My MR2 Turbo MPG Record!

Hate · 15 May 2006 at 13:00

my celica usually gets 300-325 miles to 55 litres no matter what I do

Clarkey · 15 May 2006 at 13:21

wow you guys have economical cars huh, my 300 is lucky to get 300 miles out of 70l

paradigm · 15 May 2006 at 13:25

Clarkey said:
wow you guys have economical cars huh, my 300 is lucky to get 300 miles out of 70l

WTF do you drive again! 300ZX? How heavily modified?

merlin · 15 May 2006 at 13:27

Clarkey said:
wow you guys have economical cars huh, my 300 is lucky to get 300 miles out of 70l

Je

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:eek:

Hate · 15 May 2006 at 13:29

modded 300 thou?

my celica only has 260odd bhp

Clarkey · 15 May 2006 at 13:32

paradigm said:
WTF do you drive again! 300ZX? How heavily modified?

its stock mate engine wise mate, but I suppose sub 20mpg comes with the territory when you have a heavy body and a juicy twin turbo 3l.

Hate · 15 May 2006 at 13:33

i weigh 1,300kg and have 260bhp (single turbo'd 4)

Clarkey · 15 May 2006 at 13:36

I bet Gibbo gets worse mpg than me, that makes me feel better about it

Malachy · 15 May 2006 at 13:45

[TW]Fox said:
My car has a trip computer.

which works from the speedo reading giving from the electronic speed sensor that goes into the ecu to gauge distance, we all know how accurate speedos are!
/pedantic mode off

penski · 15 May 2006 at 13:49

[TW]Fox said:
I win, 43.2 mpg Plymouth - Cheltenham for the 2nd RR day \o/

55mpg at 55mph, about 3' behind an artic...Efficiency, yo.

*n

merlin · 15 May 2006 at 13:53

penski said:
55mph, about 3' behind an artic...Efficiency, yo.

*n

Tow rope or tow bar?

eidolon · 15 May 2006 at 13:58

I think the most I got was 300 miles from a tank IIRC (after a steady 90mph cruise down the M1)

I couldn't do 56mph constantly, I'd be bored rigid.

I was quite pleased with that as normally it was around 180 miles

penski · 15 May 2006 at 13:59

merlin said:
Tow rope or tow bar?

Hey - I've only got 4 gears and 13" wheels; I need all the help I can get!

80mph is about 5,700rpm...55 behind a truck is about 3,000.

*n

el_dazza · 15 May 2006 at 14:00

merlin said:
You know Honda?

My dad's civic said we were doing 72mpg a few weekends ago, doing 65-70 on a dual carriageway for about 20 miles, stuck in a traffic jam for 45 minutes in newton abbot, and about 40 miles minor A roads

merlin · 15 May 2006 at 14:04

penski said:
80mph is about 5,700rpm...

*n

God damn. And I thought mine was anti-motorway geared!

ScoobyDoo69 · 15 May 2006 at 14:05

wow that's good! i get crap mpg but that's because my lambda sensor is dead :rolleyes:

merlin · 15 May 2006 at 14:06

eidolon said:
I think the most I got was 300 miles from a tank IIRC (after a steady 90mph cruise down the M1)

I couldn't do 56mph constantly, I'd be bored rigid.

I was quite pleased with that as normally it was around 180 miles

Is this the MR2T or the CTR?

Anything less than 65 mph and I swear - my eyes start getting heavy and I just want to close them for a few seconds.

Gibbo · 15 May 2006 at 14:07

Clarkey said:
I bet Gibbo gets worse mpg than me, that makes me feel better about it

Your probably not wrong, though the modifications I've made have certainly improved MPG when my foot is not on the loud pedal as much.

Anyway I average about 14MPG which is mainly city/urban and short blast of dual carriage way and I drive most of it with my foot to the floor. If I was to behave more and use the higher gears and the engines torque I could probably improve that to 16MPG. So if I used 5th gear which is an overdrive, rated for about 220-240mph, lol then maybe I could see 20MPG on the motorway.

Though I don't think about fuel cost as I did not buy the car with fuel cost in mind........

Sone · 15 May 2006 at 14:16

Clarkey said:
wow you guys have economical cars huh, my 300 is lucky to get 300 miles out of 70l

woah 300ZX turbo at 19 while at uni, muchos respect to you (and loads of envy

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Clarkey · 15 May 2006 at 14:31

Sone said:
woah 300ZX turbo at 19 while at uni, muchos respect to you (and loads of envy )

steady on there chap, not like I drive it, its currently in pieces in the garage back home.