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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: humbucker on 13 July 2008, 15:40:48
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was driving last night and it was up to 476. it dropped a mile by the time i snapped...
most weeks im getting 420 - 450 miles out of her. im pretty pleased about that.
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/audiojustice/oof/475miles.jpg)
edit: i am not, however, at all pleased about being under attack from fireflies now that the weather has improved!!!
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Out of my diesel one of the best i got was in one day a trip to gatwick and then a trip to heathrow which was a total 620 miles and when i got back to town i still had a range of 113 miles. Not bad for a 2.2DTI estate.
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yeah longer journeys are awesome, the 476 was just the usual driving i do, nothing extraordinary about it on this occasion, but the mileage on a long journey (especially if im on my own and therefore rarely stop) is astounding.
its pretty rural where i live so you need to travel a good distance to get anywhere. this actually works out fairly well driving the v6 about. cant imagine what it would be like if i had to do stop and starts around about town though (costs me 75 quid a week as it is). journey to work in the mornings is up to hour and a half, home a bit quicker, so longer journeys there. i spose all the mileage on the car, and shes coming up to 151k this week, is all 'motorway miles' so constant speeds for long periods. thats why im not too bothered what the mileometer says, cos i know the miles are 'good' miles if that makes sense.
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I have never managed to get more than 440 out of my 2.2 :(
Either I have a small fuel tank or it's drinking more than it should :(
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524 once...
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About 16000 miles i reckon my 2.2 does on a full tank of petrol :y ;) ;D
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About 16000 miles i reckon my 2.2 does on a full tank of petrol :y ;) ;D
Down hill, with the wind behind it & in neutral ::)
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i'm averaging 19.5mpg. but thats cos i drive like a tw*t ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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About 16000 miles i reckon my 2.2 does on a full tank of petrol :y ;) ;D
Down hill, with the wind behind it & in neutral ::)
Nope ;D
I only need it for starting......lpg remember ;) ;D
I use about a fiver of petrol a week......do about 1k/week, so £80 to fill her up :-/ ......dunno never done it..... :y
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After doing 120m, I've had my MID saying 720m range in the tractor.
Managed 500m out of tank in MV6
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After doing 120m, I've had my MID saying 720m range in the tractor.
Managed 500m out of tank in MV6
Take it that's metres, the way you drive ;D
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After doing 120m, I've had my MID saying 720m range in the tractor.
Managed 500m out of tank in MV6
Take it that's metres, the way you drive ;D
You could loose your 16 stars AA .......taking the mick ::)
But i guess as an Admin you can just put them back ;)
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I used to get 440 from a tank, "amber gambling" on the fuel light but lately its shot up to 460-ish - although i've had a few long runs to Peterborough (90 miles each way, give or take) this last fortnight.
Still wonder if a 2.5 V6 would be any different in fuel than mine - 75% of my commute is 50mph+ A roads. Silly me buying a 4-pot cos i thought it would be more economical!
I should be able to squeeze 500 miles from a tank in mine given its doing 32mpg (based on brimming the tank and Odometer readings) - i must have one of those "pessemistic" gauges. Don't know what the TID thinks it is - too many dead pixels!
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I used to get 440 from a tank, "amber gambling" on the fuel light but lately its shot up to 460-ish - although i've had a few long runs to Peterborough (90 miles each way, give or take) this last fortnight.
Still wonder if a 2.5 V6 would be any different in fuel than mine - 75% of my commute is 50mph+ A roads. Silly me buying a 4-pot cos i thought it would be more economical!
I should be able to squeeze 500 miles from a tank in mine given its doing 32mpg (based on brimming the tank and Odometer readings) - i must have one of those "pessemistic" gauges. Don't know what the TID thinks it is - too many dead pixels!
When the last fuel crisis was on, 2002? I was getting near 40mpg out of our old 2.0L Manual estate just driving smothly and slowly, boring though........... ;D ;D ;D
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was driving last night and it was up to 476. it dropped a mile by the time i snapped...
most weeks im getting 420 - 450 miles out of her. im pretty pleased about that.
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/audiojustice/oof/475miles.jpg)
im not surprised given your listening to radio 4 you must be cruisin at 30 mph ;)
edit: i am not, however, at all pleased about being under attack from fireflies now that the weather has improved!!!
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I used to get 440 from a tank, "amber gambling" on the fuel light but lately its shot up to 460-ish - although i've had a few long runs to Peterborough (90 miles each way, give or take) this last fortnight.
Still wonder if a 2.5 V6 would be any different in fuel than mine - 75% of my commute is 50mph+ A roads. Silly me buying a 4-pot cos i thought it would be more economical!
I should be able to squeeze 500 miles from a tank in mine given its doing 32mpg (based on brimming the tank and Odometer readings) - i must have one of those "pessemistic" gauges. Don't know what the TID thinks it is - too many dead pixels!
When the last fuel crisis was on, 2002? I was getting near 40mpg out of our old 2.0L Manual estate just driving smothly and slowly, boring though........... ;D ;D ;D
I was driving round like a hooligan in my Westfield as it was one of the few cars on the road around here that could burn LRP (no cat). Every garage ran out of unleaded and diesel but LRP was plentiful.
Roads were nice and quiet too. :y
Kevin
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im not surprised given your listening to radio 4 you must be cruisin at 30 mph ;)
i knew that was coming.... heheh
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Economy great on a run, pic taken after 75 miles :y
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/chrispy_platt/Mega%20Drive/DSC02257.jpg)
Due to a dodgy MID, the "3" at the front is actually an 8 :)
In reality though - I would probably get about 5-600 miles from a tank if I am being careful. Usually 4-500 ish.
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I did 431 miles last week before I had to fill up ;)
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Saw 774 miles range yesterday about 90 miles after a fill up..I was doing my best to stretch it as I wasn't in a hurry.
MPG currently shows 38.2, general driving - I know I could push this up if I zeroed it and started again.
Best ever was 50 mpg, Norfolk to Sheffield.
2.2 DTi estate by the way.
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think I need to start driving bare foot. after sticking drawing pins to the accelerator
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i've managed to get to the south of france and back on and 1/8th of a tank of petrol, some of that was taking it easy as well ;D