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[Mike Collins]

Strange isn't it? the main benefit of an auto is to make stop  start driving almost tolerable.

[Big_Mart]

Cheers to you all for your replys think i started an interesting thread? i think based on what you guys have said i`ll go for the 2.6 auto MV6 i`ve seen and fallen in love with just gotta get rid of the veccy sri anyone interested?

P.S IV`E TURNED OFF THE CAPS LOCK SO IT DON`T LOOK LIKE I`M SHOUTING HA HA.

[The Cambelt Kid]

Cheers to you all for your replys think i started an interesting thread? i think based on what you guys have said i`ll go for the 2.6 auto MV6 i`ve seen and fallen in love with just gotta get rid of the veccy sri anyone interested?

P.S IV`E TURNED OFF THE CAPS LOCK SO IT DON`T LOOK LIKE I`M SHOUTING HA HA.

Bad time of the year to sell cars.  I only just flogged my 2.0 GLS LPG for £1600 notes, not bad as it had 156k on the clock, although it was in good shape and had excellent service history with thanks to  the help of OOF.

If i had to buy/sell again i would wait until march/april as teh market picks up a bit.

[dbug]

P.S IV`E TURNED OFF THE CAPS LOCK SO IT DON`T LOOK LIKE I`M SHOUTING HA HA.

At last!!

[Humpy]

Took my dear old mum down to Swindon yesterday from Tunbridge Wells which is more or less dual carriageway all the way and the average consumption didn't get over 25mpg and that's at 70mph on cruise! My car's a 3.0 manual but I was hoping for more than that. My Monza's do better than that and they weigh a ton. Well, closer to two tons actually!

Fortunately I don't use my car very much as I have a company van for work so it's not as bad as it sounds but.....

Humpy

[Jay w]

heard much the same about the 2.0 being less economical than the V6s, i desperately need a V6 but i worry i wont do it much good since i do a hell of a lot of short journeys in a week, in the region of 15 a week at less than half a mile!

The one thing I've noticed is that lots of short journeys really clobber the fuel consumption on a V6.  

Kevin

Could not agree more. I do 6 miles to work and 6 miles home again, my old 2.0 did 21.mpg on trip meter thingy, my 2.5 is doing about 20.1 on trip thingy.
On a good run (not very often) I got up to 35mpg out of the 2.0 and about 30mpg out of the 2.5.
Virtually all my driving is on 30mph roads to from work and a lot of stop start traffic.
Can't comment on the 3.6/3.0/3.2 as never even driven one.

HTH

Mike

I get the impression that manuals are much more economical than auto on stop start driving.

I'd be interested to know if the software update on the auto box improves economy (as well as smoother running )

no it doesn't  

[Golfbuddy]

heard much the same about the 2.0 being less economical than the V6s, i desperately need a V6 but i worry i wont do it much good since i do a hell of a lot of short journeys in a week, in the region of 15 a week at less than half a mile!

The one thing I've noticed is that lots of short journeys really clobber the fuel consumption on a V6.  

Kevin

Could not agree more. I do 6 miles to work and 6 miles home again, my old 2.0 did 21.mpg on trip meter thingy, my 2.5 is doing about 20.1 on trip thingy.
On a good run (not very often) I got up to 35mpg out of the 2.0 and about 30mpg out of the 2.5.
Virtually all my driving is on 30mph roads to from work and a lot of stop start traffic.
Can't comment on the 3.6/3.0/3.2 as never even driven one.

HTH

Mike

I get the impression that manuals are much more economical than auto on stop start driving.

I'd be interested to know if the software update on the auto box improves economy (as well as smoother running )

no it doesn't  

Agreed Jay, I would go so far as to say that it's even slightly worse. Definately worse with cruise control and when towing.