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Sep 27th, 2018, 09:59 | #1 |
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Fuel consumption
This might be of interest, perhaps:
I've just achieved my best-ever fuel consumption, of 37.4 mpg, on a clear motorway run, non-stop, of 150 miles, at a steady 60mph with occasional increases to 65 to pass lorries. No passengers, no other load. Daylight, warm day. It's a 1990 GL 2.3, with LH2.4 ignition. By comparison, local journeys, longest trip 10 miles on narrow rural roads, the average is about 27 mpg. (My best fuel consumption of all time was a Renault 4, which did an easy 45 mpg on short journeys, and over 50 on long runs) |
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In comparison , my brother's V60 did 70 mpg under the same speed conditions , Narrow rural roads etc never goes below 44 mpg things have moved on in the last 30 years after all !
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Sep 27th, 2018, 12:19 | #4 |
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I get about 36 mpg on a run on normal roads but I have a light right foot normaly 50 mph and under 2500 rpm
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Sep 27th, 2018, 14:05 | #5 |
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Hi Clifford
I regularly make a similar journey to Derby from SW London in my identically specced 1993 SE and driving similarly get about the same result - If I press-on a bit (65ish) the MPG comes down nearer 35, and if I can bear to drive (late at night) at high 50s, then maybe 38+ becomes achievable I have an electric cooling fan and a new larger exhaust. My feeling is that on a long steady journey they are not making much difference, but may be helping around town... Interesting to compare notes... |
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