Guest Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 The week before last I made my regular trip from Leeds to my Mums place near Gatwick, list of chores pending, 240 miles. I don't use the car whilst there so fill up as leaving & this monitors fuel costs, normally it's around £65/70 The weather was dismal, heavy spray, very poor visibility & it took nearly 6 hours of crawling to arrive. Fill up cost was £39.46. In future maybe I should drive everywhere at 50mph max. Normal service was resumed on way home. Quote
brillomaster Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 its remarkable, by far and away the best mileage i get is through a 50mph roadworks zone, can easily push 35mpg. or stuck behind a slow person on the A49 travelling down to Hereford. one of these days in going to drive to edinburgh and back to see just how far the car will go on a tank - my guess is 520 miles or so. Quote
Exotic Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Interesting to see the difference at various speeds but personally I haven't got that time too spare and would rather drive that bit faster and get wherever I'm going quicker. I wouldn't do 50 mph on the motorway as that's far too slow but obviously B roads and dual carriage ways might be okay. Quote
Zeezeebaba Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I've noticed similar economy through the M3 roadworks at 50 mph. Quote
PPod Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Would drive me nuts staying 50mph though haha but good to know its possible to get those miles 1 Quote
Shane Brede Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I've done Peterborough to Dundee average 38 MPG but to and from work on the recent cold winter mornings it's been as low as 11 MPG average. Just look for the petrol tanker in your rear view mirror. FUEL = FUN / ZED = MID LIFE CRISIS FOR ME Edited February 28, 2015 by Shane Brede Quote
ianphampton Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I got 32mpg plus on a trip up the A1(M) where most of it was in 50 mph roadworks - but G0D was it boring. . . . . . 1 Quote
Keyser Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I agree when I had the 350z went out on a rainy day and got 17mpg the following time I went to castle coomb it was dry and I was back to the more usual 12mpg Quote
Bobby D Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Drove from the middle of Germany to the Calais on 3/4 of a tank when heading back home with bad ice and snow through Europe in December! Averaged about 60mph! The use of fuel amazed me, specially with tax free fuel in the motor too Quote
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