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Sep 17th, 2018, 19:26 | #51 | |
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Surely you set the cruise at 56mph and drove around Holland for 1350 miles! |
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Sep 17th, 2018, 20:59 | #52 |
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I know its bonkers.
After filling up I hit the M25 & probably averaged 60 mph. I took the photo when we reached our destination (an hour and a half/105 miles later) I don't know how accurate the computer is. I completely brimmed the tank though - This might have confused it a bit. |
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Never actually broke the 1000 miles in reality but got very close several times.
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My V70 Euro 4 D5 185 auto consistently does 32mpg mixed urban and rural driving on a commute and 28mpg towing a 1300kg+ caravan and one passenger with seats down and loaded with gear. Not fantastic but it's consistent and drives like new after nearly 100K miles. I knew what I was buying and love the car so I live with it. I'd probably be able to squeeze 500 miles out of a tank not towing.
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However, I digress... I echo what others have said and remain impressed with their ability to return good figures, even when driven with a little more care free attitude. Mine isn't exactly cherished, works hard for it's money and whilst maintained it's run on whatever fuel is there at the time and yes, I also know the computer likes to lull you in to a false sense of security but I've racked up nigh on 300 miles this week and still on about 3/4 of a tank though as said before, they will swallow more than the stated 70 litres from empty so that'll skew things a bit and would explain why the bottom half of the tank goes quicker than the top. I'm still pushing up towards 600 miles to a tank and that's mixed driving... some day it does a 4 miles commute each way, some days it's doing 200 miles of motorways so I really can't fault it and nor do I sit at 56mph, slip streaming HGV's. Pretty sure with the tyres pumped up, a coat of wax and be having a light lunch combined with favourable road conditions, 800 miles would be attainable from a single tank. I usually tip a bottle of Toolstation own brand diesel treatment in every couple of tanks and it does seem slightly smoother, can't say I've noticed an MPG increase however but then again I don't do a set route day in, day out to judge it. Either way, it's a nice way to offset the R and it's insatiable thirst for Momentum and it's ability to consume it at a gallon every 20 miles when pressing on. |
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Sep 19th, 2018, 12:43 | #58 |
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I get typically 650 to 700 miles over mixed driving in my V70 D5 manual euro3, but I fill up at about quarter tank as I dont like letting it get too low. Trip computer normally shows 51 to 52mpg over a tank but calculated every time to a reasonably consistent 45mpg, which for mixed driving I'm delighted with.
I've had 62mpg showing over long motorway trips cruise set to an indicated 70 but I've never done a full tank of motorway miles to see what can be done.
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This is what I thought too, is the auto really that bad or is there something else at play here? Perhaps one man's "mixed urban/rural" is another's "heavy traffic and steep twisty back lanes"... Whatever the case, I would have expected maybe a 15-20% penalty with an autobox at worst?
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