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AndyC Member Since: 30 Nov 2007 Location: Where the snow dosen't melt when the sun is shining! Posts: 4165 |
CG wouldnt do a thing like that I guess 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof. Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc. |
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7th Aug 2008 9:20 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
'C and 'E got wise to sly tricks and now take their fuel sample from the engine fuel filter if they are suspicious At work
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7th Aug 2008 10:29 am |
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avtur Member Since: 11 Nov 2006 Location: Stockport Posts: 1306 |
OK, I can now report some really low mpgs .... Managed our early morning start for the trip to Cornwall (avec caravan), on the road just before 4am yesterday! Decided to make the most of the clear motorway at that time of day and get as many miles covered as quick as possible ... completed the first 140 miles M6 then M5 and pulled into service for a break, to that point I'd kept to at least 60 all the time, with a couple (eehmm!!) excursions to slightly higher speeds, when I checked the ave mpg's on the computer it was 21.9 I knew it was going to be poor because the fuel gauge was already down towards half. Having got ourselves a good start I eased off to 55-60 for rest of the motorway journey. Total journey was 323 miles arriving on site a 11.40am, so the plan for an early start and clear journey worked a treat. Even had to wait while the previous occupants of our pitch moved off and the groundsman mowed the grass. Now here's the bit that will make NP and the other caravaners chuckle, no sooner had we got access to the pitch and the heavens opened, so had to position, level and set the awning up ... the rain !!!! Having bought a full sized awning years ago, we've only ever used it once, preferring to use a porch awning ever since. This trip we decided that we'd go for the full size, so having only used it once (3 years+ ago) it was fun remembering how it all went together. Ooops, drifting off topic now .... so Avtur posts a poor consumption at last |
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8th Aug 2008 11:35 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
You didn't put that in your 'joys of caravaning' thread did you now I hope the weather improves for you though , wet holidays are so frustrating At work At home "I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race |
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8th Aug 2008 11:58 am |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
21.9 mpg is what i got going to Clumber Park, that included the start of the journey through the village etc, on the way back I got a avg 25.9mpg which is what i got on previous journeys.
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8th Aug 2008 1:18 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
CG's tractor control panel , its simple stuff really 20 gears in 5 ranges of 4 ..with auto shifting between the four gears in each range. To change ranges a button on the gearstick acts as the clutch if your too lazy to use the foot clutch. A little stalk on the steering column lets you select either forward or reverse in each gear so you have 20 reverse gears too
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8th Aug 2008 9:40 pm |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
am i the only one who wants to come round and have a play in your tractor now Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis |
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8th Aug 2008 10:05 pm |
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Tandemman Member Since: 30 Jun 2007 Location: Barnsley Posts: 686 |
No you're not |
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9th Aug 2008 5:22 am |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
CG its over to you now
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9th Aug 2008 8:25 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
No vaners in my tractor . Anyway 35 mph would scare you tin snailers to death
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9th Aug 2008 9:47 am |
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npinks Member Since: 28 Jun 2007 Location: Ls25 Posts: 20090 |
At least our tintents fit on the road
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9th Aug 2008 11:56 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
A familiar sight this year, a combine harvester returning home from the fields because it has rained again
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9th Aug 2008 1:36 pm |
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avtur Member Since: 11 Nov 2006 Location: Stockport Posts: 1306 |
so, there's more to CG than his chickens .....
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10th Aug 2008 7:15 pm |
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techauthorbob Member Since: 13 Jun 2008 Location: UK, Bingley, oop north Posts: 64 |
With about 17k on the clock I am getting 27 - 30 around town and 42-44 on a run.
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21st Aug 2008 1:51 pm |
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