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Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute
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10-07-2007, 08:34
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| Mongreller  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ooo-ar, Oi be from Devonshire
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|  Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute 72.8 mpg.  Sometimes this car's economy startles even me. Keeping it off boost in 4th & 5th around 45-50mph for most of my commute definitely helps, as does gaining speed on downhills and letting it drop off on uphills.  Still does a 15 second 1/4 mile too (and probably uses £1 of diesel in the process  )
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10-07-2007, 09:26
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|  Re: Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute Not bad at all, nice to see you're doing your bit for climate change! |
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| Re: Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute Quote:
Managed a 1/4 mile on proper tyres yet?
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10-07-2007, 09:37
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| Re: Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute How much gas does it use at the same time?
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10-07-2007, 10:43
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| Re: Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute Is this figure from the computer? |
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10-07-2007, 12:07
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| Re: Used £1 of diesel on my 17 mile commute Vindaloo - Only did the runs sunday using my Toyo t1-r tyres. I really want to find some big-*** slicks to use. I had my toyos down to 15psi, but it actually made it slower from 60mph and up. Alex - off-boost it barely uses any lpg - This is purely down to mapping and the big turbo. Tonto - Yes, it is per computer and I don't expect 70mpg all the time. However, as I've been consistently getting 600 miles to a tank (and not even with 45 litre fill-ups) I'm pretty confident my computer is fairly spot on. It's at least 60mpg on average - this morning's run was exceptional - a few favourable green lights. 
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