67.2 MPG

laissez-faire · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:46

67.2MPG, only half a tank of fuel, from Southampton to Edinburgh, 432 miles. Sticking to about 70 on the motorway...

8.5 year old Golf Diesel SE TDI 90bhp

flat-6 · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:48

v impressive. Sure you didn't want to by a Prius instead?

Nozzer · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:49

That's not bad. I managed almost 45 between London and Edinburgh in the summer, until I went a bit mad on the A702 and it dropped to just under 40.

edit: In my old 1.8T A3.

BeatMaster · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:49

Impressive! :cool:

I seem to be getting 50MPG all the time from my 306 with a lot of mixed driving

500 miles for about £41, woo!

BeatMaster

Nor · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:57

That's impressive. Not got a computer, but worked out that my 2.5 V6 got over 40mpg on a recent trip. 10 miles for £1 - whatever that works out as mpg wise.

austinpowers · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:00

laissez-faire said:
67.2MPG, only half a tank of fuel, from Southampton to Edinburgh, 432 miles. Sticking to about 70 on the motorway...

8.5 year old Golf Diesel SE TDI 90bhp

Was half a tank going by the gauge? Or by brimming the tank then brimming it again after you journey?

Muncher · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:06

Driving for economy is boring!

Matt82 · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:12

jeez. and i was impressed with my previous 34mpg over a tank.

i hammer the car hard tho, so at least enjoy it

Dangerous · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:14

I average 62mpg today :cool:

1.9 VAG TDi

Ive lost my fuel card

Matt82 · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:20

62?!! i had 1.9tdi vags for a few years on the trot. i dont think i got 60mpg once lol (saying that tho... i didnt really try lol)

all motorway work?

Dangerous · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:21

Matt82 said:
62?!! i had 1.9tdi vags for a few years on the trot. i dont think i got 60mpg once lol (saying that tho... i didnt really try lol)

all motorway work?

No hardly any on the motorway :eek:

A road driving to be honest.

TripleT · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:27

Heh nice!

My best ever is... 32mpg

Usually 22-25mpg. £50 = 250miles (ish)

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:28

I'd need at least 80mpg before I'd put up with a TDI 90

NicktheNorse · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:29

On my daily drive to work I get around 18mpg

Old 3.2 liter XJ6 and hilly Oxfordshire B-roads don't mix so well

Matt82 · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:30

i know ive had a boring day when the computer says 38mpg when i get home. i get the average down to 32-34 by abusing it at the weekends.

Freefaller · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:56

With all the cars I've owned/driven I don't think I've ever breached 35mpg, maybe not even 30

Slackworth · 13 Nov 2006 at 23:02

Nor said:
That's impressive. Not got a computer, but worked out that my 2.5 V6 got over 40mpg on a recent trip. 10 miles for £1 - whatever that works out as mpg wise.

In my 2.5 V6 TDI I can generally get around 40MPG if you stick the cruise on at a "sensible"

speed. My average tends to be around 35-38MPG though.

[TW]Fox said:
I'd need at least 80mpg before I'd put up with a TDI 90

Amen to that! :cool:

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2006 at 23:11

Slackworth said:
In my 2.5 V6 TDI I can generally get around 40MPG if you stick the cruise on at a "sensible" speed. My average tends to be around 35-38MPG though

If thats motorway work its rubbish, I was getting pretty much that out of a 3 litre petrol. Try harder

OllyM · 13 Nov 2006 at 23:16

NicktheNorse said:
On my daily drive to work I get around 18mpg

Old 3.2 liter XJ6 and hilly Oxfordshire B-roads don't mix so well

Off topic slightly, but Enstone?

That's about... 5 miles from me

Some very nice roads around that area.

laissez-faire · 13 Nov 2006 at 23:21

[TW]Fox said:
I'd need at least 80mpg before I'd put up with a TDI 90

Well it may be pretty slow to accelerate (12s to 60, about a minute to 100) but it will do 124mph on the GPS on a very long Autobahn!

Got me in court for 100mph on M6, lasered from a km away

= 5 points

Think I got done again on Friday going down @ 79mph, different place but laser van again = 3 points maybe

So today, didn't break the speed limit the entire journey and was amazed to get incredible mpg. However because it took me 2.5 HOURS longer than usual I had to stop for a meal so really it is cheaper to speed.

Sticking to 70 meant a LOT of lane changing and I was getting so so annoyed by the number of lorries who kept overtaking each other and taking literally a minute to move past. I mean seriously going an extra 0.1mph isn't going to make a lot of difference to journey time so why do they bother?