Highest MPG Competition beat 60.81 mpg.

Rincewind · 10th November 2006, 19:13

Blimey, I thought that I was doing well managing to crack 55mpg last month! Well done that man. I've just had two lousy tanks only managing 44 mpg-ish. serves me right for using supermarket fuel and Shell. I have just brimmed mine with good old BP diesel so hopefully that will improve matters. It normally does.

This time of year will not help our collective mpg's as the temperatures are falling so that means that the engines have to work harder from cold thus knackering up the mpg's. On the flip side, the performance will improve as the air is more dense and full of loverly oxygen!

Raistlin · 10th November 2006, 19:27

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Originally Posted by Rincewind

Blimey, I thought that I was doing well managing to crack 55mpg last month! Well done that man. I've just had two lousy tanks only managing 44 mpg-ish. serves me right for using supermarket fuel and Shell. I have just brimmed mine with good old BP diesel so hopefully that will improve matters. It normally does.

Rincewind, is your opinion of Shell diesel anecdotal or is there more concrete evidence please?

The thing is, I use Shell diesel all the time and have to drive PAST a BP filling station to get it.

Could I really inprove my fuel consumption just by ditching Shell in favour of BP?

Keith · 10th November 2006, 19:31

I can do a heck of a lot better ooops I mean less than that

<20MPG anyone?

GreyGhost · 10th November 2006, 20:10

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Originally Posted by Keith

I can do a heck of a lot better ooops I mean less than that

<20MPG anyone?

That's pants I can get 18 any time I want.

I could probably get as low as 10 on a goo.....bad day on the North Circ

Best 28.5 all motorway at 70-80mph.

I'd love 40 - 60 mpg but I'd rather eat worms than drive a diesel

JP53 · 10th November 2006, 20:16

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Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

That's pants I can get 18 any time I want.

I could probably get as low as 10 on a goo.....bad day on the North Circ

Best 28.5 all motorway at 70-80mph.

I'd love 40 - 60 mpg but I'd rather eat worms than drive a diesel

If I keep my 15mpg up my whole family will be eating worms

Ti Rich · 10th November 2006, 20:16

You lot must drive like pussys!!

I have no idea how you can get 60MPG out of the diesel. Best i have ever got is 47 and my average is 43. I drive at 80 on the motorway and about 55-60 on the A roads.

What speeds are you driving to achieve 55-60MPG??

Oldun · 11th November 2006, 11:00

Hi TI RICH. I get the same, although mines a tourer and I believe they are a bit more thirsty. I did try BP and it certainly is better than anything else I have used. Still can't get over 50.

Livermpj · 11th November 2006, 11:46

If proof were needed the 75 is a motorway cruiser, then it's the MPG.
I average 43mpg normally, but I've also managed 60mpg on the motorway (measured by filling, driving, then re-filling the tank).
Only if you drive at 60-70mph though..........

Pete.

Pete · 11th November 2006, 11:41

Pah.

I've squeezed 43mpg from a KV6.

GreyGhost · 11th November 2006, 11:46

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Originally Posted by Pete

Pah.

I've squeezed 43mpg from a KV6.

Hitching your car up to a horse for part of the journey is cheating.

Where's your proof?

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Rincewind Loves to post MINI Cooper S Works (Superchardged not Turbo!) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch Posts: 385 Thanks: 9 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Blimey, I thought that I was doing well managing to crack 55mpg last month! Well done that man. I've just had two lousy tanks only managing 44 mpg-ish. serves me right for using supermarket fuel and Shell. I have just brimmed mine with good old BP diesel so hopefully that will improve matters. It normally does. This time of year will not help our collective mpg's as the temperatures are falling so that means that the engines have to work harder from cold thus knackering up the mpg's. On the flip side, the performance will improve as the air is more dense and full of loverly oxygen! __________________ Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. *The difference is, when you shout, "Where's my clean socks?", no-one answers* MGR stories, MGR help and advice all available at no extra cost ! The Two Sixties - it's a V8 thing ... Honorary Member and Puddle of V8/4/6cyl Knowledge et al. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Come see who I work for at www.vca.gov.uk without us, the world would be a right mess!

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Ti Rich Gets stuck in Audi A6 TDi 175 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dudley Posts: 572 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	You lot must drive like pussys!! I have no idea how you can get 60MPG out of the diesel. Best i have ever got is 47 and my average is 43. I drive at 80 on the motorway and about 55-60 on the A roads. What speeds are you driving to achieve 55-60MPG?? __________________ CD(Ti Rich) Audi A6 C7 TDI - zzzzzzzzzzzzzz, so boring!! BMW 330d M-Sport - Gone and missed ZT CDTi, gone but not forgotten!

11th November 2006, 11:00	#7
Oldun Regular poster rover 75 tourer con se Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Notts Posts: 96 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 2 Posts	mpg Hi TI RICH. I get the same, although mines a tourer and I believe they are a bit more thirsty. I did try BP and it certainly is better than anything else I have used. Still can't get over 50.

11th November 2006, 11:46	#8
Livermpj Loves to post Rover 75 CDT Club saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nottingham Posts: 280 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I've also managed 60mpg If proof were needed the 75 is a motorway cruiser, then it's the MPG. I average 43mpg normally, but I've also managed 60mpg on the motorway (measured by filling, driving, then re-filling the tank). Only if you drive at 60-70mph though.......... Pete.

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Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	I can do a heck of a lot better ooops I mean less than that <20MPG anyone?

11th November 2006, 11:41	#9
Pete Owners Club Director Rover 75 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sherfield-on-Loddon Posts: 4,874 Thanks: 137 Thanked 996 Times in 444 Posts	Pah. I've squeezed 43mpg from a KV6.