Economic Diesel..

[Guest]

Gretna to Horning 320 miles door to door....I'll settle for that.(Cruise control set at 73mph on A1/A1M)

Vauxhall insignia 1.8 eco Diesel.

[StillCruising]

My Norfolk journey is 210miles and my Rover75 1.9 diesel does between 57 and 60 mpg 🙂

[ChrisB]

And your contribution to Atmospheric Soot ??

[CambridgeCabby]

A modern diesel ( provided the manufacturer isn’t being dishonest ) is far cleaner than most petrol and indeed most hybrid cars .

[Cal]

34 minutes ago, StillCruising said:

My Norfolk journey is 210miles and my Rover75 1.9 diesel does between 57 and 60 mpg 🙂

Our Hyundai I30 will do about 70mpg on a long steady run.

Not quite as good as our previous Mini One D which topped 80mpg on a run to Brittany.

Mind you we are evening that out now with the motorhome which will do 25-30mpg if we are lucky 

[StillCruising]

The smoke test on the Rovers last MOT came out at 0.1 K (1m). I'm pretty sure that my old BMC 1800 on the boat causes a lot more pollution.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

6 minutes ago, StillCruising said:

The smoke test on the Rovers last MOT came out at 0.1 K (1m). I'm pretty sure that my old BMC 1800 on the boat causes a lot more pollution.

Shtum, Greta may be watching. 

[TheQ]

Greta who?

 

Oh you mean she who had crew and family flying across the Atlantic and back, so she could go for a sail..

[oldgregg]

I'm not the biggest diesel car fan, but I do know that the 1.6 diesel version of my Honda is easily capable of 65-70mpg and some people (with a lighter foot than me) manage to get 80mpg .

We get around 42-44 from the i-VTEC version or more like 48 if my wife drives. Really good for a 'warm' petrol (thanks to the aerodynamics and those clever Honda engineers) but quite a difference in cost.

Doing the maths, it's not worth me changing - But it does make you think!

[scaniaman]

Greta would be pleased if she saw the fuel consumption of my beloved Scania`s or Volvo`s with 44 tonnes on board. About 9 mpg on a good day with wind behind and downhill etc, etc.

[ChrisB]

She would like this unit I passed. 22 axles loaded with aggregate, a lot of weight. Nearer to home, actually Sweden I have watched an F12 haul over 60 tonnes logging.

[CambridgeCabby]

Averaged 58.7mpg on my journey to Stalham in my Merc diesel 

[BroadAmbition]

Trevor Transit (185bhp) on a long run does about 32mpg, up to 34mpg if I spend the journey holding up following traffic

The mighty Tiger - No idea, don't care either, the more I use the better and have only made the boat from home on a full tank without stopping for fuel once, My goodness was it  b o r i n g  or what, but then again the mighty Tiger isn't an oil burner so doesn't count

Griff

[Guest]

On 20/04/2021 at 14:31, Jemaki said:

(Cruise control set at 73mph on A1/A1M)

....that's because I got a £100 fine and 3 points(more than Liverpool can get these days 😅)last week on my way to Gretna(79mph in a 70mph)....grrr..🤬

[ScrumpyCheddar]

My daily run in my 1.6 hdi Pug is 24 mile round trip to work I’m doing 52mpg. And that’s through the country lanes.. 
 

Then I jump in the truck then it’s 7mpg and 11 ltrs of add blue aday.. 

[twowrights]

3 hours ago, Jemaki said:

....that's because I got a £100 fine and 3 points(more than Liverpool can get these days 😅)last week on my way to Gretna(79mph in a 70mph)....grrr..🤬

The pitch at Anfield is full of Maris Pipers, it'll give them something to lift in May! 

[Polly]

I am a reluctant diesel driver. The compromise was because of the caravan, our petrol engine was not up to the job.

[BroadAmbition]

MrsG's Audi Q5 mpg - as of yet no idea.  it's the 190bhp Sport version, currently set to 'Comfort' mode

We've had it for about five weeks now, brimmed the fuel tank  when we got it home and still have well over half a tank left.  The longest run its done to date it about 12 miles I think.  Looking forward to taking it down to Stalham as and when

Griff

[BrundallNavy]

My car in eco mode does 26-28mpg in Sport plus 18-20mpg but by god it’s good fun and your too busy watching the road to notice the fuel gauge. 

[ranworthbreeze]

My car does 38 to 40 mph in comfort mode on the run to Norfolk.

 

[Regulo]

Wouldn't like to be stuck behind you at 38 to 40 mph. 

[Malanka]

We get over 50mpg in eco mode in the Mercedes cabrio. In full nutter mode using all 207 horses who cares but it sounds and feels great. 
 

Taking 30th off and going for a float long enough to wash off all the bird sh1t acquired in the shed.

 

M 

[grendel]

1 hour ago, Malanka said:

Taking 30th off and going for a float long enough to wash off all the bird sh1t acquired in the shed.

out for the whole week then?

[floydraser]

This reminds me of another famous Monty Python sketch.............

Some motoring forums will say that car's onboard computers will always show you around 10% better fuel economy for sales purposes.

That said, my diesel Corsa 1.3 has a Fiat based engine and on a good day the 142 miles to Brundall, cruise set to 72mph (shows 69 on the satnav) A14/A11 gets me a score of 74 to 80 mpg. back to the anomolies of the computer though: I have noticed that if I use the same brand of fuel for a while then change, I always get the higher score. Currently averaging only 55 with these short journeys.

April 12th we took the Volvo XC90 (2.5 litre 5 cyl) and kept the speed down to around 65 and got 42mpg. 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

 

 

Is it snowing?