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[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

A couple of weeks ago. From home (near Halstead) to Red Lodge, near Thetford. Single carriageway roads to Bury St. Edmunds, then the A14 for a while.
Same return journey later that day. Only 40 miles each way, achived 30.1 mpg.
I imagine this was due in no small part to the fact that swmbo was in the passenger seat. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

where is this "private , downhill ,180 mile long motorway" you speak of        

Amazingly a good stretch of the M25 at about 1930 in the evening just past the M23 turn off……

Two black BMW’s still managed to get to well above 90 mph, changing lanes rapidly, undertaking and overtaking, go between other vehicles with just a couple of metres spare, and almost have multiple accidents with multiple vehicles.  So things on the M25 are no different!!

[BazaJT]

I've only ever achieved two things from "super duper" fuel one is less fuel for my money and the other is worse fuel consumption!

[Lizzie Zoom]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

I don't think any grade / mixture of petrol would have much if any effect in just 200 miles.

How come you only get 27.9 MPG when doing 98% motorway driving?

Because, as usual, there were a number of occasions going clockwise past Clackets Lane, all the way past Heathrow, past the junction with the M4, we were crawling along in massive queues. So the mpg was affected badly. I have had up to 34 mpg when on empty M ways, but how often does that happen unless it is late evening and during the night (never on the M6 though!!) 

[Nick W]

I've only ever achieved two things from "super duper" fuel one is less fuel for my money and the other is worse fuel consumption!

The only car I found Super Unleaded made a noticeable difference to was my GDi Legnum. The difference was very small, and was only 'worth' the extra cost when fully loaded on long trips. So it got 5 tankfuls in the 15 months I owned it.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Im running the Boxster on super dooper and averaging 30mpg, mostly just driving around on local roads.
Manual box and pretty light in comparison to the Omega are Im sure major factors.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Im running the Boxster on super dooper and averaging 30mpg, mostly just driving around on local roads.
Manual box and pretty light in comparison to the Omega are Im sure major factors.

Wind in the hair motoring.

Except I imagine there is very little hair for the wind to blow through these days.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

You imiagine right. 
Flat cap or baseball cap to stop the sun burning my bonce. 

[Viral_Jim]

How are you finding it?

I'm seriously thinking about a convertible for next summer, something sub £5k that the gf and I can take out any sunny day, and leave in a car park without fretting about the paint getting marked etc.

Been thinking about boosters, Z4s, her suggestion was a MK1 BINI Cooper S 

[Nick W]

How are you finding it?

I'm seriously thinking about a convertible for next summer, something sub £5k that the gf and I can take out any sunny day, and leave in a car park without fretting about the paint getting marked etc.

Been thinking about boosters, Z4s, her suggestion was a MK1 BINI Cooper S 

£2k gets a nice MGF that ought to just need easy and cheap maintenance.


£500 can buy a usable car if you're careful.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

How are you finding it?

I'm seriously thinking about a convertible for next summer, something sub £5k that the gf and I can take out any sunny day, and leave in a car park without fretting about the paint getting marked etc.

Been thinking about boosters, Z4s, her suggestion was a MK1 BINI Cooper S 

I have rediscovered the love of driving since I got it. Its great fun to drive in any weather but more so with the top down.
The earlier Boxsters (986) are a bit raw, like an old fashioned sports car, which for me is great.
Later models are more refined and modern, which is exactly what I dont want.
And as long as you dont buy a complete dog, its likely to increase in value over time rather than decrease.

[iansoutham]

Other than my Escort cabriolet, all the other run on normal due. My Saff will run on alternate fill ups but that is due to the cat and the cataclean I use every 6 months. I do make V-power the last tank though if I am parking it for for a few months though.

Be wary about any additives for ethanol as some of them will damage catalytic converters in as little as 1 application, especially any with octane improvement. Other had did it in her 1993 MK3 Golf and promptly killed the cat converter in 2 tanks of fuel.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Im running the Boxster on super dooper and averaging 30mpg, mostly just driving around on local roads.
Manual box and pretty light in comparison to the Omega are Im sure major factors.

Wind in the hair motoring.

Except I imagine there is very little hair for the wind to blow through these days.

I am sure there is plenty unless he subscribes to the back, sack and crack brigade 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

There is plenty. Just very little of it on my head. It seems to grow out from my ears and nose instead now.