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Gazzer Member Since: 21 Oct 2005 Location: Salisbury Plain Posts: 318 |
Did anyone see the TopGear episode when Clarkson drove from London to Edinburgh AND back on 1 tank of fuel in V8 4.2ltr Audi. Amazing!
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Fri Oct 28 2005 7:07pm |
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d3matt Member Since: 11 Jul 2005 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 730 |
I nearly ran out of fuel in my VW T5 once. It too has a range display and increments down in 5 miles. It got to 5 miles, still couldn't find a petrol station. Then drove on very carefully. It then displayed 0 miles, just as I was 300yds from the petrol station. Good job I had sat nav to take me to my closest petrol station. Just made it in time. I must say I sweating a bit! Matt ------------------------------------------- RRS ownership for 1 yr, then D3 for 2 yrs. Then cut back to old bangers and working my way back up through two Peugeots in 6 months. Now got Saab 9-5 2.3t and enjoying the performance! |
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Fri Oct 28 2005 11:04pm |
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476 |
Tell you what is great about the TDv6 though................ 295 miles round trip to Tiree this week, fuel out on the island is £3 a litre.......... Home to Tiree, a week of short trips on island single track roads towing a trailer then a long drag back home stuck behind caravans and artic trucks in the pouring rain. The trip comp dropped from 28.5mpg for the trip there to 21.7 when I drove of the ferry this afternoon after a few drives in low ratio in the sand dunes and had recovered to 23mpg when I refilled at the local Sainsbury's tonight. My last RR would have struggled to get 22 on the trip there and never got better than 18 while out on the island. Makes you feel very smug to cruise passed Esso and Shell filling stations with £1.09 a litre showing on the price board to get back to 0.95ppl in the central belt. In a couple of weeks I'm off to the southcoast for a weekend and am looking forward to getting all the way on a single fill-up - all 510 miles of it should be achievable on about 3/4 tank without wellying the car and sticking to 70-75mph for the trip. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Sat Oct 29 2005 8:10pm |
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RRUK Member Since: 10 Jun 2005 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 2584 |
Yeah, but it doesn't weigh 2.5 tonnes and have similar aerodynamics! When you get moving in the Sport and have to come to a halt, even just town driving, you notice the weight of the vehicle, it has a real momentum to it. That's why the front alloys get black very quickly! L319 D4 HSE 1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF 1982 Series 3 SWB |
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Sun Oct 30 2005 5:22pm |
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