Miles Per Gallon ?

[snuffy]

Not that I actually care what the MPG of my M12-3 is, but, out of interest I measured it over the last fill up. I was quite surprised at 22. Does that sound about right ?

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

snuffy said:

Not that I actually care what the MPG of my M12-3 is, but, out of interest I measured it over the last fill up. I was quite surprised at 22. Does that sound about right ?

On a long run down to Plymouth I pressed on a bit (but not a license killing speeds if you get my drift), and got 23.5 mph. On the way back with lots of time to spare I went not faster than 70, and had a very smooth run. 24mpg. Moral is....we'll you can work that bit out

That was on the old setup. I'm sure it'll be a little worse now.....

[mgbond]

My 2.5 from portsmouth to Leicester (160 miles each way) does 27mpg at 80-85mph and 24mpg with the A/C on.

Shell V-Power

Bondy

[adrian w]

did a tankfull in 15 laps of Llandow

[snuffy]

When I say I was surprised at 22 I mean I throught that was good. It was a mixture of motorways, A roads and taking 2 people out to show it off (one was my mother hanging onto the door handle ! ). My Esprit used to manage about 18. At Vmax I worked out it was doing 3-4 mpg.

[joust]

My 2.5l MPG history is here

www.lotus-elise.org.uk/noble/runningcosts.htm

Never bothered to do the M400 (I got richer )

J

[gadgeroonie]

I daren't work out the mpg

but its about 170 miles to a tank - is this good ?

[alex s]

gadgeroonie said:

I daren't work out the mpg

but its about 170 miles to a tank - is this good ?

Not bad, tank is tiny.

[joust]

gadgeroonie said:

I daren't work out the mpg
but its about 170 miles to a tank - is this good ?

230-240 is possible. Tank holds 55-60 litres when totally brimmed.

J

[mikes_3r]

Highway only driving best was 23.8 mpg (21.5-23.8 range) at a "brisk pace". Only a couple of long trips.

Overall average since I've owned it 17.3 mpg including track days and autocrosses.

[adrian w]

mikes_3r said:

Highway only driving best was 23.8 mpg (21.5-23.8 range) at a "brisk pace". Only a couple of long trips.

Overall average since I've owned it 17.3 mpg including track days and autocrosses.

Autocrosses

[Ash M400]

90 miles to a tank.

That was on the Gumball.

Right foot was welded to the floor

[AMG Merc]

Excessive when hooning but I don't really care!

Small tank is a pain but saves weight.

[nobleguy]

When I first got the car I was driving it far too slowly and being too cautious.
Petrol seemed to last forever (relatively speaking) - I seem to remember getting at least 25mpg, possibly more, but my mMemory isn't what it used to be.

[paulcundy]

On track its a litre a minute.
Regards
Paul C

[mikes_3r]

adrian w said:

mikes_3r said:

Highway only driving best was 23.8 mpg (21.5-23.8 range) at a "brisk pace". Only a couple of long trips.

Overall average since I've owned it 17.3 mpg including track days and autocrosses.

Autocrosses

In the US style of autocrosses that is... (cones in a wide open lot) Sorry to panic you

[robp]

adrian w said:

did a tankfull in 15 laps of Llandow

..which works out at about 1.5mpg (say 10gal for 15 miles). Nice one Adrian (I wouldn't tell the greenies, though)