres ;O)


Not a happy bunny ;O)
briggie
15-07-2010, 23:51
it was organic wasnt it ? :lol:lol
MudLifeCrisis
15-07-2010, 23:52
£40 of diesel @ £1.19 per litre ..... approx 4.5 litres to the gallon.....210 miles .... omg my head hurts lol


28.4 mpg
briggie
15-07-2010, 23:53
28.4 mpg

wow !!!! :eek:
MudLifeCrisis
16-07-2010, 00:04
wow !!!! :eek:

Or was it 2.84 ;O)