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[stuart30]

Lol, well, mine is currently still sat on 38.7mpg having now covered 950 miles.

Its easily doing 500 miles to a tank, infact its closer to 550-580 as the fuel light is not even on by the time I get home on a Friday!

Still, thats driving with care!

Never ever got more than 250/260 out of the old Elite.....i used too make the guy out of driving miss daisy look like a speed freak. :-/

[Marks DTM Calib]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

[JamesV6CDX]

Got 602 miles from a tank on a 2.5 V6 Auto once, at a constant 52mph. That was from the top of the filler neck until it chugged out - turned out to be around 40+ mpg.

[stuart30]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

[Jimbob]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

[TheBoy]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

Unless auto in TC lock-up, it will be less efficient...

[stuart30]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

Oh right...knew auto would be jucier but maybe there worse than i thought.

Still want too sell my 2.2 and get 2.5 auto mind....sod the petrol im single again.

[Kevin Wood]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

It depends on the type of driving too. Motorway cruising I doubt it makes much odds. Urban driving clearly it will. Urban driving and spanking it is really bad news in an auto.

Kevin

[TheBoy]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

It depends on the type of driving too. Motorway cruising I doubt it makes much odds. Urban driving clearly it will. Urban driving and spanking it is really bad news in an auto.

Kevin

[Lazydocker]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

It depends on the type of driving too. Motorway cruising I doubt it makes much odds. Urban driving clearly it will. Urban driving and spanking it is really bad news in an auto.

Kevin

Not so painful on the pocket with LPG though

[Kevin Wood]

Not so painful on the pocket with LPG though

No. The trick is to try not to think about this when you're waiting for the lights to change with your finger hovering over the "S" button.

Kevin

[amigov6]

Slush boxes! MDTM & i do'nt disagree on everything! I'm not bothering to fit lpg as i do'nt cover enough miles to justify the outlay.
   None the less i've not been hit by the 3.0 using more than the 2.5 as i expected. Given the difference in gearing at 70mph & now having cruise control, there's no difference unless you develop a heavy right foot, even then not much in it.
    Needless to say they both have 3 pedals to dance on but that's only a preference. Markey Marks silver MV6 had a savage kickdown & as an ex cabbie autos are much easier in stop start traffic on an 18 hr shift. 8-)

[Martin_1962]

Fortunately for me, my car has the engine directly connected to the drive train for 99.9% of the time unlike the alternatives which spend large portions of thier life stirring and heating oil in a torque converter

Hmmm surely shouldn't have made that much difference...

Plus i hate manuals....point and go is much better  

We have identical MV6 Estates, except for the gearbox, one can be a lot more economical than the other, does depend on driving style though, drive em both hard, economy about the same, drive gently, and the manual can be much more economical, lots of engine breaking etc, does make a difference.

It depends on the type of driving too. Motorway cruising I doubt it makes much odds. Urban driving clearly it will. Urban driving and spanking it is really bad news in an auto.
Kevin

That explains it!