Colthebrummie
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Was that mostly highway/motorway driving and at what average speed.Travelled over 530km round trip yesterday. Outward journey 268.9 km travelled [167.09 mls], used 21.15 litres of fuel [4.65 gal] = 35.93Mpg, 12.71km/l or 7.78 l / 100km. '98 FL1 - 1.8 K series. I'm pretty happy with that
Col
GrumpyGel
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lol - the nearest motorway to htr is over 200kms from his house
That's all of 8 miles long - and some of it even has more than 1 lane in each direction.If htr really wants to live the Autobahn lifestyle, he can drive the 850kms return trip here to Christchurch - we have 2 motorways - neither are as long as the Dunedin motorway though
Colthebrummie
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In that case, 35mpg is very good. My fl1 1.8 k series will manage about 35 but that is driving at about 60 on a UK motorway. For about 100 miles.
Col
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Nodge68
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My TD4 auto does about 29 Mpg around our hilly Cornish A and B roads. I don't think that's bad, but my V6 did just 19 Mpg for the same roads.
I'd call that pretty good - mind you- when I took a '94 Xantia TD9 to Ireland and stooged around at 40ish and often in lower gears for a week I got 53mpg - that old cow did 35mpg round town etc at home and (not mine but a friends) would run on cookin' oil straight from the Supermarket
Nodge68
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That old 1900 PSA diesel was fantastic on fuel. My sister had a BX with the same engine which regularly did over 60Mpg.
Modern diesels are stuffed with emission control stuff, which hampers ultimate Mpg ability.
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kernowsvenski
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You're just beating me. My TD4 auto does a smidge less around our hilly Cornish roads. Got 38 on a 60mph A30/M5 run recently though. I was pleased with that but crikey it was slow going.
Nodge68
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I've been monitoring the fuel usage on my TD4 since February 2016. This will include fuel used while driving and the FBH as a pre-heater too.
Here's the summary screen from the app I use.
My recent MPG will take a small hit, as I currently have a leaking HP pump.
kernowsvenski
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Had to change my HP pump a while ago. The mpg's on the day it finally gave up would not have been great as a fair amount of fuel ended up on the Carnon Downs bypass off slip!
What app is that? Is it any good? I used to use Fuel Log pro but I forgot to back up my data when I last changed my phone and lost everything.
What app is that? Is it any good? I used to use Fuel Log pro but I forgot to back up my data when I last changed my phone and lost everything.
Nodge68
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I fitted new seals to my pump the other weekend. However it's still leaking, just not so much.
I use a droid app called "MPG Calculator". I've been using it for years and found it pretty good. It has ads because I won't buy the pro version but otherwise it does what I need.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
What's yer mpg then?
threelander321
Active Member
Hi i,v not really been on much of a run in it as yet but consistent local driving its down at 25mpg.the one run i did have was 36mpg
threelander321
Active Member
Much the same as the old td4 really
