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Old 10-16-2013, 05:52 AM   #144 (permalink)
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The Mistress - '88 Bmw 320i Touring SE
Team m8
Last 3: 27.17 mpg (US)

Germany Beadle - '91 Mercedes 300td (estate, N/A)
90 day: 24.63 mpg (US)

The Bloodylingo - '05 Citroen Berlingo Multispace Desire
90 day: 39.77 mpg (US)

Shanner Scaab - '03 Saab 9-5 estate Vector
90 day: 26.19 mpg (US)

Clio 182 - '05 Renault Clio RS 182 182
90 day: 31.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post

Hermann managed 38 MPG (imp) on the (90%) motorway trip - interestingly the on board display and the SG2 both estimated he had done 43-ish on both legs of the trip so maybe higher speeds mean less accurate MPG figures.

I also experimented with S-Mode which is supposed to make the car feel more sporty. It doesn't really, it just makes the engine rev more with no real benefit to either speed or economy.

In short same sh|t (auto gearbox) different trip.
Look at it this way, you used to get ~64mpg out the VRS- which is a 1.9 4cyl Manual

Hermann is a 3.0 6cyl auto- 50% more capacity, yet delivering 60% of the MPG
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