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(Message started by: big_neil on Sep 11^th, 2007, 8:54pm)

Title: best ever MPG.
Post by big_neil on Sep 11^th, 2007, 8:54pm

went down to my sis in laws at beverley again this weekend, when i reached scotch corner i looked down the A1 and it was chocca so i went straight on past the services down to croft and along the A167 then A168, caught the A19 to york, past clifton moor and along the 1069 to hull, then cut off to beverley. when i arrived i checked the fuel computer and this is the first time i,ve ever topped 30 MPG. actual average was 32.8MPG, i was exstatic that my 9 yr. old 24 v achieved this , it,s the best it,s ever done. came home today the usual way A1, A66 then M6 back to carlisle and it was back to the usual 28MPG . does any one else achieve reg. 30 plus to the gallon and whats the secret as i don,t have a lead right foot and always take things as they will allow?

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by Snoopy on Sep 11^th, 2007, 9:06pm

Keeping the speed down to around 55/60 seems to do the trick . Always get very good MPG when cruising around country roads at those speeds.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by tintin on Sep 11^th, 2007, 9:28pm

i was playing with this on my edinburgh-->birmingham and back this weekend.

@ 85 --> 27.5mpg
@70 --> 29.5mpg
@60 --> 31mpg

the other thing that affected it was fuel load and general uphill/downhill driving, made about 1mpg difference each.

dont think i have ever seen over 32 ;D

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by REDRDLC on Sep 12^th, 2007, 9:10pm

I GET AROUND 22.8 MPG ON THE RUN FROM DEVON UP TO NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AVERAGING BETWEEN 75-80 MPH WITH THE ODD BURST OF TON UP OVERTAKING.
MIND YOU THAT WAS WITH THE GEARBOX CHANGING UP AND DOWN TOO OFTEN WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY IT WENT BANG A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO! :o
USUALLY AROUND THE 17MPG AROUND TOWN.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by Tobbe on Sep 12^th, 2007, 10:01pm

34.4 MPG is the best I ever got out of my 24v.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by tintin on Sep 12^th, 2007, 10:18pm

that doesnt sound right red :o

i get 22-23 mpg round town, heavy traffic, and even driving hard on b roads i get 25-26.....

i was getting that when i had a dodgy fuel pressure regulator, lambda senor and cat broken.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Sep 15^th, 2007, 7:10pm

the best i get is about 45mpg, but it is a diesel...... ;D

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by scorpio_man on Sep 16^th, 2007, 10:14am

hi there

best i've got was 29mpg (58mpg) on gas (44p per litre). ;D

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by Highlander on Sep 16^th, 2007, 10:46am

Well if you're working it out that way my TD runs on used veggie oil(free) so its on an infinite mpg ;)

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by whit2k on Sep 16^th, 2007, 3:18pm

i get about 18mpg goin to and from work ............... but i do have a very heavy right foot

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by LiverpaulH on Sep 19^th, 2007, 2:24pm

on 09/15/07 at 19:10:32, taliban aka Cheekyboy2 wrote:

the best i get is about 45mpg, but it is a diesel...... ;D

Thats superb I only average 29mpg in my diesel, the newer fly by wire sort. I only averaged about 27mpg in my old one. As for the best i did average 35mpg one fill up (mind you I didn't do any towing on that tank).

Paul 8)

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Sep 19^th, 2007, 6:20pm

paul, i only get 45mpg on a run, driving in london its about 25mpg, but i do run it on veggie oil which makes the economy even better............. ;D

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by Bren on Sep 21^st, 2007, 12:50am

I averaged 28.7 on an 1100 mile trip to Arlon (Belgium) last week in my 24v, mind you it would have been somewhat better if there had not been a good long cruise at 115 mph at 3am on the long straight bits.

3 people onboard and well and truly loaded up to the headlining on the return trip.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by peteHull on Sep 21^st, 2007, 6:40am

on 09/21/07 at 00:50:02, Bren wrote:

3 people onboard and well and truly loaded up to the headlining on the return trip.

And was this ALL for your own personal consumption? ;D

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Pete

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by amigafan2003 on Sep 21^st, 2007, 11:28am

Picked my new cossie up from Essex last weekend - driving back on the Sunday, I drove 275miles and the trip computer averaged 29.2mpg. Total fuel used was almost exactly 42 liters, so that equates to 29.13mpg. That was averaging 80mph and air con all the way home. Best £38 of pertrol I have ever spent!

Very pleased as it obviously shows the engine is in good shape.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by Romany on Sep 21^st, 2007, 10:00pm

I am a new member having bought a 2.3 Scorpio Ultima in May of this year.

On a 50 mile each way trip (A12 and M 25), having filled the car on leaving home and again on return my consumption was 31.88 mpg

I propose in November a 200 mile trip adding the M 20 to the above and will check fuel consumption again

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by Pegasus on Sep 24^th, 2007, 1:07pm

Best I ever got was 40mpg doing 50mph on cruise for 5 miles in road works on M20.
Hit the same roadworks again 2 weeks later and got exactly same figures.

Get the best results when running at constant speeds.

Title: Re: best ever MPG.
Post by big_neil on Sep 24^th, 2007, 4:14pm

i wonder if my cossie is bedding in ? as i said i,ve never had over 30 MPG before but in the last month it,s now done it three times on trips, mind you it has just turned 68,000mls, that,s just using the normal unleaded and not optimax or ultimate fuel.