Yeah sitting at 70 i can get a good 27 constant. Knocking around town and stuff can have it down to 14, but have lots of islands and short national limit roads that just love to be drivenOriginally Posted by colintf
Hi and welcome.
I was amazed to find I got 28.2mpg sat at 70 on the motorway all the way back from Zed10 last month
2004 MG ZT 260 SE #269
2000 MGF 1.8 Steptronic
MG ZT260 SE #171 'The Boat' - Gone but not forgotten
Daily Driver:- 2019 Seat Ateca 1.6 TDi Xcellence
Hi and welcome.
I was amazed to find I got 28.2mpg sat at 70 on the motorway all the way back from Zed10 last month
Yeah sitting at 70 i can get a good 27 constant. Knocking around town and stuff can have it down to 14, but have lots of islands and short national limit roads that just love to be drivenWhat am I doing wrong...........
Fear keeps you alive. Fearless gets you killed
Herman
Vin#076 pics, Black, modified and with 234 RWHP and 276 lb/ft (275 BHP and 440 Nm @ flywheel)
FJ1200, DynoJet Stage 1, K&N filter
Alfa MiTo 1.4 Cloverleaf, 170 BHP, Alfa Rosso.
You realise it's got 5 gears, right?
James Curgenven
ZT 260 SE #455 "Hobbes - The Rumblebee"
"By my deeds I honour him, V8."
Yes, but that's hardly used round town and twisties. Comes in handy on the motorway thoughYou realise it's got 5 gears, right?12345R
Fear keeps you alive. Fearless gets you killed
Herman
Vin#076 pics, Black, modified and with 234 RWHP and 276 lb/ft (275 BHP and 440 Nm @ flywheel)
FJ1200, DynoJet Stage 1, K&N filter
Alfa MiTo 1.4 Cloverleaf, 170 BHP, Alfa Rosso.
With owning a 4.6 litre car who gives a flying **** what mpg you get, its never going to be good, enjoy driving the car, and let someone with a gwiz worry about the environment
Peter Essling
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Don't wrap it up Peter. :-).
Mind you I'm in your camp with this. If I worried about mpg I would have bought a blue motion. Not a growling motion
Chris Barrett..
Sunny Melton Mowbray by the sea
THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE WHEEL WAS AN IDIOT!
Now, the man who invented the other three, he was a genius.
+1 i'd have stuck with my R600 diesel lol! Went to get the boat tracked today, good guys at the garage i use, but one or two was the usual "what engines in that?..oh V8?... that the rover one?....OOO a mustang V8?" etc...
2004 MG ZT 260 SE #269
2000 MGF 1.8 Steptronic
MG ZT260 SE #171 'The Boat' - Gone but not forgotten
Daily Driver:- 2019 Seat Ateca 1.6 TDi Xcellence
I've had a guy call me an outright liar to my face, and not in a nice way either, so when asked to prove it by opening the bonnet I told the cretin to ef of, fired up the car and made a 100 foot number eleven. Smoked the prat out. ha ha
Chris Barrett..
Sunny Melton Mowbray by the sea
THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE WHEEL WAS AN IDIOT!
Now, the man who invented the other three, he was a genius.
Don't get me wrong, I'm "happy" with 19 MPG. I sold the CDTI to buy the 260, had I wanted 40+ mpg I would have kept it! I just don't like people trying to call me out on my driving style just because I can get 25+
Although on Saturday when out with a group of Fs and they all went haring down Porlock hill leaving me behind, and then one of them promptly having to stop at the bottom due to smoke coming out of his brakes did prove it's not always GO GO GO!
James Curgenven
ZT 260 SE #455 "Hobbes - The Rumblebee"
"By my deeds I honour him, V8."
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