Fuel Economy

[Scougar]

I have been monitoring my fuel economy since I got the valver and have made a strange discovery.

Based on: Fill right up till no more can go in. Run car till near empty, take note of milage, refill till no more can go in. Work out fuel econ.

When I first started using the car, my first 2 fills were around the 35mpg mark. I drove it a 'little' harder, and my economy dropped to around 31mpg. Past 2 fills, I have ragged the car a bit taking it upto the limiter many times. I returned 35.8 mpg!

So my question is... WHY? Why if i drive harder to i 'seem' to get the same or better economy? I can't remember if I was using super or regular, but will experiment with this later

My calculation is: Milage divided by gallons required to fill when near empty get mpg.

Matthew

[Matty86]

mine does that

and with the diesel box 45mpg on motorway runs is easy

[northy]

£10 for 100miles on a motorway run for me....

[stan]

Superunleaded will deof improve mpg.

I also was getting better mpg in the Willy 2 i had....45mpg cruising at 80mph as opposed to 40mpg in the 1.8 at same speed.

[Scougar]

hmm. I can get SUL for about 85 from sainsburys, so that's when I normally get it. Have heard a fair few times about people getting better econ on SUL. Not managed to get over 35mpg (overall) yet though.

45mpg on the diesel box (impressive!)? How is the gearing/final drive set up compared to 1.8 and williams boxes?

Matthew

[Laine_16v]

I seem to get about 35mpg no matter how i drive :P

[BRUN]

ive never hit 35, think 32 is best ive had

[Matt_16v]

i'm too scared to work it out!

[Justin..]

I don't really give a **** what it gives me in MPG. It's a performance car not a little 1.0 town car

[Patrick_g46]

I don't really give a f**k what it gives me in MPG. It's a performance car not a little 1.0 town car

knows'it!