Date   : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:26:48 -0600
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

J.G.Harston wrote:
> Mark Usher wrote:
>>> You will however, need your own personal oil well :-(
>> Oh don't. Beginning to regret my V8 with 23MPG on a good day.
> 
> The Rover 618 I've been lent/given does 18MPG on a good day...
> ?120 in petrol Sheffield -> Tarland, have to fill the tank twice.

That sounds broken. We get about 28mpg (US gallons, mind) out of our Toyota, 
and that's with a 3L V6. I can't remember what the 618 typically has, but I 
didn't think it was as big.

I used to get about 18 out of my Triumphs on a good day. My 40-odd-year-old 
truck gets about 20mpg (that's a 3L straight-six), which isn't significantly 
worse than a modern truck. Progress, or something. ;-)

cheers

Jules