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[quote][i]Originally posted by el gordo[/i] jesus - my 1.8 audi a4 used to cost me about £10 for 120 miles or so and the rally prepped (superchipped fuel-drinker) hrv used to do about 80 miles to an ayrton senna. do you find you're often changing up on the redline, driving round town within 1k of the redline even at slow speeds? little erratic bursts of gas for fun? avoiding the brakes and using the engine braking to slow down on the approach to roundabouts and junctions? braking late? all of these DRINK fuel. throttle on a little lighter, change up the gears smoothly and pretty soon, try and use 4th for round town (helps remove temptation to speed as well). when approaching junctions leave it in 4th til you're going about 10mph then select 2nd, clutch out steady (but not allowing to coast) an almost straight away back in selecting 1st ready to move away cos you used the brakes to stop with. brake a bit sooner and a bit lighter so the engine isn't working hard. If you have 2 routes to choose from and both are similar in length go for the flattest. hills DRINK petrol from your car. Try and use the route with least obstacles such as junctions and roundabouts too. as for wheel sizes, if you go DOWN a size you'll lose out on mpg... THINK about it... bigger wheels means a larger circumference which means more distance covered for each wheel revolution at the hub which is taking the same power to create. PLUS it'd put your speedo out a fair way if the effect mentioned in this thread was being experienced as a result of the wheel size. No. The tyre profile is amended to a lowe one with larger rims so the total tyre size is very little different and the little difference there is goes in your favour for mpg (but will make your speedo read slightly low). another major factor - you need to fill up in the suburbs, not in town or in the country. the burbs get the best deal. you're getting less fuel for yer quid at the mo!!! ahh, that audi was beaut! £40 to fill up and would take me a good 450 miles to run out :D Cruise control at 69 mph on the M1 and it'd read 48mpg til the cows came home, on the flat, 85+ downhill and still about 20mpg up hills! lovely :D [/quote]
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