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General Car Chat / whats is your av MPG? on a 3.0 MV6/Elite estate???
« on: 22 January 2012, 02:05:04 »
Can people quote there mpg for motorway mileage & at what mph average...?
& in & around town/traffic etc...?
ive been testing different driving styles over the last 2 weeks to see what mpg i get from worcester to bham over a 30mile drive leaving it in 5th gear... (3.0 24v MV6 petrol/manual gearbox ex police spec on 17" wheels)...
if i drive at 40/50 i average 32mpg @1500rpm (one evening at 2am with nothing on road as to piss anybody off!!!)
if i drive at 55/60 i average 29mpg @2500rpm
if i drive at 60/70 i get 25mpg @3000rpm
if i drive at 75/85 31mpg @3500rpm
if i drive at 85/95 26mpg @3900rpm
& no officer i havent tryed it honest 90- with needle just over the 160mph bouncing limiter @6900 in 5th!! it does 7mpg (again 2am clear road)
but why does it do better mpg at 40/50 & at 75/80?
?
oh in & around bham only 21mpg
& country roads up down gears 3rd 4th 5th about 23mpg
What are your cars doing??? please post below.... is this about right???
& in & around town/traffic etc...?
ive been testing different driving styles over the last 2 weeks to see what mpg i get from worcester to bham over a 30mile drive leaving it in 5th gear... (3.0 24v MV6 petrol/manual gearbox ex police spec on 17" wheels)...
if i drive at 40/50 i average 32mpg @1500rpm (one evening at 2am with nothing on road as to piss anybody off!!!)
if i drive at 55/60 i average 29mpg @2500rpm
if i drive at 60/70 i get 25mpg @3000rpm
if i drive at 75/85 31mpg @3500rpm
if i drive at 85/95 26mpg @3900rpm
& no officer i havent tryed it honest 90- with needle just over the 160mph bouncing limiter @6900 in 5th!! it does 7mpg (again 2am clear road)
but why does it do better mpg at 40/50 & at 75/80?
?oh in & around bham only 21mpg
& country roads up down gears 3rd 4th 5th about 23mpg
What are your cars doing??? please post below.... is this about right???
Dim for about 5 seconds but once charged up bright as hell!!! 
But as shockers were still knocking i called monroe who said that the shocks are only designed to fit cars with standard ride height & do not fit a standard mv6 & they dont list a shock for an mv6 either... ive tryed everywhere to source standard s,l shocks but priced at £180 each +vat! i calnt find anybody who do a standard mv6 shocker that can accomadate a drop of any height...? speaking to PVD, Vauxhall, LMF Vauxhall, Courtney sport etc they say only Bilstein do a B6/B8 shocker or a B12 complete kit for it now with 4xB8s & eibache 30mm springs £618.00 or FK coilovers £575.00 .... Dont know what to do... i use the car for 4 things... 1 daily driver, 2 drift racing & track days, 3 work car which means hauling upto 250kg in the boot, 4 towing a 3500kg car trailer so the S.L kit perfect & coil overs i can raise rear via spanners or use s,l to stiffen it up stop it goin too low but its trying to find a setup for all uses that dont cost a fortune... i want to try keep the drop ive got if poss just need to stiffen rear up as im running frontera front dampers modifyed to fit atmo so i can use car with small airbags wiv shraider valves but they are 20years old & 1split in bham goin over a speedbump & left rear on a rounderbout lastnight & now its bouncy again & knocking!! the airbags worked perfect if they were a bit bigger coz i cud maybe mod them into s.l system & when i have weight in rear pump them up but i still need 2 rear shocks to work lowered or raised or would standard s.l do it if i angle the sensor on rear wishbone not to raise it too high? because i got a 2nd hand one fitted them both on but as it was pumping up they lifted the car over 5" from tyre to arch then the 2nd had one blew & when deflating its self back down after the old one then blew aswel so i couldnt test the theory... i hope this kinda makes sence?? could i have a contact number if replying or if easyer mine is 07534 967604 as this is my 1st message & unsure how it all works...? hope you or anybody else can help..? Oh BTW car is now sat on 17" alloys with 225,45,17 fronts & 245 40 17 rears, from the 225 60 15 original steels that police had fitted.