Have just returned from scotland round trip 1350miles Avg 39.9 MPG.

jefandjax wrote:

Have just returned from scotland round trip 1350miles Avg 39.9 MPG.

Even with this impressive average it would probably be cheaper to fly to Scotland and rent a car unless of course you were mob handed on the trip.

My trip last year to Speyside cost approx £250 in fuel.  MY 09 GS manual in Lago Grey, Wood Co arm rest and side bumper strips - now sold.

MY 15 SD4 SE Auto Orkney Grey with colour coded Bumper Door Mouldings

ok,
so I have a 2011 GS ( manual) with 5500 mile on the clock....
has roof bars + cross bars on top...
I use it for work ( Locksmith) so I am carrying about 300kgs + in the rear...
mixed runs, mainly short, round town ( London & Essex)
and...

wait for it.....

I get.....


32.4 MPG

thats pretty good,l get around 26mpg mainly urban in a manual

That makes me feel better! 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

London to Blythe (Northumberland) on Sunday on BP Ultimate: 32mpg. Blythe to London yesterday on Jet cheapest: 39.9 mpg. All at around 70 mph on A1 with no holdups. So it has to be one of the following:
1 Sunday it was uphill all the way.
2 Jet's cheapest outperforms BP Ultimate.
3 Freelander sensors not working properly (surely LR electronics never go wrong?)
4 BP in S London selling rubbish diesel.
5 Punishment for travelling on a Sunday.

Seriously though, Sunday was very wet, with tyres having to work harder to shift the water, and a fairly high crosswind. Can it make that much difference? Oh and the Jet station in Blythe was the cheapest I saw all the way.

Point 6: Blyth to London is downhill innit? Sorry, couldn't resist it  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Of course! Missed that one.
And yes I can't spell Blyth. Thank you sir!

Not surprised really as Jet's use Kerosene  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

Went to Motherwell and back yesterday, very windy and it affected MPG, 34 average, have managed 38-40 on previous occasions

Commuting to Leeds and back 27.9  2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
2012 TD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey - gone

SD4, Mine on Saturday, reset at home and about 50 miles later after leisurely cruising on the M62 because I was early.

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You can tell who has the money here, Full Tank

Hi Folks

For information.

Freelander2, 2011,Diesel, stop start, Td4 2.2, 150hp, Manual, roof bars.

I have a thing about giving as little of my money as possible to the fuel companies and I am also getting old and don't mind travelling a little slower these days. So, driving steadily (but not so slow as to hold up traffic)and using driving techniques which conserve fuel (gentle acceleraton, change up on the green arrow, ease off well before corners etc) Here are some recent figures

Local driving --- Twisty country lanes, market town, short runs. -----41MPG

To Scotland last month
Lincs to Dumfries 250 miles at 50mph on A roads and 60mph on motorways (told you I was slow)----48.9MPG

Dumfries toGrantown 200 miles speeds as above ----47.1MPG

Pitlochry to Dumfries 150 miles speeds as above ----55.4MPG

Dunfries to Lincs 250 miles speeds as above ----- 50.2MPG

Points . I do drive with an aim to be as economical as possible, it is a bit of a "thing"with me and I understand that others wish to drive in their own way.

Wind strength and direction can make a considerable difference to consumption.

Consumption is considerably higher untill engine is warmed up, takes around 5 miles driving with mine
.
I do use the two stroke oil, it may give a little more mpg but I am not totally convinced and it is very
difficult to control all the variables and perform truly fair test.

Cheers Mr T

I assume EYorkshire wasn't driving and somebody else took that picture (posted 13th May) when the car was doing 60+mph