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Post by weasel on May 29, 2018 13:16:39 GMT
Round town, short journeys, driving like a twat because I like the sound of it...
but 14mpg is not funny.
Time to get on my bike to work and save the van for the weekends and escapes.
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Post by rickyrooo1 on May 29, 2018 14:19:31 GMT
When I had my bay I once got 12mpg towing a trailer around Wales.... how I laughed.
I moan now at 34 in the t5 and wish for 40...
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Post by chad on May 29, 2018 14:40:35 GMT
Yeah but think how much you're saving on depreciation.
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Post by Eoin on May 29, 2018 15:56:08 GMT
14 is pretty bad. I don't normally calculate, but it's easy when on holiday and doing a lot of miles. Tank 1, a lot of steady 60 on the motorway but one stretch of 30 miles took 2.5 hours = 24 mpg. Tank 2, some motorway, Cornish lanes and 1 hour lost in traffic on the way down = 21 mpg.
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Post by sANDYbAY on May 29, 2018 19:09:23 GMT
The thing is if you want to drive your vehicle somewhere you’re going to have to put fuel in it. I don’t think I’ve ever bothered to check fuel consumption in any vehicle I’ve owned.
“Do I want to go out somewhere in my car?”
“Yes”
“Has it got enough fuel in it?”
“Yes” = good
“No” = go and buy some.
Easy.
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Post by rickyrooo1 on May 29, 2018 20:44:47 GMT
On the subject of fuel I've just filled the t5 and broke my previous record. £90 to fill from light on @122.9 a litre. That's the cheapest fuel by me at Sainsbury's it's 10p a litre more at Lichfield by work.
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Post by pkrboo on May 29, 2018 21:07:09 GMT
I calculate mpg so I can see if the engine is running ok. If I suddenly take a big drop in mpg I can look at why. Although I like to think i would notice before that
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Post by Baz on May 29, 2018 22:18:40 GMT
This ^^ if you havnt got a clue what your mpg is how would you know if you have prob ! Obviously if you are giving it welly round town you will use lot more , mine averages 25-28 but then I’m an old git  |
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Post by scrooge95 on May 30, 2018 6:31:49 GMT
Best I’ve managed is 23mpg: I wish it were the other side of 25, but it’s an improvement on the 17mpg I was getting for a while. It’s the small triumphs 🙄
14mpg sounds a bit like something needs tweaking, even for driving to work etc, doesn’t it?
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Post by Zed on May 30, 2018 8:20:35 GMT
14mpg thrashing about on short journeys sounds about right/not too bad for a type-4 engine if that's what it is. I'd expect a bit more from a type-1.
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Post by Woody on May 30, 2018 9:01:44 GMT
14mpg thrashing about on short journeys sounds about right/not too bad for a type-4 engine if that's what it is. I'd expect a bit more from a type-1. I was getting 14 mpg thraping it down and around Devon a few years back with my type -1, I'd been messing with jets on the Dells and had left in what I thought gave best power/torque, I had other jets with me and changed them after filling up and got 21 for the rest of the holiday. |
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Post by Baz on May 30, 2018 11:15:03 GMT
14mpg thrashing about on short journeys sounds about right/not too bad for a type-4 engine if that's what it is. I'd expect a bit more from a type-1. I was getting 14 mpg thraping it down and around Devon a few years back with my type -1, I'd been messing with jets on the Dells and had left in what I thought gave best power/torque, I had other jets with me and changed them after filling up and got 21 for the rest of the holiday. Yeh but Thraping is well plenty welly it init bruv , I know I’ve bin init |
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Post by busfan on May 31, 2018 10:04:19 GMT
My dad has a 1700 auto and it only makes 17 on long trips. My 2.0 does25 on a trip but drops to mid teens on town runs. It’s better that one car I ran in my old job that did 0.89 mpg yes less than one mpg. But it was a 6.0ltr V12.
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Post by VW Toast on May 31, 2018 11:37:49 GMT
What is this petrol stuff anyway?
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Post by chad on May 31, 2018 12:08:39 GMT
My dad has a 1700 auto and it only makes 17 on long trips. My 2.0 does25 on a trip but drops to mid teens on town runs. It’s better that one car I ran in my old job that did 0.89 mpg yes less than one mpg. But it was a 6.0ltr V12. TWR Jaguar? |
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