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Mark Solesbury - 29 May 2007 19:40 GMT

Evening

The unofficial ended up being a total of just over 400 miles for me, of
which the 300tdi managed 30.5 mpg, at an average motorway speed of 60ish.

Does this sound about right?

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Nige - 29 May 2007 19:51 GMT

> Evening
>
> The unofficial ended up being a total of just over 400 miles for me,
> of which the 300tdi managed 30.5 mpg, at an average motorway speed
> of 60ish.
> Does this sound about right?

Seems a bit low, I can get more from the D2 auto on a run at thta
speed. Is yours a TD5 or 300 series?

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Lee_D - 29 May 2007 20:10 GMT

Nige <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:

>> Evening
>>
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> Seems a bit low, I can get more from the D2 auto on a run at thta
> speed. Is yours a TD5 or 300 series?

I wouldn't be too upset with that. The roof lights and roll bar will add to
the resistance too I guess. It's amazing the difference a few toys make.

Lee

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Mark Solesbury - 29 May 2007 20:55 GMT

> Nige <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> uttered summat worrerz funny
> about:
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> Lee

I was thinking of rotating the lights 90 degrees so that they hang down,
rather than sitting proud. Might see if i can get round to it next
weekend. Defenders are not the most aero dynamic of vehicles!

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Mark Solesbury - 29 May 2007 21:48 GMT

> I was thinking of rotating the lights 90 degrees

Or 180.... Cock.

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Dave Liquorice - 29 May 2007 20:25 GMT

> Does this sound about right?

I get up to 31 and a tad on a good mainly motorway run, DII TD5 on cruise
at 100kmh (62mph). Long term average over 2 1/2 years is 29.2mpg. Vechicle
costs 30p/mile to run all in, apart from depreciation which adds another
20p/mile... B-(

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Simon Isaacs - 29 May 2007 21:40 GMT

>Evening
>
>The unofficial ended up being a total of just over 400 miles for me, of
>which the 300tdi managed 30.5 mpg, at an average motorway speed of 60ish.
>
>Does this sound about right?

Doesn't sound *too* bad to me for something that has the aerodynamics
of a brick

Noiw this one will make you cringe

12.8mpg

on lpg, so effectively 28mpg equivalent, given that my LPG purchases
that weekend were less than 1/2 the price of petrol.

200 TDi Disco with 202K on the clock, and Dawn driving mostly a mix of
motorway and decent A road, plus me round KORC returned 31.2mpg. And
that doesn't account for the BBQ diesel!!!

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Pete @ www.GymRatZ.co.uk - 29 May 2007 22:26 GMT

> Evening
>
> The unofficial ended up being a total of just over 400 miles for me, of
> which the 300tdi managed 30.5 mpg, at an average motorway speed of 60ish.
>
> Does this sound about right?

On an auto box on my 300tdi Diso. I get a very regular 400 miles per
tank (80 litres) pretty much regardless of how it's driven or whether
with or without air-con (summer or winter) I think that works out to
around 22 mpg (UK gallon not US) :¬)
Saying that, It's pretty much always driven quite hard.

Usually drops to around 350 miles per tank if towing a trailer etc.

I'll be taking it easier for the rest of the year to see if In can
squeeze a little more out.

Pete
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Peter Harrison - 29 May 2007 23:45 GMT

>> Evening
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>> Does this sound about right?

Filled up tonight. 403 miles, 83 litres in a D2, TD5 auto - not a very
good couple of weeks.
Girl at the filling stations said "Is that a full tank. Will it take any
more?"

"Not much", I replied, missing the chance of multiple meanings and witty
replies.

Chap behind me (a Lotus Elan driver) peered round my shoulder, looked
at the till display, raised his eyebrows and said "Bloody hell!"

I gave him a bit of a shrug and a sheepish grin and went on my way. He
may have a point though! And to think I had considered a V8 Range Rover.
Briefly.

Pete

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jOn - 30 May 2007 07:32 GMT

Leeds-Newcastle-Huddersfield @ 50mph got 35mpg from my 2.5 naD 90.

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Austin Shackles - 30 May 2007 09:15 GMT

On or around Tue, 29 May 2007 19:40:17 +0100, Mark Solesbury
<marksolesbury@asearchenginethatnowdoeseverythingmail.com> enlightened us
thusly:

>Evening
>
>The unofficial ended up being a total of just over 400 miles for me, of
>which the 300tdi managed 30.5 mpg, at an average motorway speed of 60ish.
>
>Does this sound about right?

not far off, I'd say.

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