Date   : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:03:33 -0000
From   : Andy@... (Andrew Livens)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

Yes, it's a diesel.

However, the car weighs 2.7 tonnes (more with me in it!) - probably
about twice as much as a rover 6 series, hence my surprise at only
30mpg.

The 30mpg was for urban and motorway driving, so it's a fair average. On
a long run I can get nearly 40mpg out of it if I drive like my granddad
;-) . The minute the Mrs drives it the mpg falls to under 30 :-(

One of the previous cars was a Toyota Rav4 2.2D - 50mpg almost
regardless of how you drove it. Hated it.

Last car was the SC Range Rover - at 15mpg on average (under 10mpg is
you spanked it) just too expensive to run, but as quick as our Z4 in a
straight line (0-60 < 6 secs). HUGE fun to drive, on and off road :-)

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Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] [OT] Who'da thought...

On 20 November 2010 08:03, Andrew Livens <Andy@...> wrote:
> Eh ?
>
> Is that a 1.8 litre engine and you only get 30mpg ??
>
> I get more than that (just) from the 3 litre in the Disco - admittedly
a
> diesel.

Of course - you've just said that it's a diesel. 30mpg from a 1.8
Rover 600 is a perfectly good figure for mixed driving. I'd expect it
would do 40 or so on a motorway run at moderate speeds, and somewhere
in the mid 20s round town.

When you say you get 30mpg in the Discovery, what kind of driving are
you doing? The figure's a bit meaningless if you don't state whether
it's all motorway miles drafting lorries at 56mph, or whether it's
heavy-footed urban driving in traffic jams.

-- 
Alex Taylor

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