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Post by WDB on Jul 29, 2019 13:03:34 GMT
Ah. Mine averaged 34 over the trip, not that it’s ever broken 40 over a full tank. But then I don’t drive it a billion miles a week.
This year’s route had fa(h)r less Autobahn in it than last year’s, but there were still moments when I had to get possibly 2.3 tonnes of car, people and load out and past a lorry or two without inconveniencing the inevitable black Audi in the mirror. The experience of the E220 struggling with that was a big reason for insisting on the 350 engine for its successor.
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Post by Humph on Jul 29, 2019 13:09:28 GMT
Inconveniencing black Audis is a pretty compelling reason to have the less powerful engine, arguably.
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Post by WDB on Jul 29, 2019 13:10:59 GMT
I still have that option to use if I feel like it. 😈
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Post by Humph on Jul 29, 2019 13:20:05 GMT
Even in the UK I have the speedo set to digital readout. There's something about the analogue dial colours of white on grey in my car that's just not instantly easy to glance at in certain lights. But, when in a km limited country I find it even more useful to have the "big" digital speedo selected when it's in km mode.
Doesn't stop me constantly doing the mental arithmetic on the sat nav readout to re-express the distances in miles to myself though.
Oddly enough, I'm the opposite with temperatures, if I see them quoted in Fahrenheit I have to convert them to Centigrade to properly understand them.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 29, 2019 14:44:28 GMT
No idea what MPGs I got through France this year, no interested really. 30 something I expect. Used a couple of tanks there and back I suppose.
Audis in the rear view mirror are a universal trait in all countries, aren't they? Truly noticeable. Although if you don't spot them approaching quickly enough they are often so close that you can't see the badge.
Used the speed limiter and cruise control religiously this year. Stuck to 120kmh max even in 130 zones, due to bikes on roof and full load inside.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jul 29, 2019 15:14:07 GMT
Yeah, my fuel consumption on this trip dropped to 31mpg Ah. Mine averaged 34 over the trip, ...interesting. For a Continental trip in the shed motorcaravan I would usually expect around 34mpg overall. That's carrying everything for 3-4 weeks including outdoor gear, two electric bikes, gas, water, the kitchen sink (literally, and the bathroom one).....yeah yeah, Dubya, and the Kemi Khazi (sigh). It will be at roughly 3.5 tonnes, with the aerodynamics of a brick, and whilst I'll hardly reach the speeds you guys do, neither do I dawdle on the longer trips. I am also much better placed to obstruct the black Audi if I want to. Puts fuel consumption in perspective a bit, don't it! |
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Post by Humph on Jul 29, 2019 15:24:59 GMT
Indeed, and the relationship between it and average speed as you correctly allude. I was able to sit through most of my overnight return trip with the cruise set on 130kph ( apart from the toll booths of course ! ) but it didn't half drink with the bikes upstairs at that speed.
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Post by WDB on Jul 29, 2019 16:07:01 GMT
That speed, of course, offers the option (if not necessarily the choice of when it’s exercised) of not having the bikes on top any more.
And yes, I know: a similar option exists with my method at 0 km/h.
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Post by Humph on Jul 29, 2019 19:03:35 GMT
Nah, they don't fall off until you get over 135...
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Post by bromptonaut on Aug 3, 2019 8:57:40 GMT
There's quite a lot of sand in and on my car. Is it illegal to import sand? Also, there was a dead sparrow caught in my bike rack but I've removed him, poor little bugger must have flown into the path of it. Trouble with sand is you can never get all of it out. Last five cars I've had all passed on with sand from Hebrides worn into pile of carpets. |
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Post by WDB on Aug 3, 2019 9:27:01 GMT
Did you sell the pile of carpets with the car?
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 3, 2019 14:12:17 GMT
Did you sell the pile of carpets with the car? Rolls? |
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