Date   : Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:38:23 -0000
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

> >>> 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.

That does sound very broken. The clue is in the name Rover 618 = 6 series
1.8 litre and that's only a 4 cylinder (actually a Honda engine). You should
be getting at least 30 mpg, especially doing motorway miles - unless of
course you are still driving around in 2nd gear all the time ;-)

//M