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Jul 15th, 2021, 22:09 | #31 |
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update after actually doing a long run without heavy load + nothing on the roof (i.e. in standard conditions.. with roof bars on, too lazy to take off)
120miles of A road 50 miles Urban total average 26mpg not being shy with throttle either latest urban-only is 21.5mpg brings yearly rolling average up to just over 20mpg for the first time so it's definitely not great around town (shocker) but fine on long runs where the costs would usually be more of a consideration Last edited by stuart bowes; Jul 15th, 2021 at 22:17. |
Jul 29th, 2021, 20:46 | #32 |
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I collected my T5 in October 2001, and have logged all the petrol used.
At each fill of fuel, the car gauges are reset. Worst has been when towing a trailer loaded with sleepers 19.02 (Car stated 21.30) Best has been 38.56. Car stated 38.60 According to the car, it's best was 40.1 at average speed of 49mph. The instant fuel readout is interesting, the lowest I've seen it when using kickdown is about 8mpg. The calculated MPG is 27.81, over the 97,000 miles to date. |
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Jul 29th, 2021, 20:53 | #33 |
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LPG for ME
he he on a fairly fast {but mostly legal} motorway trip to Penrith and back {200 RTM's} my V70R AWD did 36MPG on LPG at 57ppl just about 85MPG on Petrol
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Jul 29th, 2021, 22:23 | #34 |
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The long trip reading looks like it's gonna be promising, I went all the way to the lake district this week on about £50 which is ludicrous compared to the usual urban readings
I'll update when i get back tomorrow but it will include all the driving about up and down hills etc and pottering about town while here, still I'm optimistic Lately due to good weather I've basically relegated the car to the long drives only and biked to and from work which belive it or not is on average 3 minutes faster.. and is getting rid of the fat bastard lockdown pizza belly |
Jul 31st, 2021, 16:10 | #35 |
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Actual update, now I'm home..
Lake District and back, literally as fully loaded as it's possible to be, including a BIG roof bag and stuff in every footwell - 600miles of motorway (definitely 'not' doing a lot of 80-90 mph) plus the driving around the lanes for a week.. and we got stuck in about an hours worth of slow traffic on the way home real-world calculated economy 28.4mpg for the whole trip which actually I'm pretty impressed with tbh it sounds like you do yours pretty accurately so that's an interesting point of comparison, what are your 'usual' drives - do you do more stop/start traffic, or a lot of A roads, etc the instantaneous mpg gauge in my old BM's used to make me chuckle as well, put your foot down and the needle disappears off the bottom of the chart, like 5mpg or something who knows Last edited by stuart bowes; Jul 31st, 2021 at 16:26. Reason: accuracy |
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It's very handy having the hybrid Yaris for the shops, as that only uses a couple of pints per week.. |
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