By travelling slower you are putting more running hours onto the vehicle so the amount you save in fuel will be spent on repairs as your engine is running for longer  Black FL2
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 p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

Hi Koolandy....you have more patience than me....

WarriorBez...do you live in Australia?

Warriorbez can keep his tyres clean easily without bending down; it also helps to make the tyres last longer than anybody elses.
Perhaps its time to turn over a new leaf............or car
Kind regards from Fred 2010GS Auto ex Celeb, Santorini Black, 2011 facelift , spoiler, spats, mudflaps, LED footwell lamps, Witter detach,
Other cars:-
1958 & 1959 Austin J40 Pedal Cars under restoration (I make many J40 parts)
If you have an Austin J40 or Pathfinder Pedal Car looking for a new home pls PM me.
2009 Meriva

WarriorBez wrote:

By travelling slower you are putting more running hours onto the vehicle so the amount you save in fuel will be spent on repairs as your engine is running for longer

It's the same distance, if you drive fast or slower the wheels still rotate the same amount  p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

What I would be interested in is - Annie have you still got the car and has your fuel mpg improved, you have certainly generated a large amount of responses!

I am going to change my name to Pauline!

Pablo 'There is thunder' then 'There is the warble of a V8'

SD4 HSE Fuji White (my car): sidesteps, door protection
Golf 2.0 tdi White (wife's car)
Triumph Stag (my 1975 V8 toy - 37,600 miles... Just started its 2nd restoration... had it since 1986)

Tiguan Summit (gone, but nice car)
Porsche Boxster (gone, it was too fast)
SLK (gone, did not like it - lost loads £s)
Discovery Cairngorm (gone,very tractor like)
+ loads of other cars

Splash wrote:

WarriorBez...do you live in Australia?

Probably .
The place , yes......the game? we seem to have exported that.

I am overjoyed, I did a long run of 220 miles this weekend and the car averaged approx 45mpg!

Really chuffed, I was doing 70mph and it is an auto

Yokohama Advans in 235 60 18 flavour. Supermarket diesel.

Last edited by rusty_wingnut on 2nd Sep 2013 3:11 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Whilst there is a limit to how slow I will drive i noted on my recent european caravan tour that driving at 60mph-ish doesn't in practice add that much time to journeys. The main problem was boredem (especially driving across Belgium) on m/ways and was getting a gradual improvement with mpg as the holiday progressed reaching a best of 29mpg towing and 47+mpg solo. That was using Vpower or similar whenever possible and 2S0 additive. It would be helpful for owners to report what tyres and fuel they run on when noting mpg returns, these all have a bearing. I am on 235/17 road going Michelins in a 2009 TD4e manual.

Just to be clear my figures are actual not from the computer which on mine is about 2 mpg optimistic. eh tu?

Last edited by Adrian888 on 3rd Sep 2013 5:45 pm. Edited 1 time in total

I recently drove 180 miles to London, all motorway. Didn't go above 70. I averaged 40mpg using supermarket diesel. My tyres are general grabber AT. On the return leg I got 35mpg doing in excess of 70mph. I don't add anything to the diesel but Iam thinking of adding 2 stroke. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

StuckInTheMud wrote:

I am going to change my name to Pauline!

Pablo

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