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JamesV6CDX

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It must be running better...
« on: 08 October 2008, 00:33:02 »
When I bought my 3.0 petrol Estate the best I could get out of it was 21mpg...

Since all the work I've done - the last "careful" tankful lasted me over 500 miles. that's about 400 on the motorway, and 100 local driving. So an average of over 30mpg from a 3.0 auto. Really not bad.

I decided to grit my teeth and see what I would do to a tank driving a little more "enthusiastically"... and on a run to Mr DTM's and back at the weekend, I covered about 360 miles, plus another 50 or so locally - so 410 to a tank, and the lights about to come on anytime now. That's a difference of about 90 miles per tank between driving like miss daisy and really enjoying the V6 (obviously when it's safe and appropriate to do so :y)

By enjoying the V6 I don't mean driving like an idiot - but for example when you kick it down on a sliproad from between 30mph and 80mph, you can really feel the kick now it's running right  :)

Wonder what it'll do when my LPG conversion arrives...  :-X  :-X  ::)

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Re: It must be running better...
« Reply #1 on: 08 October 2008, 08:48:06 »
Glad to hear you have it running well at last James :y
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Re: It must be running better...
« Reply #2 on: 08 October 2008, 19:17:08 »
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When I bought my 3.0 petrol Estate the best I could get out of it was 21mpg...

Since all the work I've done - the last "careful" tankful lasted me over 500 miles. that's about 400 on the motorway, and 100 local driving. So an average of over 30mpg from a 3.0 auto. Really not bad.

I decided to grit my teeth and see what I would do to a tank driving a little more "enthusiastically"... and on a run to Mr DTM's and back at the weekend, I covered about 360 miles, plus another 50 or so locally - so 410 to a tank, and the lights about to come on anytime now. That's a difference of about 90 miles per tank between driving like miss daisy and really enjoying the V6 (obviously when it's safe and appropriate to do so :y)

By enjoying the V6 I don't mean driving like an idiot - but for example when you kick it down on a sliproad from between 30mph and 80mph, you can really feel the kick now it's running right  :)

Wonder what it'll do when my LPG conversion arrives...  :-X  :-X  ::)

oh bugger - you could have picked up martin imbers rad  ;D
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