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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omegod on 18 January 2014, 14:43:24
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Would they be similar?? as I'm getting 21.9 mpg round town in the 2.2 at the mo and spotted a 3.0 manual mv6 I quite fancy
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3.0 Manual should do better in my experiance, used to get around 27 MPG around town and 34 plus on a run from my old MV6 Estate. Will depend on the condition of the car of course and you tend to get a bit more economy if you chip em.
My ex drives a 2.2 Manual and struggles to get my 3.0 MPG figures, but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
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3.0 manual will probably be better than that TBH :y
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Would they be similar?? as I'm getting 21.9 mpg round town in the 2.2 at the mo and spotted a 3.0 manual mv6 I quite fancy
Relatively small engine powering a heavy car means large throttle openings and predictably poor MPG. :-\
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
Was thinking the same ;D
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Would they be similar?? as I'm getting 21.9 mpg round town in the 2.2 at the mo and spotted a 3.0 manual mv6 I quite fancy
My 3.0l auto estate does more than that!
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I guess it all depends on which 'town' you're driving around. The last time they dug the road up that leads to my lads school, I was averaging 11mpg.
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I guess it all depends on which 'town' you're driving around. The last time they dug the road up that leads to my lads school, I was averaging 11mpg.
Now that's what I'd expect from a Chevy.......One with a 454 cubic inch V8 under the 'hood'. :y :y ;)
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I guess it all depends on which 'town' you're driving around. The last time they dug the road up that leads to my lads school, I was averaging 11mpg.
Now that's what I'd expect from a Chevy.......One with a 454 cubic inch V8 under the 'hood'. :y :y ;)
I was probably getting much more than that, Opti, but the shitty daewoo computer was reading "dogs eaten this week" or something ;D
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I guess it all depends on which 'town' you're driving around. The last time they dug the road up that leads to my lads school, I was averaging 11mpg.
Now that's what I'd expect from a Chevy.......One with a 454 cubic inch V8 under the 'hood'. :y :y ;)
I was probably getting much more than that, Opti, but the shitty daewoo computer was reading "dogs eaten this week" or something ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
Was thinking the same ;D
It's a 4 pot. Does it have an "on"? ;D
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
Was thinking the same ;D
It's a 4 pot. Does it have an "on"? ;D
Doesn't matter how many pots it has, She can make sitting in the Passenger Seat a very scary experience.
In between tilting your Head to the right and lifting your left Shoulder when over taking Parked Cars, you cant help thinking to yourself 'when did I last replace the brake pads on this thing'.
This is the same woman who destroyed the Head Gaskets and emptied the coolant in less than 15 mins on a perfectly good V6 Plod.
Going in the forward direction is bad enough, but when the car rarely comes to a halt and the front recovers from a nose dive position, when you here that crunch of the Reverse Gear being selected, be afraid, be very afraid !! :o
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Would they be similar?? as I'm getting 21.9 mpg round town in the 2.2 at the mo and spotted a 3.0 manual mv6 I quite fancy
That would make a good track car jon ::) ;D
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Would they be similar?? as I'm getting 21.9 mpg round town in the 2.2 at the mo and spotted a 3.0 manual mv6 I quite fancy
That would make a good track car jon ::) ;D
I take it you spotted it too, not too far from you Mr Pete ;) been standing a while though :-\
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
Was thinking the same ;D
It's a 4 pot. Does it have an "on"? ;D
Doesn't matter how many pots it has, She can make sitting in the Passenger Seat a very scary experience.
In between tilting your Head to the right and lifting your left Shoulder when over taking Parked Cars, you cant help thinking to yourself 'when did I last replace the brake pads on this thing'.
This is the same woman who destroyed the Head Gaskets and emptied the coolant in less than 15 mins on a perfectly good V6 Plod.
Going in the forward direction is bad enough, but when the car rarely comes to a halt and the front recovers from a nose dive position, when you here that crunch of the Reverse Gear being selected, be afraid, be very afraid !! :o
OMG! Are you sure a 3.0 is the right solution? I'm sure there are still one or two 8v 2.0s around somewhere! ;D
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
Was thinking the same ;D
It's a 4 pot. Does it have an "on"? ;D
Doesn't matter how many pots it has, She can make sitting in the Passenger Seat a very scary experience.
In between tilting your Head to the right and lifting your left Shoulder when over taking Parked Cars, you cant help thinking to yourself 'when did I last replace the brake pads on this thing'.
This is the same woman who destroyed the Head Gaskets and emptied the coolant in less than 15 mins on a perfectly good V6 Plod.
Going in the forward direction is bad enough, but when the car rarely comes to a halt and the front recovers from a nose dive position, when you here that crunch of the Reverse Gear being selected, be afraid, be very afraid !! :o
OMG! Are you sure a 3.0 is the right solution? I'm sure there are still one or two 8v 2.0s around somewhere! ;D
Shes banned from driving any of my cars that have 24V or more, and has a 2.2 Manual to play with, which is hers to doing what ever she wants to now.
As for the 8V, nah, she's been there, done that, with my old SRi, copy from an old post on here -
Many Moons ago I borrowed Her car to pop out and get some bits, walking out of the Vauxhall Dealer I get a phone call
'Where are you?, what time you back with my Car? need to go shopping, just tried your SRi and it wont start and its making a funny noise!'
In my hand is a brand new Cambelt together with the old one that I'd taken off to make sure I get the right part.
:o :-[ >:( :-X
::) ::) :D
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but she does use the right peddle as though it is an On / Off switch. ::)
Is it not? ;D
Was thinking the same ;D
It's a 4 pot. Does it have an "on"? ;D
Doesn't matter how many pots it has, She can make sitting in the Passenger Seat a very scary experience.
In between tilting your Head to the right and lifting your left Shoulder when over taking Parked Cars, you cant help thinking to yourself 'when did I last replace the brake pads on this thing'.
This is the same woman who destroyed the Head Gaskets and emptied the coolant in less than 15 mins on a perfectly good V6 Plod.
Going in the forward direction is bad enough, but when the car rarely comes to a halt and the front recovers from a nose dive position, when you here that crunch of the Reverse Gear being selected, be afraid, be very afraid !! :o
OMG! Are you sure a 3.0 is the right solution? I'm sure there are still one or two 8v 2.0s around somewhere! ;D
I can only sink so low ;D
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You had a lucky escape Jon. I went to pick it up on wednesday, paid for the "excellent runner" and it wouldn't start plus it was quite rusty in the usual places but I wasn't worried about that. The owner who once worked as a technician for Vauxhall and is now a land rover/volvo specialist said he would sort it out and kept on saying it's the fuel relay ( I think it's the crank sensor) I went back last to be told he hasn't had time to look at it and he wouldn't budge on price so I got my money back :'(
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You had a lucky escape Jon. I went to pick it up on wednesday, paid for the "excellent runner" and it wouldn't start plus it was quite rusty in the usual places but I wasn't worried about that. The owner who once worked as a technician for Vauxhall and is now a land rover/volvo specialist said he would sort it out and kept on saying it's the fuel relay ( I think it's the crank sensor) I went back last to be told he hasn't had time to look at it and he wouldn't budge on price so I got my money back :'(
Shame, got a spare sensor in the shed too..... ;) I didn't bid and sounds like too much trouble unless it is on again at scrap money.