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Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« on: Jul 24th, 2009, 12:36pm » |
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Hi all, Just a quick question for anyone who runs a 2.5TD Estate. What sort of MPG do you get?
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #1 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 1:57pm » |
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35 to 40, depends a lot on how you drive it though
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #2 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 2:01pm » |
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If it's the way you drive it won't be anything like that Stuart, more like 10 - 15. Tc
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #3 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 2:19pm » |
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I Wish!! How you doing Geoff? your Scorpio been behaving itself?
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #4 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 2:21pm » |
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on Jul 24th, 2009, 1:57pm, Highlander wrote:35 to 40, depends a lot on how you drive it though |
| Yep, just wanted a rough idea though. Seems I'm getting around 35mpg ATM, but I have been up & down motorway going to work, & my speed tends to creep up without me knowing Had it once or twice well over 100 without realizing
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #5 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 2:24pm » |
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Yeah thats easily done kills the fuel economy though! try sitting at 60 and see how good it does
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #6 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 2:33pm » |
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on Jul 24th, 2009, 2:24pm, Highlander wrote:Yeah thats easily done kills the fuel economy though! try sitting at 60 and see how good it does |
| One of the few things that my old 306 was good for was it's economy. Regardless of how it was driven, it would still do around 50mpg. Although, that said I was losing the will to live driving 300 miles a week in it
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #7 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 5:27pm » |
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Think I'd lose the will to live if I had to travel 300 miles a week to work.
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #8 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 6:15pm » |
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I'm doing 550 a week just now, 110 round trip every day, good job its a Scorpio
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Re: Quick Question regarding Fuel Economy
« Reply #9 on: Jul 24th, 2009, 8:33pm » |
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my work milage is usually between 600 and 1000 miles a week i WISH it was in a scorpio... sadly, a transit has to do.
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