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v4-max aka Cheekyboy1
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2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« on: Mar 9th, 2007, 10:28pm » |
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anyone else getting 30mpg around town and 45-50mpg on a run in there 2l petrol scorp like this ebay item 250092820116. have e-mailed him to see if he has made a mistake but no reply.
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #1 on: Mar 9th, 2007, 11:33pm » |
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maybe downhill 
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fallendark
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #2 on: Mar 9th, 2007, 11:45pm » |
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Mines a 2ltr manual, and is getting 26/28 on a run, does have a cracked manifold though..
50+ is total fantasy! lol
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #3 on: Mar 10th, 2007, 12:29am » |
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he has emailed me back its a 2ltr 16v petrol
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mr._floppy
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #5 on: Mar 10th, 2007, 10:40am » |
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I've seen my 2Lt 16V as high as a 32mpg average on the trip computer, only on the motorway at 60mph unfortunately.
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #6 on: Mar 10th, 2007, 11:51am » |
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My 2lr 16v returns an average of 28/29 in day to day running and will go up to the low 30's on a long run. I think anything claimed in excess of that is fantasy.( unless it's on 'Baz Fuel'!  )
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Kjetil S
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #7 on: Mar 10th, 2007, 2:35pm » |
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I've managed around 35mpg with mine on a long run. Could probably do 37 or 38 if I filled my right shoe with helium, but nowhere near 45-50mpg.
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TiberiuS
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #8 on: Mar 10th, 2007, 7:45pm » |
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Sorry all, he forgot to mention it's only running on 2 cylinders
You've got a 1500kg car running probably on an autobox, you can't expect 40mpg out of it...I drive the Mondeo lightly (honest, officer ) and even then I only manage low 30's mpg...on a manual 1.8 which weighs less than 1200kg. Expectng more than this out of a 2 litre luxury car is optimistic 
Perhaps he's even being honest about what the computer says, mine used to say I was getting 28 on the motorway but I was getting 25 at best in reality, normally averaged around 23 if there was traffic.
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #9 on: Mar 11th, 2007, 11:10pm » |
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Found it !....item number was wrong....kept getting an amber AA roof light... ....250092820166
Anyway, what a load of old balderdash
I used to own a 2.0 manual a few years back, & was getting nowhere near that kind of MPG.
In fact, I reckon my 2.3 Auto is better on fuel (power to weight ratio ?) than my old 2.0 was.
My average mpg usually hovers around the 23 mpg mark, & that is with alot of short journeys & stop/start motoring.
I don't usually do alot of priced airport work (I like to work on the meter), but this morning I took a friend to Heathrow (M25 is lovely at 5.00am on a Sunday morning ).
I reset the trip meter when I left home. Was cruising at between 70-80 mph most of the way. It was a 160 mile round trip. When I got home & checked the trip it read 30.5 mpg......not bad ....but nowhere near what this seller says.
He's probably watched the trip in real time & seen it hit 50mpg...which is quite bad....mine hits 99.9 mpg, foot off & downhill
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mr._floppy
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #10 on: Mar 12th, 2007, 10:32am » |
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I wonder how economical a LPG Scorp is compared to a petrol one.
Has anyone got one ?
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #12 on: Mar 12th, 2007, 12:50pm » |
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hi there
mine's about 19mpg around town (same as it was on petrol).
lpg costs about 40-43 pence per litre, petrol 85 p/p/l.
on the run to the keswick meet, i got 27.8 mpg (lpg 47p/p/l). again same as on petrol.
hth
btw, these figures haven't changed in 4 1/2 years of ownership.
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pete from Hull
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #13 on: Mar 12th, 2007, 1:00pm » |
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Mine works out at about the same as petrol although it seems to be more responsive and runs smoothly, I have a 90 litre tank although you can only use so much of that due to the way the system works, (havn't fully worked it out yet) However the saving is in the price of the gas, I pay 39p from our morrisons, it costs about £18.00 to fill up and that lasts me about a fortnight. I used to be putting £45+ in every 10 days or so before the conversion.
next time I fill up I'll reset the comp and check out the true miles against the litres and see what it gives.
Pete
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fallendark
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #14 on: Mar 12th, 2007, 1:16pm » |
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Just to let you know my MPG just went up a little, after putting some gun gum on the cracked manifold on a 50 mile run at 60 i managed 32mpg.. lol
Its still not amazing.. any ideas anyone whats wrong there??
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #15 on: Mar 12th, 2007, 2:22pm » |
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on Mar 12th, 2007, 1:16pm, fallendark wrote:Just to let you know my MPG just went up a little, after putting some gun gum on the cracked manifold on a 50 mile run at 60 i managed 32mpg.. lol
Its still not amazing.. any ideas anyone whats wrong there?? |
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32 mpg is a pretty good return, I reckon
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fallendark
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #16 on: Mar 12th, 2007, 2:32pm » |
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Well if thats the case, then im happy! im just wondering how long it will be before the gun gum breaks away.. i really should just change the manifold lol
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Re: 2l petrol 45-50 mpg
« Reply #17 on: Mar 18th, 2007, 11:10am » |
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ive found a full tank of fuel takes off around 2 mpg, the only thing no one here seems to be able to say is why on the constant display i am getting 28mpg and the variable has a display of 40 mpg and i have held that over several miles of motorway
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