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Old Aug 11th, 2014, 23:02   #33
younger06
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Originally Posted by tt82 View Post
The more electrical items you have on, the harder the altenator has to work which does use more fuel. Remember one of the arguements against DRL's was the increased fuel consumption and thats just with having lights on. Though having said that, my trip to Stoke was done with my nephews using the RSE. What speed do you drive at? I find 65mph a nice economical speed but my brother managed to keep the average MPG above 40 while driving back from Stoke at 75mph.
I find the only chance I have of decent MPG is between 105kmh and 110kmh, as soon as I go to our motorway speed limit of 120kmh (75mph) it starts getting very thirsty!!
I also use climate and climate seats all the time, so maybe I'm not doing too bad.
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