Noticeable drop in MPG after service...

MPG drops around 3-5MPG from 90-80 > 70 IIRC very marginal

around town in 1st or 2nd with light throttle it drops all the way to the lowest point on the dial :p
 
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has your overall average dropped?

The instant readout is useless as it changes all the time. Use the Average readout.

I get between 35mpg and 40mpg from a 1.6 golf.
 
Here's a tip for you guys... instead of driving with your eyes glued to a dial or digital read out try looking further up the road. You'll save much more fuel by anticipating the road up ahead ;)
 
lordrobs said:
Here's a tip for you guys... instead of driving with your eyes glued to a dial or digital read out try looking further up the road. You'll save much more fuel by anticipating the road up ahead ;)
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Can't be that bad, I'm getting 31MPG avg from a 2.2 Straight 6.

Mixed town/motorway driving. Which happens to be fairly good :p
 
lordrobs said:
Here's a tip for you guys... instead of driving with your eyes glued to a dial or digital read out try looking further up the road. You'll save much more fuel by anticipating the road up ahead ;)
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Thanks for that, I never learnt that in my legoland driving experience. I know the roads to work so well that I am engine braking and anticipating every day, which has saved my brakes and fuel considerably over my driving a year ago. But thanks for the tip ;)

My average trip to work gets me 35-36mpg. If I take the dual carriageway I would get 38mpg max :o:(
 
Tom|Nbk said:
MPG drops around 3-5MPG from 90-80 > 70 IIRC very marginal
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On the analouge guage sure but if I drive home from the girlfriends at night I get 30-32mpg and if I drive there during the day I get 39mpg.

I'll leave you to read between the lines but safe to say that what you said is wrong :p
 
MrSix said:
Yup - 212 miles to a £47 tank.
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Hmm how about 170-180 a tank? 45 litres, £51 of v-power, ah well i suppose all 360 of the bhp's make up for it!!

Oh its an EVO VI running 1.5 bar, usual remap, fuel pump, I/C, 3" exhaust, blah. Worked out earlier i've spent about £8,000 in fuel in the years i've owned it, 3 1/2 & 40,000 miles later!

Its been worth every penny! :D
 
Tom|Nbk said:
even though the Analouge may not be accurate as such it's pretty handy thing to have.
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So its handy because its not accurate? :confused:


BMW M Cars have an oil pressure guage where the economy meter is otherwise as one has a good use and the other, none at all. :D
 
[TW]Fox;12607710 said:
On the analouge guage sure but if I drive home from the girlfriends at night I get 30-32mpg and if I drive there during the day I get 39mpg.

I'll leave you to read between the lines but safe to say that what you said is wrong :p
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So from this I deduce that you drive more quickly 'away' from sex than you do towards it :p ...thus the only conclusion is, you're weird!

...they don't call me Sigmund for nothing you know! ...actually they don't call me that at all but I digress.
 
anthonygti-r said:
Hmm how about 170-180 a tank? 45 litres, £51 of v-power, ah well i suppose all 360 of the bhp's make up for it!!

Oh its an EVO VI running 1.5 bar, usual remap, fuel pump, I/C, 3" exhaust, blah. Worked out earlier i've spent about £8,000 in fuel in the years i've owned it, 3 1/2 & 40,000 miles later!

Its been worth every penny! :D
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That's all well and good, but my car is a standard 174bhp MR2.
 
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