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jackherer

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2.5 v6 economy
« on: 30 June 2008, 10:07:30 »
I bought a '98 Omega 2.5 V6 manual estate a couple of months ago as a workhorse. Initially with normal mixed driving I was getting anywhere from 28-35mpg but I regularly drive from Chelmsford, Essex to Ipswich, Suffolk on the A12 in the early hours when I am in no hurry so I started experimenting with driving to save fuel for obvious reasons.

My results have been getting progressively better and last night I managed a new personal best of 46.3mpg which I am very pleased with, high 44s was the best I'd managed up til now.

Unfortunately the sort of driving required to achieve this level of economy is just not possible most of the time, it requires an empty road and a lot of concentration and patience. It goes to show whats possible though. Has anyone else managed economy like this from a 2.5 V6 Omega?
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #1 on: 30 June 2008, 10:10:27 »
Hello & Welcome  :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #2 on: 30 June 2008, 10:12:37 »
"Hello" and Welcome  :)

Several threads in "General Chat" over time regarding fuel economy, you might find the answer there.

If you have a specific question post in "General Help" or "General Chat" as more folks tend to read those than the welcome area !!

HTH

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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #3 on: 30 June 2008, 10:15:06 »
cheers  :)

I'll start a thread in the general chat section then....
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #4 on: 30 June 2008, 10:59:15 »
hello and welcome. :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #5 on: 30 June 2008, 12:14:12 »
Welcome to the OOF :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #6 on: 30 June 2008, 14:07:12 »
Hi and welcome to the Forum :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #7 on: 30 June 2008, 14:24:39 »
Hello and welcome mate :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #8 on: 30 June 2008, 14:43:16 »
Hi, welcome to the forum.   :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #9 on: 30 June 2008, 14:48:29 »
Hello & Welcome :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #10 on: 30 June 2008, 15:14:38 »
Cheers everyone   :y

Its nice to find a lively forum for Omegas, these may be my first posts but I have been reading for a while and everything I've needed to know so far has been on here already.
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #11 on: 30 June 2008, 15:41:12 »
Welcome Lightfoot, enjoy the forum :)
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #12 on: 30 June 2008, 18:54:28 »
Hi and welcome  :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #13 on: 30 June 2008, 20:46:33 »
Hi jackherer, welcome to the forum.
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #14 on: 30 June 2008, 22:02:45 »
Hi and welcome to the forum :)
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #15 on: 01 July 2008, 00:33:14 »
Hello and welcome to the OOF
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #16 on: 01 July 2008, 12:50:41 »
Hi Jack and welcome to OOF. :)
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« Reply #17 on: 01 July 2008, 15:10:52 »
Hi and welcome to the Forum  :y
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #18 on: 03 July 2008, 01:56:15 »
Hi and welcome to OOF.
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Re: 2.5 v6 economy
« Reply #19 on: 06 July 2008, 10:04:03 »
Hi & a warm welcome  :)
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