All figures as indicated by trip computer which by my reckoning is about 11-14% generous .
My daily commute is approx 38 miles to work ( including just a few miles on motorway ) and 44miles home ( with about 20 on motorway ) .It generally takes about an hour each way ( maybe a bit less homeward) .
Yesterday I saw 100mpg on the average consumption clock at the one hour /35 mile point in morning and two hour / 79 mile point in evening .My final figures after a trip to refuel and having reversed car into drive were 97.4mpg -81.4 mikes at 37 mph in 2 hours 11min .
I received plenty of assistance from lorries on motorway on way home .(Never went below 50mph) There's also a few hills on my route .
I had loosened up the turbo actuator a bit the previous night .I was the only occupant and fuel tank was fairly low .Standard alloys and tyres .
My previous 'best ' was maybe 93mpg .I think the main difference was NOT accelerating flat out every 15/20 minutes for 10-20 seconds to reduce coking up and just giving it one quick blast before journey's end .Even after ten minutes of very light throttle pressure you will get a lot of black smoke out exhaust when flooring it .I can't imagine this does any good on daily basis if it builds up so could be penny wise and pound foolish .
I'd say 110mpg would be attainable if making a really conscious effort but you'd probably be holding up traffic .
And if you were willing to keep around 30mph ish you might even get it 'off the scale ' at 141.2mpg but I think life's too short for that .
I think maybe the pre 2007/8 non DPF MJ will be a bit lighter on fuel but possibly slower.
What's YOUR 'record'?
My daily commute is approx 38 miles to work ( including just a few miles on motorway ) and 44miles home ( with about 20 on motorway ) .It generally takes about an hour each way ( maybe a bit less homeward) .
Yesterday I saw 100mpg on the average consumption clock at the one hour /35 mile point in morning and two hour / 79 mile point in evening .My final figures after a trip to refuel and having reversed car into drive were 97.4mpg -81.4 mikes at 37 mph in 2 hours 11min .
I received plenty of assistance from lorries on motorway on way home .(Never went below 50mph) There's also a few hills on my route .
I had loosened up the turbo actuator a bit the previous night .I was the only occupant and fuel tank was fairly low .Standard alloys and tyres .
My previous 'best ' was maybe 93mpg .I think the main difference was NOT accelerating flat out every 15/20 minutes for 10-20 seconds to reduce coking up and just giving it one quick blast before journey's end .Even after ten minutes of very light throttle pressure you will get a lot of black smoke out exhaust when flooring it .I can't imagine this does any good on daily basis if it builds up so could be penny wise and pound foolish .
I'd say 110mpg would be attainable if making a really conscious effort but you'd probably be holding up traffic .
And if you were willing to keep around 30mph ish you might even get it 'off the scale ' at 141.2mpg but I think life's too short for that .
I think maybe the pre 2007/8 non DPF MJ will be a bit lighter on fuel but possibly slower.
What's YOUR 'record'?