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Originally posted by chef View Postwill do the Reading to Manchester run this afternoon and fill up again tomorrow as im convinced being sat on Reading ringroad for 45mins is the reason for the shockingly low mpgComment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostOf course, you could go by train from Manchester to Reading....Comment
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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostLeicester -> Welwyn Garden City
200miles/day
50mpg (9.5p ish) - Ford Focus 1.8TDCi
If I was to do it in my lorry I would still get 12mpg....Comment
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As an aside - I thought all new cars were going to go to 24volts so things like power steering & air con pumps could be run electric rather than off the engine drive thus reducing consumption further.
Not heard anything about it recentlyHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Originally posted by rootsnall View PostWhy does diesel get so much more to the gallon ? Better engine or better fuel. I toyed with getting a diesel Mondeo last week but plumped for what I knew, the 1 year old diesels were a grand or two more but with that margin of difference in MPG it would pay for itself in no time.
HTHHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostOf course, you could go by train from Manchester to Reading....
34mpg from my Primera, which is mostly on the motorway. That's according to the trip computer, which this morning told me I had only 8 miles before running out of fuel, so I filled up and only got 2/3rds of a tank in. Stupid thing.
Oh and it has a cam chain (as does my S2000).Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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I get about 44mpg out of my Mondeo TDCi, but I don't tend to drive it at its most fuel efficient speed!
I'm only doing Rochdale to Leeds each day, about 40 miles and a tank does me for the whole week and a day. But that also covers me for the fact that the thing is in perpetual motion over the weekends. My last Mondeo had the old 90bhp engine. I could leave home on a Monday morning and get to Uxbridge (220 miles later) through rush hour traffic, do all my driving around down there and get back on the same tank at the end of the week. Again - never driven at the optimum speed for the best mpg.
Now cue Milan for tales of frugal diesel usage in his Passat. How it can get to the moon and back on a teaspoon of diesel.Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
I preferred version 1!Comment
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Originally posted by Troll View Postmore efficient
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If you are covering huge distances on motorways then a modern Diesel makes sense. If you do like 8K miles pa. mostly in town, a small efficient petrol engine is best.Comment
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