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tamboradave Member Since: 15 Feb 2007 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 20 |
I'm getting 35mpg over about 1200 miles, combination driving.... A Roads, Motorway and just nipping here and there.
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7th Apr 2007 6:38 am |
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stuartp Member Since: 21 Jan 2007 Location: minster, kent Posts: 57 |
Iv done just over 1000 miles so far, town driving and motorway and i am getting no better than 30 to the gallon so not to pleased at the moment. |
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8th Apr 2007 5:07 pm |
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pim Member Since: 29 Jan 2007 Location: Tilburg Posts: 42 |
what is mpg in l/100km??? |
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8th Apr 2007 11:20 pm |
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Paul Member Since: 10 Feb 2007 Location: Ghent Posts: 417 |
here you find a fuel consumption convertor: http://www.tdiclub.com/misc/conversions.html so 30 mpg = 9.416 l/100 Km. and for dutch people who prefer to know how far they get with only 1 liter 10,62 Km/l |
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9th Apr 2007 5:57 am |
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The Villager Member Since: 06 Nov 2006 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 242 |
Local driving getting 31-32, pleased with that, be better on motorway and when the engine has done a few more miles
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9th Apr 2007 8:22 am |
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carlfraz Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Minkies lap dancing club Posts: 839 |
Not saying I drive like "miss daisy" but I'm getting 36mpg with a mix of driving and on a motorway run hitting 40 plus. On motorway I'm not doing any more than 70mph so setting cruise control and waking up at the other end.. found that even when you speed even upto ..... certain other speeds in excess of 70mph that I shant mention!! .... since you do it for such short periods you only trim about 5mins off your journey and I wont give plod the satisfaction of banging points on my licence and I save fuel costs too. Wifes Mini Cooper returns a poor 30mpg, so our "gas guuzzler" does pretty well - MR CHANCELLOR!!! |
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10th Apr 2007 11:50 pm |
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nicam Member Since: 21 Feb 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 236 |
Just clocked up 1200 miles on my FL2 after returning from a weekend near Edingburgh. Set the trip before leaving and on a 400 mile mixture of 50/50 A roads and the M6 the computer says 36.6mpg. Don`t drive faster than your angel can fly! |
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16th Apr 2007 10:57 am |
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Joiner_8 Member Since: 08 Feb 2007 Location: Shieldhill, Falkirk Posts: 73 |
I have a TD4 and just back from a short trip around the Castle Douglas area and managed 40MPG keeping the speed to about 60MPH although the roads did not allow speeds more that 60mph, I thought that I was doing well getting that sort of MPG, that was with the cruise control on and in 6th gear most of the time. |
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13th May 2007 1:53 am |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 12 Mar 2006 Location: All at sea Posts: 875 |
Don't be misled into thinking that Cruise Control as an economy device, it is a comfort aid for long distance drives! After 30 years of driving cars with cruise control I have learned that even the best factory fitted units linked to gearboxes and engine ECU's like Land Rover do don't work nearly as well as a very light right foot on a long run. Cruise isn't as progressive at changing RPM as a right foot! Cruise will help save some fuel but if you use it on uphill down dale type A roads and motorways your right foot will react more quickly, especially on downhill sections where it takes longer for the ECU to detect that engine load has disappeared, it also will not completely close the fuel supply like removing your right foot from the gas pedal does on a long downhill. Best place to use cruise for fuel economy is somewhere like the Fens or Holland where it will beat a right foot anytime!
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13th May 2007 8:15 am |
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avtur Member Since: 11 Nov 2006 Location: Stockport Posts: 1306 |
At just over 11,600 miles my overall fuel consumption is sitting at 36.8mpg which includes some 600 miles with the caravan in tow and a number of off road sessions. On road its a mixture of motorway and A road miles. If I strip out the caravan miles the figure is 38.0mpg; I'm very pleased with that.
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1st Jun 2007 6:47 pm |
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NightFox Member Since: 11 May 2007 Location: North Shropshire Posts: 353 |
37mph after 1000 miles of mixed motorway/country roads/urban driving, according to the on-board computer. Two thirds of that is probably motorway, cruising at about 80mph on the speedo (Tomtom reckons its about 77mph) |
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4th Jun 2007 9:20 am |
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markconnor33 Member Since: 16 Mar 2007 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 118 |
I must be doing something wrong!!
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4th Jun 2007 5:02 pm |
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avtur Member Since: 11 Nov 2006 Location: Stockport Posts: 1306 |
You always need plenty of lead in your pencil .... but not in your right foot !!!!!!!! |
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4th Jun 2007 5:33 pm |
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markconnor33 Member Since: 16 Mar 2007 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 118 |
Whats puzzling me is that I (with previous new cars) generally get close to the manufacturers published combined and long run figures.
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4th Jun 2007 6:36 pm |
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