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Old 06-05-2008   #1
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46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

Just completed a 440 mile+ round trip, 4 up with luggage, down to Croyde Bay over the Bank Hol. The GPS performed fantastically, no problems whatsoever. Average consumption was 46.8 mpg. Now this was Bank Holiday, with heavy traffic, stop start stuff, 70 mph "where I could" and running about those country lanes between Croyde and Woolacombe / Ilfracombe.

27,000 miles on the clock now

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46.8mpg is little consolation for spending that much time inside a GP
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

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46.8mpg is little consolation for spending that much time inside a GP
Jealousy does not become you Juggy...

Biggest consolation was that I had Mrs Ffoxy, youngest daughter and her BF in the car not the Mother in Law!
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

Yeah thats not bad. My 1.3 Dynamic managed 56mpg on a similar but shorter journey recently. But then it did start the journey with 10 miles on the clock.
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

51.2mpg from the JTD 115 going to and from london

would have been higher if i hadnt got stuck in traffic

thats with a boot full of cans and bottles of coke, camping gear, clothes, etc etc

and the skyroof open as well for a bit of the journey
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

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51.2mpg from the JTD 115 going to and from london

would have been higher if i hadnt got stuck in traffic

thats with a boot full of cans and bottles of coke, camping gear, clothes, etc etc

and the skyroof open as well for a bit of the journey
but the Stilo is a fuggly ucker lol!
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but the Stilo is a fuggly ucker lol!
another persons opinion

at least it feels like your driving a car not a air balloon like the gp
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

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another persons opinion

at least it feels like your driving a car not a air balloon like the gp
Joke... Mrs Ffoxy has a 1.2 Stilo cheesedish I think they r almost as nice as the GP!
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Joke... Mrs Ffoxy has a 1.2 Stilo cheesedish I think they r almost as nice as the GP!
i realised that mwahaha!

is so nice just lately the skyroof is getting used again, screw economy when you can have fun
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52mpg from the Bravo.... until the sillyness took over again abd back down to mid-40s
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52mpg from the Bravo.... until the sillyness took over again abd back down to mid-40s
Yeah the 16v'er is the far better engine. I'd love to know why they didn't put it in the GPS . It would almost make up for the crap chassis then

I got 43mpg in a similar journey in my dads Audi A6 1.8 Petrol!. That was just after I serviced it .
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

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Yeah the 16v'er is the far better engine. I'd love to know why they didn't put it in the GPS . It would almost make up for the crap chassis then

But I wouldnt have got mine for £9,500 with 1,500 miles on the clock then tho...

And maybe I got a good chassis.... its more capable than I am in corners anyhow... Driven normally, its not a Hothatch remember...
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

pfft 1.2 8v is where it's at, lol 52mpg on a 60mph run. i can get 70 plus in the slip stream of a lorry when im really low on petrol lol.
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Re: 46.8 mpg GPS 1.9 MJet

Not particularly impressed by Diesel economy like....considering my petrol 16v manages at least 45 on a similar sort of run with 47 being the max I've had although I'll admit my week to week economy is more like 40mpg but I do like to visit the redline....
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Not particularly impressed by Diesel economy like....considering my petrol 16v manages at least 45 on a similar sort of run with 47 being the max I've had although I'll admit my week to week economy is more like 40mpg but I do like to visit the redline....
Pppppffffttttt I got 60mpg out of mine when one petrol crisis or another was on, driving like a grandma everywhere! Usually about 40 in winter and 45 in summer though, better than I get out my tractor
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