Jambo
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Got back to my car, started from cold Roof down windows up from Windsor to Maidenhead (7miles roughly)
Anyway 25mpg exactly when i parked up, decided to take a photo but after the car was idling for 2mins the figure dropped a tad...
So this just goes to show, that its actully quite practical and useable everyday. Baring in mind it has 333bhp and a 3.2l engine
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BarnshaW
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i drove from windsor to slough the other night and averaged 13.5mpg.
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Neo
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And roof down on the way home i saw 
Thats pretty good jamborino
Mine on friday night 
100 mile town/100 mile motorway
Gonna see how low the next tank can be 
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by Neo]
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
And roof down on the way home i saw
Thats pretty good jamborino
How you driving though? Tickeling throttle and then crusing at 60 on the motorwa or sat at 90 wth vicious acceleration!
Mine on friday night
100 mile town/100 mile motorway
Gonna see how low the next tank can be
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by Neo]
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daymoon
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i was reading about bmw mpg's few days ago
am really suprised...
people with 328 e36 getting 35 mpg when cruising on motorways...
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Neo
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Rich, that was sat at 78 on the motorway and speed limits round town
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--DAN--
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Thats very good Jambo, what do you get around town?
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Mattb
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similar to my passat then 
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Chris Bingham
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thats good for an M3. My 325 is getting 25 at the moment but I'm in town a lot more these days.
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Jambo
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That was around town. No motorways at all. 2 A roads thats it.
Didnt drive like a granny, but wasnt going fast or using much throttle, just a cruise home as i was knackered and not in the mood to drive it like a twat.
Gets 30mpg+
Theres alot of bollocks talked about fuel consumption with cars people assume just eat fuel.
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3lfz
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This makes me glad I have a 1.0 Corsa
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pow
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70k 
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Jambo
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 pow?
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pow
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My car has done 20k more and looks like an absoulte dog compaired to yours. Makes me 
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jr
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thats because its made out of old spanish washing machine metal pow 
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pow
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Apparently its a VAG and bearly run in.
My.
Fucking.
Arse.
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Jambo
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Pow your car looks good
Mines shite up close, chips, scratches galore. Needs machine polishing deffo/paint correction.
Just cant afford it at the min.
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
So this just goes to show, that its actully quite practical and useable everyday. Baring in mind it has 333bhp and a 3.2l engine
Just to rub it in, my dads 450bhp 3.6 twin turbo (4WD) 993 Turbo averaged 22 mpg over 60 miles (that was mostly dual carriageway driving, but about 15 miles of town).
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by BluKoo]
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BarnshaW
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can u go one thread without ur dad being brought into it
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pow
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Mike
You've bought a smile to my face tonight
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Pow your car looks good
Mines shite up close, chips, scratches galore. Needs machine polishing deffo/paint correction.
Just cant afford it at the min.
Mine is the same on almost 40k Never again will i get a black car
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
can u go one thread without ur dad being brought into it
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Jambo
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Neo, was it you by squires earlier, couldnt see in the windscreen due to reflection! 60mpg too!
Barndoor
blukoo: rub what in? Your adding to my point no?
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
can u go one thread without ur dad being brought into it
It was relevant information wasn't it? I could have said once upon a time, a 911 did "x"mpg once, but then people might have wondered where i got that info from. I happened to be out in the car with him on sunday, and thats how i know what mpg it did.
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Originally posted by Jambo
blukoo: rub what in? Your adding to my point no?
I was just making the point that a 333bhp 3.2 litre engine managed 25mpg, where a 3.6 litre with two turbos and 117 bhp more did just 3mpg less.
I was trying to rub it in cos i thought your car should have done more, but after thinking about where the cars were driven (bmw - town and 'A' roads & 911 - dual carriageway) your car didn't do too bad actually.
And to be honest, thats one of the first times i've seen the 911 out of the mid-teens.
So yeah, i guess i was just adding to your point dammit.
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by BluKoo]
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Jambo
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lol
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