paulypaul
New Member
I live in norfook where there arent any decent roads to allow you to maintane a constant, economical speed over long distance. I blanked the egr off some months ago and even though most of my driving has been done recently with lights, heater etc on full belt, I have covered 442 miles and still have a quarter of a tank left. Not sure what it will work out to be until I refill, but I reckon its got to be pretty good considering the maximum journey I have been on is about 45 minutes on A & B roads.
As far as the HGV driver statement goes, I drove artics for 24 years, before and after speed limiters where introduced and although the speed limit for HGV's is still 60 mph on motorways, the reason trucks primarily where limited to 56 was to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness. As an owner driver this does sometimes do your brain in when you are trying to squeeze another few miles in, but it also helps the diesel bill which comes in every 2 weeks....its a bummer not being able to get your foot down, but when your 470 bhp Scania returns between 11-12 mpg at 56, rather than 7-8 mpg when you got your toe down before limiters, you aint gotta be clever to work out whats best.
As far as the HGV driver statement goes, I drove artics for 24 years, before and after speed limiters where introduced and although the speed limit for HGV's is still 60 mph on motorways, the reason trucks primarily where limited to 56 was to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness. As an owner driver this does sometimes do your brain in when you are trying to squeeze another few miles in, but it also helps the diesel bill which comes in every 2 weeks....its a bummer not being able to get your foot down, but when your 470 bhp Scania returns between 11-12 mpg at 56, rather than 7-8 mpg when you got your toe down before limiters, you aint gotta be clever to work out whats best.
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