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[albitz]

Did 250 miles round the M25 and up the A12.  Got pretty good consumption if you ask me

 

WHY....assuming it was important,no-one drives up the a12 for fun

[TheBoy]

Did 250 miles round the M25 and up the A12.  Got pretty good consumption if you ask me

 

WHY....assuming it was important,no-one drives up the a12 for fun

I used to have to do colchester 3 times a week...

[Debs.]

I do a regular North Wales to East Kent trip; 333 miles with a trip average of 37.1 mpg at a M-way cruise of 65/75 mph......highest I`ve (ever) seen on a M-way long-trip is 41.2 mpg driving at 60 mph and being `gentle-footed as an Angel  [smiley=engel017.gif] .....Boring!

Being a bit 'sad': I`ve experimented with a variety of tyre pressure changes/combinations to see what effect it has on M-way economy: I have found increasing my Vredstein M & S to 36 psi (F) & 42 PSI (R) often yields 2-3 extra mpg (average) on that long-haul South.  

[albitz]

Did 250 miles round the M25 and up the A12.  Got pretty good consumption if you ask me

 

WHY....assuming it was important,no-one drives up the a12 for fun

I used to have to do colchester 3 times a week...

you just couldnt keep away?

[zirk]

56 Mph is the magic figure, aparently thats the one (90Kph) that Manfactures use for the best MPG spec figs of the Car, and the ECU burns lean at that speed.

Tried it once with my MV6 3.0  on a run to Norwich (was having sad day) 56 MPH plus Cruise most of the way, 39.3 MPG, just couldn,t get the bugger to do more than 40MPG.

Tried it again on the next trip, same place in the Meggy Van (2.5TD manual Estate) got 53 MPG, never seen that before and prob never will.

[TheBoy]

56 Mph is the magic figure, aparently thats the one (90Kph) that Manfactures use for the best MPG spec figs of the Car, and the ECU burns lean at that speed.

Tried it once with my MV6 3.0  on a run to Norwich (was having sad day) 56 MPH plus Cruise most of the way, 39.3 MPG, just couldn,t get the bugger to do more than 40MPG.

Tried it again on the next trip, same place in the Meggy Van (2.5TD manual Estate) got 53 MPG, never seen that before and prob never will.

my tractor is best at around 70 - 75mpg, mid/high 50mpg

[zirk]

56 Mph is the magic figure, aparently thats the one (90Kph) that Manfactures use for the best MPG spec figs of the Car, and the ECU burns lean at that speed.

Tried it once with my MV6 3.0  on a run to Norwich (was having sad day) 56 MPH plus Cruise most of the way, 39.3 MPG, just couldn,t get the bugger to do more than 40MPG.

Tried it again on the next trip, same place in the Meggy Van (2.5TD manual Estate) got 53 MPG, never seen that before and prob never will.

my tractor is best at around 70 - 75mpg, mid/high 50mpg

That's impresive, mine Miggy Van won't do more than 38 MPG at that speed, funny'ly enough I PM'd Omegatoy today about his TD Chip thingy, but understand he won't be back till late march, so guess I'll have to wait unless anyone else has got one lying in a draw somewhere.

[TheBoy]

56 Mph is the magic figure, aparently thats the one (90Kph) that Manfactures use for the best MPG spec figs of the Car, and the ECU burns lean at that speed.

Tried it once with my MV6 3.0  on a run to Norwich (was having sad day) 56 MPH plus Cruise most of the way, 39.3 MPG, just couldn,t get the bugger to do more than 40MPG.

Tried it again on the next trip, same place in the Meggy Van (2.5TD manual Estate) got 53 MPG, never seen that before and prob never will.

my tractor is best at around 70 - 75mpg, mid/high 50mpg

That's impresive, mine Miggy Van won't do more than 38 MPG at that speed, funny'ly enough I PM'd Omegatoy today about his TD Chip thingy, but understand he won't be back till late march, so guess I'll have to wait unless anyone else has got one lying in a draw somewhere.

I get high 30s mpg at 3 figure speeds. Apparently.

[zirk]

56 Mph is the magic figure, aparently thats the one (90Kph) that Manfactures use for the best MPG spec figs of the Car, and the ECU burns lean at that speed.

Tried it once with my MV6 3.0  on a run to Norwich (was having sad day) 56 MPH plus Cruise most of the way, 39.3 MPG, just couldn,t get the bugger to do more than 40MPG.

Tried it again on the next trip, same place in the Meggy Van (2.5TD manual Estate) got 53 MPG, never seen that before and prob never will.

my tractor is best at around 70 - 75mpg, mid/high 50mpg

That's impresive, mine Miggy Van won't do more than 38 MPG at that speed, funny'ly enough I PM'd Omegatoy today about his TD Chip thingy, but understand he won't be back till late march, so guess I'll have to wait unless anyone else has got one lying in a draw somewhere.

I get high 30s mpg at 3 figure speeds. Apparently.

Hopefully not across a field!, by the way my local mechanic (when his sobber) reckons the best thing for BM TD lumbs (appart from oil change) is to almost fill them up with diesel then add 2 gallons of Parafin, he reckons it will clean any crap out, never had the b*ll*cks to do it mine as its used every day for work.

[Jay w]

for the last few weeks i have been able to get more than 21 mpg on petrol, this has been due to it being in limp mode because of the knock sensor  

strangly enough LPG consumption has not suffered, i reckon i was still getting 20mpg

did the run up here today and she was absolutely flying along (it was -7 degrees most of the way) on the mid it is showing as 25.1mpg!!
considering that of the 225 miles 180 of it is all fast A road i don't think that is too bad (my average speed according to MID was 70mph   )

[pete1666]

I`m lucky to get 18 mpg around town and 31 mpg on a good run and thats taking it easy, i think mine needs help?

[Jay w]

I`m lucky to get 18 mpg around town and 31 mpg on a good run and thats taking it easy, i think mine needs help?

is your auto or manual?

[MaxV6]

My Elite estate clocks mid 30's MPG at 85 ish.

weirdest ever is the Sintra, same engine.... but larger frontal area...   clocks in about 29-31 at 80-85  clocks 36MPG at 92 ?


WTF???

[pete1666]

I`m lucky to get 18 mpg around town and 31 mpg on a good run and thats taking it easy, i think mine needs help?

is your auto or manual?

It`s an auto

[albitz]

about the same as mine,so either mine needs help as well  :-/or its normal