Date   : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:04:54 -0000
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

> 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.
> 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 :-)

So you won't be swapping to a petrol then anytime soon! 30mpg is about right
for JGH in a petrol, also taking into consideration it's A roads/dual/triple
carriageways and the fact he hasn't been driving long.

I only used to get 36-37 out of a 1.6 Toyota engine with 1.2 tonne of weight
(unloaded).  Bimmer 5 series V8 about 23mpg and around 16 if I start
flooring it.

That is the diff between Petrol & Diesel, at least in mpg terms. Also an
automatic with have slightly worse consumption that a manual.

//M