General My amazing car......

[sammiboo]

Yesterday when i filled up the coupe out of interest H worked out the mpg of my car and on the last tank it did 33.8 miles per gallon the average MPG the coop gets by the book is 28 but a lot of coop people get around 26 27..

And cos of the chip i thought iw ould be even less..

So how the hell am getting nearly 34 mpg i have no idea

 

[dave]

chip will be more refined than the standard map, i got 59 mpg out of my punto on m1 friday

 

[Stu DemonD]

Same principle with the remaps - better performance, and better economy as well when car being driven normal

 

[sammiboo]

Same principle with the remaps - better performance, and better economy as well when car being driven normal

H has got a chip but his does about 27 mpg he said and when he drove it economically the best he got was 31 or something i just drive normal

 

[Alex]

are you doing your sums right?

 

[dave]

H has got a chip but his does about 27 mpg he said and when he drove it economically the best he got was 31 or something i just drive normal

he wears bigger shoes

 

[sammiboo]

are you doing your sums right?

H did them and i doubt he would get it wrong

 

[pinin__prestatyn]

You drive like a granny?!

I'm not saying H failed maths at school but that is a little optimistic for a G-Tech'd coupe! But then again it is an economical car if you keep off boost.

 

[sammiboo]

You cheeky git matt

i dont drive like a granny, i admit i dont put my foot down as much as i did when i first got the car but i am by no means slow LOL

as for the maths will ask H but i am sure he has calculated it right...

 

[dave]

he just said it does that, so when he borrows it he pays you less for fuel

 

[HP]

That's bloody good, I can only get 30 from a non turbo 20v marea!

 

[Alex]

That's bloody good, I can only get 30 from a non turbo 20v marea!

When something is too good to be true....

 

[HP]

When something is too good to be true....

I dunno, I enjoy the 5 cylinder roar a bit too much!

My 30mpg is general pootling about, but it gave that at a steady 90-ish over 500 miles yesterday. I could prolly get more at lower speeds, but it was still comfy and within it's limits

 

[timr69]

I dunno, I enjoy the 5 cylinder roar a bit too much!

It's a totally addictive noise

I only worked out my coupé economy once not long after I got it and it was 28 from a mix of sensible cruising, town running and back roads.
I'm too scared to work it out now - as I've got to know the car better the confidence to drive harder has increased so I expect the economy will be worse now.

 

[hmallett]

I'm not saying H failed maths at school but that is a little optimistic for a G-Tech'd coupe!

Cheeky git! I did maths at university I'll have you know....
The 33.8 was on a long run from Chester->Hull->Rochdale->Oswestry, all done at nice sensible speeds.
A run to Birmingham and back yesterday got 27.8mpg, which is still pretty good.
H

 

[pinin__prestatyn]

mmm the 27.8 MPG sounds about right, I suppose you could get a 33 mpg or more on the motorway. I never do with my leaden right foot though

 

[sammiboo]

i can get about 360 miles on average ti the tank maybe a little more, thats what made H work it out as i seemed to be doing well on a tank