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omega3000

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Range display
« on: 21 September 2012, 17:21:14 »

Petrol light on , so topped the tank up with £20  ::) and now it shows 122 mile range  :o im sure the last time i did the same top up it showed a 80 mile range  :-\
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Re: Range display
« Reply #1 on: 21 September 2012, 17:30:10 »

Believe it calculates on current average consumption - this can vary ;)
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Re: Range display
« Reply #2 on: 21 September 2012, 18:02:40 »

Believe it calculates on current average consumption - this can vary ;)

Oh i see , think i would be struggling to get 122 miles on £20  :( ;D :y
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Re: Range display
« Reply #3 on: 21 September 2012, 18:20:01 »

Based on your recent 12 miles ish consumption. So can vary ;)

Easily get 200 miles from £20, in 2.2 that is :)
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« Reply #4 on: 21 September 2012, 18:22:14 »

You sure ? Thats approx 60 mpg. :o
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Re: Range display
« Reply #5 on: 21 September 2012, 18:32:14 »

You sure ? Thats approx 60 mpg. :o

Might be the way i drive it like grandad  ::) ;D
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Re: Range display
« Reply #6 on: 21 September 2012, 18:51:49 »

Actually,Tunnies 2.2 is LPG,d so presumably thats what hes hinting at. Even so, it still seems a tad high to me,but he is famous for driving like my great grandma. :)
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Re: Range display
« Reply #7 on: 21 September 2012, 19:01:58 »


Oh i see , think i would be struggling to get 122 miles on £20  :( ;D :y

I would need about £30 for those miles  :(
Hoping that changing the stat and fixing the cam gaskets may help  ::)
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Re: Range display
« Reply #8 on: 21 September 2012, 19:42:54 »

Based on your recent 12 miles ish consumption. So can vary ;)

Easily get 200 miles from £20, in 2.2 that is :)
yes and i get 180mph max speed ::) ::) ::)
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Re: Range display
« Reply #9 on: 21 September 2012, 20:29:11 »

Actually,Tunnies 2.2 is LPG,d so presumably thats what hes hinting at. Even so, it still seems a tad high to me,but he is famous for driving like my great grandma. :)

Foot to the floor & riding the clutch ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 21 September 2012, 23:04:07 »

Based on your recent 12 miles ish consumption. So can vary ;)

Easily get 200 miles from £20, in 2.2 that is :)

12 mile per each £20 would be about right  ;)  ;D my foot has never been to the floor yet  :-[ engine seems tight though  :)
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Re: Range display
« Reply #11 on: 22 September 2012, 11:09:54 »

Based on your recent 12 miles ish consumption. So can vary ;)

Easily get 200 miles from £20, in 2.2 that is :)
yes and i get 180mph max speed ::) ::) ::)

On LPG :)

Tanked up few days ago, £38 @ 67.9P litre. Aiming for 400 miles on it, more like 350 I think though as I had a bike on the roof!
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Re: Range display
« Reply #12 on: 22 September 2012, 11:56:49 »

Range is quite a simple calc...

Average MPG over past few miles (15km sounds familar, certainly in that ballpark) x gallons left in tank.


So, on a 70mph cruise up the motorway, a 3.0l can easily hit mid 30s mpg as an average, so the range (if tank is filled at this point) can be 450+. Pull off and into a town, esp with an auto, and the MPG can easily drop to 15mpg (purely urban), so range will quickly drop to under 250m (although not many of us do 9 miles purely urban, theres always a point where you can cruise, and get average MPG up above 20mpg.

Pull back onto motorway, and stick it at 70, range will start to dramatically increase again.
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