Out with the old in with the New

s-man · 13 Sep 2010 at 17:22

Cracking car and a decent step from the scooby. Should be much more fun in 'normal' driving as well. Please change the wheels tho. There's a fiesta and a civic on my street with those and they do your car a serious injustice IMHO. That said...enjoy

Banny · 13 Sep 2010 at 17:24

Morba said:
High rpm yet returning 40mpg at 100?

Dont think my diesel audi would achieve those figures at a ton, so I am not having that.

rypt · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:21

Morba said:
High rpm yet returning 40mpg at 100?

Give or take yes, the joys of sub 1000kg cars

It's a 1.8L by the way

aproctor · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:24

rypt said:
Give or take yes, the joys of sub 1000kg cars

It's a 1.8L by the way

5k rpm in any gear will not return 40mpg.

Janesy B · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:31

rypt said:
Give or take yes, the joys of sub 1000kg cars

It's a 1.8L by the way

I drive a sub 1000kg car and you're talking rubbish.

Relentless81 · 13 Sep 2010 at 18:39

Not a huge fan of these, I do like your old Subaru though, looked fantastic

MeAnBoY · 13 Sep 2010 at 19:21

Lovely car, definitely get the wortec exhaust, there is one near the office and it's plain :eek:

when he fires it up :cool:

Also you don't need to be told again, but get rid of those wheels!

Rypt - What car do you drive? MX5? Even my car wont return 40mpg sat at 100mph and it's under a tonne weight.

Disco Boy · 13 Sep 2010 at 19:29

Nice car, shame that the alloys look like they belong on a 1.2 clio with black windows.

NVP · 13 Sep 2010 at 19:38

lolrypt

Lovely car! I always thought the looks were great, even if a bit outdated now. Bet she's one hell of a beast to handle with the T/C off :eek:

(get used to it first, obviously)

Alloys ain't too shabby, but not sure they suit the car. Something like this maybe?

benhomer737 · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:27

bet that drinks fuel!

Muffin` · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:36

Cool car dude, I'd love a big lazy V8 for the motorway :cool:

rypt said:
peterattheboro I can go for hours and hours on a motorway in 5th at 5k RPM, so for me this whole "motorway driving" thing is a a weak excuse

rypt said:
At 40MPG I can't complain about fuel costs, as for reduced stress ... my engine is fine with running at higher RPMs for long periods of time

rypt said:
Give or take yes, the joys of sub 1000kg cars

It's a 1.8L by the way

lol

jegz · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:55

Janesy B said:
I drive a sub 1000kg car and you're talking rubbish.

PardonTheWait · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:09

rypt said:
I manage 40MPG, granted with much less power and a much lighter car, while still doing 100mph down a motorway

Besides, fuel is not THAT expensive

What car is it you drive that will give you 40mpg at 100mph and FIVE THOUSAND REVS PER MINUTE

I would like to buy one please

Will Gill · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:09

PardonTheWait said:
What car is it you drive that will give you 40mpg at 100mph and FIVE THOUSAND REVS PER MINUTE

I would like to buy one please

my money is on a veyron

Fr0dders · 13 Sep 2010 at 21:50

benhomer737 said:
bet that drinks fuel!

When it sounds like this who cares

You can practically feel the noise !

rypt · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:17

Janesy B said:
I drive a sub 1000kg car and you're talking rubbish.

2 days, 80 miles per day (2 round trips to London of 40 miles each way).
I used under half an indicated tank on my MR2, it has a 48L tank iirc, with about 8L being left when it's on empty.
So 160miles was ~18-19L of fuel, or ~4.2 gallons ... giving an MPG of about 38 iirc

This is doing 100mph or more all the way down the M40 to Uxbridge, and the same back.

This is with me not driving very smoothly and being on/off throttle at times too, so if you were able to hold 100mph perfectly you'd get better consumption

L0rdMike · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:26

That wont be even close to accurate.

Janesy B · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:30

rypt said:
2 days, 80 miles per day (2 round trips to London of 40 miles each way).
I used under half an indicated tank on my MR2, it has a 48L tank iirc, with about 8L being left when it's on empty.
So 160miles was ~18-19L of fuel, or ~4.2 gallons ... giving an MPG of about 38 iirc

This is doing 100mph or more all the way down the M40 to Uxbridge, and the same back.

This is with me not driving very smoothly and being on/off throttle at times too, so if you were able to hold 100mph perfectly you'd get better consumption

Cool story bro.

paradigm · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:32

lolrypt.

Janesy B · 13 Sep 2010 at 22:55

As if the fuel gauge on an old MR2 is going to be accurate enough to give a meaningful idea of how much fuel has been burnt. The only way to tell is to brim it, do the mileage and brim it again to see how much you've used.