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lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:27 am Post subject:

we get nearly that out of the diesel VM one we have so wouldnt be surprised...they are much better on fuel than peeps think (considering they are such tanks, I ve had smaller and more modern cars that have been worse than the Rangey by far). Even our 110 Landy does upwards of 35mpg, and neither are modified at all.
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Diana · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:42 am Post subject:

Will have to work mine out properly - have been too scared of what I might find to do the sums. 4.5 litres to the gallon?
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IainC · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:34 am Post subject:

4.54 is a bit more accurate.

Fill the tank, reset the trip meter, drive until you need to fill again, then only count the cost it takes to brim it again and work out how much it's cost you to do the amount of miles on the trip meter.

Should give you a fairly accurate mpg figure.

Was quite surprised by that amount of mpg though... had heard various stories of mid 20's to early 30's from a 110 TDi or TD5.

Diana · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:38 am Post subject:

Thanks Iain. I did know the method was just checking the conversion.

Yes I was surprised too. Will let you know mine once it's checked (might be a couple of weeks though as I don't drive much).
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IainC · Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:09 am Post subject:

Was just in case you were going to use the tank size as your calculation (ie you did 300 miles and you have a 75l tank), 'cos it's very rare that anyone ever runs the vehicle that low on fuel to use it all up as they get into the garage (although it's felt close a couple of times

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