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Gypsyfilly1964 Lifetime member
Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 152 Location: essex
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 20:20 Post subject: trying to work out my MPG ... |
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i wanted to find out how many mph my trooper did so this is what i did
i filled up, zero'ed the tripometer. did the journey and filled up again.
so here are the figures
58miles
7 litres put back in
how many mpg am i doing
as you know i have a 3l td insignia 2001 trooper. |
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cookeal *
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 39 Location: St Albans
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 20:31 Post subject: |
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hmmm... that works out to 37.7 mpg.
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Peej Lifetime member
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 1562 Location: Southampton
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 20:33 Post subject: |
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37.67 mpg Which is pretty good, you sure you didn't push it! _________________ Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff from out of my brain.
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Gypsyfilly1964 Lifetime member
Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 152 Location: essex
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 20:39 Post subject: |
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cookeal wrote: |
hmmm... that works out to 37.7 mpg.
I want your car! |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO its all mine, I lurve my trooper, she is my baby i have waited a long time for her.
btw does anyone know what the book says, i havent got a handbook |
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Gypsyfilly1964 Lifetime member
Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 152 Location: essex
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 20:40 Post subject: |
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Peej wrote: |
37.67 mpg Which is pretty good, you sure you didn't push it! |
bliddy ell i cant run that fast, so nope deffo didnt push it. my foot may have been a little heavy in places as we did kinda go over 70 ooops |
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rallymarshall *******
Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 1728 Location: somewere thereabouts
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 20:47 Post subject: |
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why am i only getting 25 mpg outta mine
unless the clock aint reading right _________________ atb kevin
65 vauxhall mokka 1.6cdti 4x4 se
66 vauxhall corsa vxr |
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gary820 Lifetime member
Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 2427 Location: Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 21:25 Post subject: |
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don't need work mine out to know it's bad £70 does 270 miles at most |
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DYLAN Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 5115 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 21:40 Post subject: |
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Bloomin eck i got 150km from berlin and back on £250, i don't think i could afford to run a 3.1. |
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gary820 Lifetime member
Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 2427 Location: Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 21:45 Post subject: |
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DYLAN wrote: |
Bloomin eck i got 150km from berlin and back on £250, i don't think i could afford to run a 3.1. |
i am running full on MT's tho which don't help much!! worst of all i do 48 miles round trip to work and back 6 days a week!!! |
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Peej Lifetime member
Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 1562 Location: Southampton
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 22:07 Post subject: |
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DYLAN wrote: |
Bloomin eck i got 150km from berlin and back on £250, i don't think i could afford to run a 3.1. |
Er? Am I being a numpty or is that absolutely horrendous, or have I missed the point? _________________ Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff from out of my brain.
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Chris B Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 3537 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 22:31 Post subject: |
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DYLAN runs on LPG
37mpg is superb from a 3.0 ... at best (driving like my father) I get 33mpg on a long motorway run at a static 60mph ish with only me onboard. Daily mpg is closer to 28mpg at the mo. _________________ Isuzu Rodeo Denver Max LE | 265/65R18 BF Goodrich AT LTM No.60
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wayneh *****
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 622 Location: leicestershire u.k
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 22:56 Post subject: |
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i drove from leicester to portsmouth and towed a twin axle caravan back, round trip of 320miles for about £70. i was expecting to stop around rothersthorpe area for a splash of derv but made it back with the warning light coming on |
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DYLAN Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 5115 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 0:24 Post subject: |
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Peej wrote: |
DYLAN wrote: |
Bloomin eck i got 150km from berlin and back on £250, i don't think i could afford to run a 3.1. |
Er? Am I being a numpty or is that absolutely horrendous, or have I missed the point? |
All in all we had 10 days over there and stayed about 20 miles away from brunschweig, we went to numerous places including mittlebou dora camp, i think in all we did nearly 2500 miles round trip, and it cost £250 bearing in mind LPG and fuel is as much if not more than it is here. |
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TimBanham Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 1258 Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:05 Post subject: |
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I have a feeling that this is not accurate - too short a journey and amount of fuel - you could have had a air block in you tank when you filled up again which would have caused you to stop filling
Fill your tank to the brim - then run it almost empty - Fill to the brim again and note how many miles and litres.
Divide the number of litres by 4.54 (to give gallons) and then divide that into the number of miles.
So if you did 400 miles on the tank and put in 60 litres your calculation would be as follows=
60/4.54= 13.215
400/13.215 = 30.26mpg
You would be very lucky to get 37mpg consistently - I would suggest a figure nearer 27 ish would be more what you will get over time _________________ 3.0TD LWB Citation |
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Gypsyfilly1964 Lifetime member
Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 152 Location: essex
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 19:32 Post subject: |
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absolute no blockage, and no i dont expect 37mpg all the time, that was done on the a12 doing a steady 60 - 70mph so was a straight road with hardly any braking and in fifth gear for a vast majority of journey.
from that i am roughly expecting about 30 - 31 mpg around and about. |
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