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| double cab happy Member Since: 01 Jun 2009 Location: merseyside Posts: 573   
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i get 27 to 29 mpg but only get that because i try to hold myself back and rule the road at my own pace, when i'm just enjoying what is the coolest car on the road, the figures start to drop, this got me thinking that all these eco cars might only get there better mpg because you sit in them and loose the will to live, and to support this idea just look to the very scientific study (ok it was a race on top gear) done with a toyota pr###s and a bmw m3, the m3 got better mpg because its a better drive,
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4th Apr 2010 10:15am |
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| harveyg77 Member Since: 09 Apr 2010 Location: Derby Posts: 309 
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Stupid (off topic) question, but how did you get a screen dump from your iphone?
thanks Harvey |
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13th Apr 2010 12:25pm |
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| willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789 
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Chuck it in the bin..........sorted
 Original Member Pie n Pea Club.
110 HCPU Tipper |
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13th Apr 2010 12:52pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610 
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Carefully, whilst wearing gloves and a mask....Alternatively don't  on it in the first place!!! 
Post remap, post wheel/tyre replacement still returning over 27mpg on a well-behaved period of driving! If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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13th Apr 2010 1:29pm |
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| MK Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Santiago Posts: 2272  
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27.9 mpg; max speed @70mi/h; 32 PSI; mix 20City-80HW and 280 miles Puma 110" SW
............................................................. Earth first. Other planets later |
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15th Apr 2010 12:29am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2607  
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Brand new 90 with 3500km on the clock now, tyres stock standard.
getting 10l/100km whether in town or long-distance driving. |
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15th Apr 2010 8:01am |
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| harveyg77 Member Since: 09 Apr 2010 Location: Derby Posts: 309
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it is off-topic I know, but someone did mention PRIUS and I have to respond.
Test drove a new Toyotas Prius (1.8 Atkinson cycle). It has three modes, EV, ECO and Power. EV - keeps to battery and motor only and is not reallt suitable for anything other than shunting around a car-park. Eco - dulls the throttle response and reduces the input from the petrol engine and relies more on regen braking/coasting and the battery/motor combi. Power - keeps using battery/motor and regen braking, but allows the engine to cut in sooner and also sharpens the throttle response. I have to say that in everyday traffic I couldn't use Eco as I coudl not get out of junctions safely/quick enough and it was painfully slow and sluggish. Power mode was better and allowed the car to at least attempt to keep up with traffic, performance was barely adequate. In Eco it was pulling about 62mpg, whilst in Power mode and driving slower than in my current Focus and Mondeo, but desperately tryign to keep up with traffic it dropped down to approx 40mpg. The Focus (1.6 petrol) averages 35mpg in town and 40-45mpg on a run. The Mondeo (2.0 TDCi 140) averages 40-45mpg in town and 50-55mpg on a run. The ride/handling of the Pruis is poor, she is softer sprung than either Ford (both have the Sports suspension), yet she is not as smooth as either Ford, finds all the bumps and undulations, pitches and rolls in bends and generally feels like she is 20+ years behind them! The brakes did work however 
Harvey |
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15th Apr 2010 8:06am |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610
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No you didn't have to respond at all! Not a squeak! Not a murmour! Thanks anyway! Won't be trading my Defender in for a Prius! Hope you're not too disappointed! If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!
Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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15th Apr 2010 8:18am |
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| TallPaul Member Since: 28 Aug 2007 Location: Nr Reading Posts: 270
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Did you know Toyota offer special prices on staff cars if you take a Prius? The Toyota GB car park is full of the damn things, wonder where there good "sales figures" come from?
A modern super-mini, I am thinking of the Fiat 500 here with the 1.3 Diesel for example, that does combined 72.4 on paper will struggle to return less than 60mpg even if you drive the socks off it. You can't fit a roof rack and drive to Singapore in it however... or probably get out of an average UK village in a flood... |
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15th Apr 2010 11:31am |
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| johnnyturbo2002 Member Since: 21 May 2009 Location: Poniente Granadino Posts: 371  
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woot woot!!!
29.73 in all mixed driving freeway pegged and slow in town stuff, had the second update and thought that maybe I would be getting less, but I guess not happy camper... 2008 Defender 110 60 year Edition (sold unfortunately) IN the hunt for another Puma for the wifey! 2008 Kia Sorento LX 😁 2.5crdi |
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