Fuel economy
04-01-2013, 11:43 AM
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Fuel economy
Just thought I'd share with you all my very dull but exceedingly cheap drive over the weekend.
I had to drive down to Wickham Skeith in Suffolk over the weekend (middle of nowhere) which is just over 202 miles away from me. I thought it would be interesting to see just how good these cars are on fuel (yerrr I know.. boring right?). So I must've sat flush on 56mph the whole way and drafted as many lorries as was humanely possible, I even resisted the invitation to race, twice!!
The result? 404 miles in total cost me 43.7 litres in fuel! or £57.80! Anyone else do better?!
And before you start giving me jip for driving like a tart, it was a one off!
I had to drive down to Wickham Skeith in Suffolk over the weekend (middle of nowhere) which is just over 202 miles away from me. I thought it would be interesting to see just how good these cars are on fuel (yerrr I know.. boring right?). So I must've sat flush on 56mph the whole way and drafted as many lorries as was humanely possible, I even resisted the invitation to race, twice!!
The result? 404 miles in total cost me 43.7 litres in fuel! or £57.80! Anyone else do better?!
And before you start giving me jip for driving like a tart, it was a one off!
04-01-2013, 11:47 AM
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I stuck those figures in an MPG calculator (because a "I did this many miles to a tank" figure means jackanory to me) and that comes out at 42 MPG! That's very impressive!
56 MPH is pretty low, and drafting lorries is pretty boring - I wonder how much it would drop if you sat at say 60-65 MPH?
56 MPH is pretty low, and drafting lorries is pretty boring - I wonder how much it would drop if you sat at say 60-65 MPH?
04-01-2013, 12:38 PM
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I stuck those figures in an MPG calculator (because a "I did this many miles to a tank" figure means jackanory to me) and that comes out at 42 MPG! That's very impressive!
56 MPH is pretty low, and drafting lorries is pretty boring - I wonder how much it would drop if you sat at say 60-65 MPH?
56 MPH is pretty low, and drafting lorries is pretty boring - I wonder how much it would drop if you sat at say 60-65 MPH?
Yerr i was booored
, good job I had loaded up the CD changer! It would probably drop to 36ish I reckon... I will do the same drive in a few weeks with my foot to the floor and see what difference that makes lol.
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So you saved about £40 over spirited driving by my reckoning, but probably took about 3 hours longer.
So figuring an average UK income divided by a typical 40 hour work week that's breaking even.
Of course, there is a special place reserved in hell for people who drive sports cars for fuel economy.
So figuring an average UK income divided by a typical 40 hour work week that's breaking even.
Of course, there is a special place reserved in hell for people who drive sports cars for fuel economy.
