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Old 08-20-2011, 07:52 AM   #42 (permalink)
jtbo
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ZX - '97 Citroen ZX Monaco
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Sorry for lack of updates, did not visited board during summer as there was much of anything happening in mpg front, summer is time when I don't drive as much because I'm on vacation so didn't need fill ups either.

I took aero mods off as winter is coming here, snow and aeromods is perhaps not good combination, car clearly rolls less and is bit more noisy now.

Well if we are accurate car did actually burst radiator yesterday and it is really not moving at all currently, I'm getting another car, but perhaps I fix ZX and sell it or keep, depending of how my future work lines up, but it is going to be now at least a month until ZX is moving again.

Replacement is going to be Volvo 340 1981 Variomatic, very thirsty, I know, but it is more like hobby car which I'm not going to drive much, it is just one for collection really.

I did took two fillups from my android device which I use to keep fuellog for my cars, I don't know about that price per unit if it does it right or maybe I have done it wrong, quite big difference in price per gallon.

With speeds I drive mods did work surprisingly well, I still left front air dam as it seemed to have greatest effect, so I let that be even during the winter too.

I did not manage to get as low as 3.6l/100km second time, must had wind from behind almost everytime I drove back then, car felt like going really well then and I should note that then I had front air dam so low that it scraped almost at every bump, had to take 50% off from it to stop it scraping constantly and everywhere. So I think that underside has some huge effect in this particular vehicle, close to one litre compared to unmodified.

So next week is going to be hypermiling at rental car, might be interesting
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