blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
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Mtr's, short trips and always 'driving like it's stolen' adds up to 22 to 23 mpg for me, oh well.....
good times  and theeeeennn......???
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 19th Feb 2008 10:23 pm |
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Skippy Blue
Member Since: 28 Oct 2007
Location: Hampshire
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I did around 850 miles last week, fast motorway, a few A+B roads etc. 26mpg with regular diesel for the first tankful, then 28mpg on home journey with Shell V Max. Despite an earlier posting, I have now decided that VMax is cheaper per mile, and as someone pointed out there is less often a queue for this expensive pump ! (manual gearbox and Pirelli scorpions)
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| 19th Feb 2008 10:56 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
 
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stoke135 wrote:so does the epb stick on slightly. mine does squeal in a morning or when reversing. suppose this would affect the mpg then?
You need your dealer to sort this out FOC as its so new to you.
EPB issues are really the only achilles heal of the D3.
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| 19th Feb 2008 10:57 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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DiscoStu wrote:I get around 360 miles to a tank.
Damn... thats very low mate. I have never seen my range below 450 a tank. And I don't drive like a granny.
The new one seems to be around the 500 mark all the time.
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| 19th Feb 2008 11:00 pm |
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simonsi
Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Auckland
Posts: 1264
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I think the tank range calculation is a function of the algorithm in the software rather than purely a function of the engines economy.... Cheers
Simon
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| 19th Feb 2008 11:05 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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simonsi wrote:I think the tank range calculation is a function of the algorithm in the software rather than purely a function of the engines economy....
Give it a few miles to settle down and the range added to your trip is pretty close to reality. It changes depending on the fuel you use too. BP Ultimate or equivalent will give you a higher range reading than cheapo Tesco muck.
If I use the BP stuff my range increases to nearly 600 or above.
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| 19th Feb 2008 11:08 pm |
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