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Yea but... I don't drive a Daimler Super 8.
£80 to fill up!
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Yea but... I don't drive a Daimler Super 8.
I don't find it difficult to match the extra-urban (35.6 apparently) figure for the Mondeo if I drive smoothly and stick to 65-70. My commute has gone from 24-25 to 27 odd mpg, almost bang-on the combined figure as well (half motorway, half town stop-start) just by changing the driving style as well. It's often amazing how much difference it makes.
[TW]Fox;19958060 said:
Thanks, I never knew.
However, my point is that you manage to get really good mpg figures almost on par (if not above) with the manfacture quoted figures, and when I drove the Super 8 I was already doing the method that Jez mentioned I'd still get 20% less than quoted.
I don't expect it to be the same or as good as yours, but I expected the difference to be less than 20%
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My 55 Focus 1.6 Zetec barely manages 30MPG in either town driving or on the motorway so i can believe his Astra figures quite easily. Last trip from East London to Leeds and back, 90% motorway in 5th at 70mph i got 32MPG..
Why bother owning it if its that bad? Surely good economy is the only reason to put up with a low capacity engine.
Drive it a bit slower and you'll do a lot more!
I'm new to this. I suddenly understand why the cost of pump fuel is so important. I haven't finished my bio-diesel processor so we're having to run the wifes zafira 2.0 di on forecourt fuel.
Holy ****ing **** is it painful!
ok, she's not doing hundreds of miles a week any more but we've spent more on pump fuel in the last month than we did in the previous year!
I liked the family budget when fuel costs were sub 30p/L
Holy ****ing **** is it painful!
ok, she's not doing hundreds of miles a week any more but we've spent more on pump fuel in the last month than we did in the previous year!
I liked the family budget when fuel costs were sub 30p/L
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88L tank in the Benz which at 131.9 would be £116...
Driving back from London the other night I set off with just under half a tank with a projected range of about 160 miles. The trip was 210 miles and the computer said I was on 0.0 Gallons, 0 miles remaining at about 16 miles from my door. 10 miles later I was at a filling station and only managed to get 76L in! Normally I only seem to get 60ish litres in.
Road Trip has my average pegged at just under 24mpg...
Driving back from London the other night I set off with just under half a tank with a projected range of about 160 miles. The trip was 210 miles and the computer said I was on 0.0 Gallons, 0 miles remaining at about 16 miles from my door. 10 miles later I was at a filling station and only managed to get 76L in! Normally I only seem to get 60ish litres in.
Road Trip has my average pegged at just under 24mpg...
Nice accurate trip computer you must have there DRZ
Last time I got to 10~ miles left in the A6, it took 78l of fuel!
The average consumption figures are pretty accurate according to Road Trip, I just think that it is all calibrated to get you to a fuel station long before you would ever actually run out. 'Full' is 17.1 gallons according to the display, which is ~78L so it clearly disregards the reserve
My wife's 07 1.6 focus does >30 in town, and 42-45mpg at 70mph
No? If the car can do another 30-50 miles, why not do another 30-50 miles, especially given that a) my typical commute could be done 5-6 times with that range, easily and b) I'm dragging around less weight.
Then there is the other argument of "why would I want to be in a petrol station more often than is necessary", yes I'm looking at you, people who fill up £10 at a time.
How can people run so close to running out of fuel? I always chicken out at 1/4 tank
Because a huge tank range is a useful feature to have - may as well take advantage of it?