Fuel consumption
How about 17 to 19 outta a 300D,
Because I ran her dry last night about a mile from the house.
I put a jar in, 20 litre plastic virtually full.
Thought I should make it this moprning and then put another one in to return
OK I was fleecing the old girl, got 75 outta her on a downwith
ie 75 miles on between 18 and 20 litres
but I ran out, :oops:
After refueling, it gets a kinda repetive / tedious this often
I drove back slower
Gotta buy a Polo Ecodrive :?:
Reason for the palaver is my tank is seeping / leaking
This all after I freed up the binding brakes
i got 18 mpg out of my lwb pulling a trailer to scotland ignored fuel stops on A 1 waiting 4 a better deal, ended up in a little shop just of the A66 buying up all thier cooking oil supplies to get to next garage. your right the vw polo i was collecting wasnt very impressed :(
oh the luxury of 17 MPG!
The trip down from Dent last week was 15.4 (speeds ranging from 60-110)
To ipswich the other day I managed 16.9 - Stop the press!!!! :P
To those who don't know I run a V8 500 petrol. Deed poll name change is now in.....
Joe EssoBPMcShell
Spider1V
don't go into London very often??? then!!! our petrol costs 1euro 17cents at the pumps plus the ever changing euro/sterling exchange rate discount makes it average 88 pence a ltr..and I travel 18 miles round trip to fill up...
don't go into London very often??? then!!! our petrol costs 1euro 17cents at the pumps plus the ever changing euro/sterling exchange rate discount makes it average 88 pence a ltr..and I travel 18 miles round trip to fill up...
88P per ltr???? Oh I wish! :roll:
Live out side london - cheapest unleaded about £1.04 per ltr premium £1.08 and the 'black stuff' starts at £1.11 and goes up. :shock:
Mind you my local BP garage is only 500M down the road! :wink:
Spider1V
Why not use ASDA? If you have their credit card you get an extra 2p litre off.
I stopped buying supermarket diesel and petrol after reading a report saying that they keep their prices down by skimping on the additives and lubricants.
No! too many addatives! Remember the Silicon problem this summer.
Not a problem with a GD
come on denty a good g should be able to run with out additives
oh the luxury of 17 MPG!
The trip down from Dent last week was 15.4 (speeds ranging from 60-110)
To ipswich the other day I managed 16.9 - Stop the press!!!! :P
To those who don't know I run a V8 500 petrol. Deed poll name change is now in.....
Joe EssoBPMcShell
Spider1V
oh the luxury of 15.4mpg, mine did 9-10mpg (70-100mph) on the way home. £240 worth of fuel over the weekend. :shock: :shock:
Im struggling to go below 20mpg in my G270 CDi! Average is about 23mpg but im sure if I drove a bit sensibly I would get about 26+ mpg.
Not really a problem out here as it costs me about £2.60 to fill it up!
Im struggling to go below 20mpg in my G270 CDi! Average is about 23mpg but im sure if I drove a bit sensibly I would get about 26+ mpg.
Not really a problem out here as it costs me about £2.60 to fill it up!
£2.60 to fill it up? 23-26mpg? Who votes on banning him from the forum? :evil: Or make that the UK?
Joking obviously. :lol:
Spider1V wrote:oh the luxury of 17 MPG!
The trip down from Dent last week was 15.4 (speeds ranging from 60-110)
To ipswich the other day I managed 16.9 - Stop the press!!!! :P
To those who don't know I run a V8 500 petrol. Deed poll name change is now in.....
Joe EssoBPMcShell
Spider1V
oh the luxury of 15.4mpg, mine did 9-10mpg (70-100mph) on the way home. £240 worth of fuel over the weekend. :shock: :shock:
Wondered when you would post a response :P
As for the £2.60 to fill up, at that price, why not go and get a 55? There must be a few in Saudi???? Mind you only seen one here in Dubai - but it was a 500 - He did not stop long enough for me to get a picture :oops: :cry:
Spider1V
£2.60 to fill it up? 23-26mpg? Who votes on banning him from the forum? :evil: Or make that the UK?
Joking obviously. :lol:
LOL. Well I remember the first time I filled up at the station over here I didnt know what to expect. The guy was filling up for me and so I though 100 Riyals should do it (£14). I had to put it away when he said 19 Riyals!
If it makes things better I only achieved 20 mpg this morning as I was running late for work!
As for the £2.60 to fill up, at that price, why not go and get a 55? There must be a few in Saudi???? Mind you only seen one here in Dubai - but it was a 500 - He did not stop long enough for me to get a picture :oops: :cry:
Spider1V
I was actually looking for a G500 but they are just so rare in Saudi. G55's are even rarer. Saying that i've seen two G55s in two days but no G500s. I didnt want to spend too much money so the G55 was out, and of all the G500s I saw here, they were either high miles or over priced.
This one belonged to a German National who was a Director with the Merc Dealership here, and was immaculate with 31K miles. Spec wise it was identical to the G500, and only the Engine was different. Price was good too, and less that older G500s I was looking at. It was the sensible choice, and something that could be used daily in the UK when I return.
Modificata,
Would you mind posting a good photo of yourself so as I can get this wax doll just right, I will sharpen the pins in the meantime. :)
Modificata,
Would you mind posting a good photo of yourself so as I can get this wax doll just right, I will sharpen the pins in the meantime. :)
:)
Saw 20.5mpg over a leisurely 100 mile run today - trafficky A`roads up to 60 here and there, speedcams permitting - best ever. Suspect warmer spring air helps, altho the satnav (early Comand system) seems to think it's permanently offroad at the moment and is not co-operating with directions even if it does help the mpg - any hints anyone? - the disk is in there, but she won't talk to me!
Buy her something nice :?:
I can get >13mpg out of my 6 tonne 156hp Unimog doing mixed urban & A roads up to 57mph, when fully loaded at 24 tonnes with a trailer I can still get >6.5mpg :wink:
an interesting aside
I was recently in the cab of a newish Scania
More buttons knobs and switches than the driver knew what was for
anyway he was trying to find out if he had enough diesel to get him back over the border,
when he inadvertently brought up the % fuel consumed whilst idling
20%
Ouch, which as a % of sub 10mpg trunking? long distance work is frightning
Obviousley the owner knew even less about the workings of his new toy than the driver did
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