BIGFOG wrote:

The question was about 'honest' mpg, I don't believe doing less than the National speed limit on the motorway is anything like honest. I always do about 80 mph on the motorways and reckon on about 25 mpg as being a fair average, 27 if drive like a pansy, oh and thats with racks, lights and a winch....

I dont mind saying the speed limit of 70 on the motorway is a limit not a target and between 65 and 70 is where i sit.

Gone are the days i care for speed and when i do, i jump in a plane and push a few mph (or kts) more than the cars will and on nice days the odd areobatics adds the variety on on dodgy days a bit of IFR adds the concentration.

On MPG best ive got was a number of runs at 31mpg - not worked out what got it that, but it did.

Worst 16mpg

Normal average seems to be aroun 28, normal low seems to be around 25

Im not sure what makes it change - as ive tried all sorts to see, but im not sure i balance the length out enough to make a fair test. If there was one thing that i think screws MPG, its short journies. Long journies at aroun 60/65mpg ISTR give the best MPG. Mike

ofourdan wrote:

average is 10.17 l/100km which is 27.78 MPG.

ofourdan & Gents of the high MPGs... tell me what is your defintion of a gallon? Are you using imperial or US.

I can hardly get to 23-24 mpg (US) and only if I treat the gas pedal like an egg.

Cheers
George The goons are trying to bring me down!

Defender 110 SW MY10 useless piece of ... but I like her
Defender 90 V8 50th Anniversary
Series IIa 109 / 6 cyl. ex-fire truck

BigGeorge wrote:

ofourdan & Gents of the high MPGs... tell me what is your defintion of a gallon? Are you using imperial or US.

I can hardly get to 23-24 mpg (US) and only if I treat the gas pedal like an egg.

Cheers
George

There is only one Gallon and that is the imperial (UK) gallon which is 4.54609 litres, where your 3.785 litres for gallon is less.

soooooo, that means you need to add 0.761 litres which will equate to another 4.83 miles (if you get 24mpg) on the US gallon resulting in Just short of 29 MPG


I hope that makes you feel better
Glyn

BigGeorge wrote:

ofourdan wrote:

average is 10.17 l/100km which is 27.78 MPG.

ofourdan & Gents of the high MPGs... tell me what is your defintion of a gallon? Are you using imperial or US.

Glynparry25 wrote:

soooooo, that means you need to add 0.761 litres which will equate to another 4.83 miles (if you get 24mpg) on the US gallon resulting in Just short of 29 MPG


I hope that makes you feel better
Glyn

of course... it makes me feel better. I get the sense of driving an eco-friendly and sensible car

My calculator (obviously an american product / made in Singapore (this gives you an indication how old the calcualtor is , cause nowadays it would say made in china by cheap chilren labour fource) knows only the US Gallon and Wikepdia tells me that on 1 January 2000, the imperial gallon ceased to be a legal unit of measure within the United Kingdom for economic, health, safety or administrative purposes.

This was probably imposed by some european commission or similar and I guess you couln't care less..., right..  The goons are trying to bring me down!

Defender 110 SW MY10 useless piece of ... but I like her
Defender 90 V8 50th Anniversary
Series IIa 109 / 6 cyl. ex-fire truck

BigGeorge wrote:

Glynparry25 wrote:

soooooo, that means you need to add 0.761 litres which will equate to another 4.83 miles (if you get 24mpg) on the US gallon resulting in Just short of 29 MPG


I hope that makes you feel better
Glyn

of course... it makes me feel better. I get the sense of driving an eco-friendly and sensible car

My calculator (obviously an american product / made in Singapore (this gives you an indication how old the calcualtor is , cause nowadays it would say made in china by cheap chilren labour fource) knows only the US Gallon and Wikepdia tells me that on 1 January 2000, the imperial gallon ceased to be a legal unit of measure within the United Kingdom for economic, health, safety or administrative purposes.

This was probably imposed by some european commission or similar and I guess you couln't care less..., right..

szracer wrote:

From my limited (8 days!) and three tankfuls' experience with my 110 USW, I seem to be getting 24-25mpg.

Hoping this will improve a tad with my BAS Remap, although probably outweighed by temptation to bury right foot...

Got the BAS remap and found that, as you suggest, any improvement in MPG is negated by propensity to stamp right foot and smile - maybe you should wrap yourself in bubblewrap when your wife realises that the claim that you will save money and that the map will 'pay for itself' before long. Get an ITG filter while you are at it