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Aug 26th, 2012, 13:13 | #11 |
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Just did a 2000 mile round trip to Poland, to averaged 51.7 mpg at around 75 mph on motorways, luggage 2 adults 2 kids up. Return leg averaged 47.2 with humongous roof box and the car loaded to the hilt.
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Aug 26th, 2012, 13:56 | #12 |
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I've just done a return trip to Poland too. V50 loaded up to the roof, 2 adults and 1 kid (no space left at all) and 90 - 100mph most of the way...showed 36.7mpg on return. T5's are just brilliant for Autobahns.
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Aug 26th, 2012, 14:18 | #13 |
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Round trip to Croatia, s40 1.6D 2 adults, boat engine in a boot etc. full up! Avg. 55.9mpg with easy drive, In Germany had to change driving style: a bit more proggrevise!
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Aug 26th, 2012, 14:51 | #14 |
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Not bad mileage at all from these oil burners is it.
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Aug 26th, 2012, 16:48 | #15 |
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2.0D will be economical as long as you keep below 80mph, over that it becomes very thirsty. I thing the gearing in 6th is too short, should be a lot taller to allow best torque at 80-85mph instead of 70...
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Sep 3rd, 2012, 21:28 | #16 |
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Do the driving light lights make a difference?
Everyone knows the air con will affect your mpg, but what about the driving lights? Surely having full headlights on will also have a bad effect - they must put a load on the alternator too. I was going to try a week of switching to just the parking lights but after it drained my battery on day 1 - as you dont get a warning when you leave the car (which at 3 years old must need replacing) - I abandoned the experiment: anyone else checked if it helps?
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Sep 3rd, 2012, 21:52 | #17 |
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Aircon barely has any effect. Certainly not enough to be noticable when on the motorway.
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Sep 3rd, 2012, 22:03 | #19 |
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- 2 to 3 mpg from my experiments
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Sep 3rd, 2012, 22:07 | #20 |
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Driving with your lights on does not impact the fuel economy much. If you consider them using too much, well work this out:
With your lights on (normal headlights) you have: 2x 5w for parking lights 2x 5w for side marker lights 2x 35w for xenon headlight or 2x 55w for halogen headlight 4x 5w for rear lights 2x 5w for number plate lights 10 + 10 + 70 (xenon) + 20 + 10 = 120 watts 10 + 10 + 110 (halogen) + 20 + 10 = 160 watts If you have the premium sound/dynaudio system, that is the power of ONE speaker. And the car has 5 of that power output PLUS another 5 tweeters... Driving lights or even normal lights (on in the day) use less than people say. 160 watts (going by the halogen lights) are 0.16 kw which is 0.22 hp! The AC has a higher impact than that, as that can use up to 3 kw!
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