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FUEL ISSUES & ECONOMY => DIESEL => Topic started by: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 15:54:36

Title: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 15:54:36: Not bad mpg for a round trip of about 70 miles on a very congested M6, and some town driving. :cool:

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Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: Shambles on August 15, 2014, 16:39:18: Yay for diesel power :goodjob:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: eye30 on August 15, 2014, 16:43:06: Did you zero all before the trip otherwise the reading may be lower than the actual?
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 19:45:28: Yep, filled up this morning before setting off and zero-ed the trip. :goodjob2:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: eye30 on August 15, 2014, 20:01:58: Quote from: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 19:45:28
Yep, filled up this morning before setting off and zero-ed the trip. :goodjob2:
Did you also zero the cumulative mpg?
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 21:45:21: That is the cumulative mpg...I reset that when I filled up :goodjob2:. Would probably have been better result if I hadn't floored it to overtake a JCB on one of the A roads near Congleton. The average dropped by about 3 mpg. I doesn't take much town driving to get the average right down, either.
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 21:54:06: I'm doing a similar trip on Sunday, and will reset the MPG when the temp gauge reaches optimum...traffic should be lighter though, so the temptation to go to warp factor nine where possible may make for poorer results :whistler:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: The Gonz on August 15, 2014, 23:23:20: Quote from: MarkC on August 15, 2014, 21:54:06
...traffic should be lighter though, so the temptation to go to warp factor nine where possible may make for poorer results :whistler:
You rebel. :lol:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on January 10, 2015, 23:42:42: I did a DPF friendly Cannonball Run to Southport and back, without stopping, today, at Warp factor 9 where safe and legal...

Returned 57mpg for the 60 mile round trip, for which I achieved a 9.2 on the smugometer upon my triumphant return for a giant mug of strong tea and a bacon butty with at least half a pig stuffed into it. And the sun was shining.... :victory:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: Phil №❶ on January 10, 2015, 23:51:10: Hopefully, your car has a nice clean DPF.
And you have an extra inch on your waisteline. :lol:

Bacon :exclaim:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on January 11, 2015, 00:03:13: Smoked bacon on toasted extra thick white bread...with ketchup and an over-easy egg. Followed by a chunky kit kat....with very very strong tea.... :happydance:

Then I changed the oil on my newly acquired '85 Talbot Horizon. Its been a good day! :cool:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: Dazzler on January 11, 2015, 00:16:43: Does sound like a good day Mark... :victory: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: Johnno on January 11, 2015, 14:33:51: Quote from: MarkC on January 11, 2015, 00:03:13
Smoked bacon on toasted extra thick white bread...with ketchup and an over-easy egg. Followed by a chunky kit kat....with very very strong tea.... :happydance:

Then I changed the oil on my newly acquired '85 Talbot Horizon. Its been a good day! :cool:

In my younger days i always fancied the Lotus Talbot but never had the funds
Title: Re: Single Journey MPG
Post by: MarkC on January 11, 2015, 17:29:38: A proper minter Talbot Sunbeam Lotus sold for just over £50K at the NEC auction back in November, Johnno. It was slightly over my budget :snigger: