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Dave



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Cold weather MPG

Is it me or has anyone else noticed a drop in mpg with all this cold weather.

I'm loosing about 8mpg at the moment Big Cry ______________________
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I have notice about 8mpg too, driving to work at 20mpg is not fun Evil or Very Mad

Goes to its normal 32mpg on the motorway though, (the engine is warm by this time) Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Mine's not doing as well as I'd like of late. On long runs, and driving pretty carefully, I don't achieve much better that 35mpg (it's a manual). In autumn, doing similar runs, It was nearer 40mpg. I put it down to engine mapping firmware changes when it went in for some minor issues sorting, but perhaps that coincided with colder weather?

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....by the way, interesting avatar Dave. Whistle How did you cram that into 7kB? Shocked

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Trick of the trade dave, we must not let it out. Cool

Fuel economy of the Freelys seem terrible when they are cold. down to 12 mpg when cold up to 45mpg once the engine sits in its half way mark. Its the cold start ups that will draw the average down to around 32mpg. Shocked

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On-board wrote:
Trick of the trade dave, we must not let it out. Cool


It's OK - I worked out the avatar hosting myself.
Now, to tell the world.....

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Yup, must admit I've noticed that the economy is horrendous in this weather.

I'm thinking the cold engine combined with that PTC heater thing is just eating fuel. 09MY FL2 Td4 XS, Style Pack, Privacy Glass, Martinique Blue.. oh so very blue..

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So, could this be because we've all had the PTC preheat modification recently, and not the weather? When did everyone have the work done?

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Today ive driven 170 miles (about 130 of it on motorway) in a courtesy FL2 manual with the temp at -3 degrees and still got 42mpg!!!!

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Hmmm... Confused What was your average speed - mortorway/urban?
If I try average 70mph I'll only get a little over 30mpg. I'm sure there's something amiss with mine.

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You lot must have lead boots to lose that kinda mpg Laughing No change to my mpg and before you ask i do use all the gears Razz

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AndyT wrote:
Hmmm... Confused What was your average speed - mortorway/urban?
If I try average 70mph I'll only get a little over 30mpg. I'm sure there's something amiss with mine.


between 70 and 80 on the motorway with a 5 mile spell at 50mph through roadworks. My auto changes gear at 2000rpm whereas in the manual I was changing at about 1500rpm - seemed to make all the difference! Wonder what I would have got if I had taken my auto on the same route - my guess would be about 34mpg!

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Frobius wrote:
Yup, must admit I've noticed that the economy is horrendous in this weather.

I'm thinking the cold engine combined with that PTC heater thing is just eating fuel.


Whats a PTC heater may I ask ?

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shilen wrote:
Wonder what I would have got if I had taken my auto on the same route - my guess would be about 34mpg!


Yes, I think the difference between auto and manual seems to be in the order of 6mpg. I'm a little concerned as I seem to be getting auto economy from a manual Confused
In December, it had an ECU firmware 'upgrade'. Before that I was getting near 40mpg on a run - now, driving uber-careful I peak at 36mpg. I'm thinking it's more firmware than weather in my case, but how do you tell??

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