40mpg!

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YZF600R

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4,121 posts

215 months

Tuesday 12th August 2008
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Well, nearly.

39.00 mpg tank average driving through France.

Once I got to the roads I know further south this soon lowered, although 1/2 a tank cruising and 1/2 tank fast road still produced an overall average of 36mpg!

'96 1.8 Merlot.

PS. Not sure why, but you'd think the '5 was a Ferrari or Lamborghini the way the French took to it. Drive through a town and everyone stares. Even out on the open road workmen would stop and stare. Park it in a supermarket car park to lots of stares and come out an hour later to a few people gathered around it!




franv8

2,212 posts

245 months

Tuesday 12th August 2008
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Good work!

I've been experimenting with how much I can eke out of my 90 Eunos (1.6) - despite gaining a 25% increase from 27 to 33 mpg ave for a tank (using extreme economy measures...) - although looks liek I'm up for beeting this with 65 mph dual carriageway driving and avoiding use of brakes...

I rememeber when I was interested in how fast cars would go...

princeperch

8,026 posts

254 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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well I put in £47 quid which was a full tank a couple of weeks ago and I got 340 miles out of it, mostly motorway driving.

which I reckon is about 38MPG or so. About half of this was with the top down so I don't know if this increased drag or not - I was quite impressed with it anyway.

Munter

31,326 posts

248 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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You dont see many in france. A few. But not as many as in the UK. People did look at ours, but we figured mainly because we were in the arse end of knowhere with UK plates.

anonymous-user

61 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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I'm getting 39.7mpg out of my 1.6 around town / commuting, but then I do drive like Miss Daisy!

zac510

5,546 posts

213 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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I can never calculate this, what is it in l/100km?

Munter

31,326 posts

248 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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zac510 said:
I can never calculate this, what is it in l/100km?
If you go to google and type: 40mpg in l/km

It will do it for you.

zac510

5,546 posts

213 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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Munter said:
If you go to google and type: 40mpg in l/km

It will do it for you.
Neat. The answer is 7 smile

YZF600R

Original Poster:

4,121 posts

215 months

Wednesday 13th August 2008
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JimSuperSix said:
I'm getting 39.7mpg out of my 1.6 around town / commuting, but then I do drive like Miss Daisy!
Bloody hell, around town I'm mid-high 20's. Average over a normal tank 32-33mpg ish.