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Update - having had a service and a new timing belt kit and water pump last Monday, I was playing my game of beating the average mpg indicator and had an indicated 70.1 mpg over 75 miles on mostly 50mph controlled smart motorway yesterday, which I think is pretty amazing for an older tech Ford 1.8tdci engine. This has fallen to an overall 61.2 mpg with another 79 mile trip today with a lot more 30mph roads, me booting it a bit more up the hills, as well as more of the journey being at 70mph and 60mph on controlled smart motorways. That, and tickling the throttle does get a bit boring.
All this at an average overall speed of 44mph, which to be fair is a pretty soul destroying average speed, made slightly easier knowing I'm getting paid while traveling, in this instance, so I have an incentive to stick to the limits. Apart from a few occasions when I could have gone up to 80mph or so, or been a bit more aggressive in my acceleration on a few twisty B roads, I could not have driven that much faster on congested roads to save my self some time.
The one thing I have really noticed is that the fuel efficiency rises dramatically when my car has had 6 to10 miles to warm up, borne out when having multiple short journeys with a cold engine and lower temperatures, which has seen my average mpg drop as low as 36mpg over a tank, with an admittedly very heavy right foot. Higher temperatures and not needing to put anti waxing agents in the diesel has probably had some effect on things too.
All this at an average overall speed of 44mph, which to be fair is a pretty soul destroying average speed, made slightly easier knowing I'm getting paid while traveling, in this instance, so I have an incentive to stick to the limits. Apart from a few occasions when I could have gone up to 80mph or so, or been a bit more aggressive in my acceleration on a few twisty B roads, I could not have driven that much faster on congested roads to save my self some time.
The one thing I have really noticed is that the fuel efficiency rises dramatically when my car has had 6 to10 miles to warm up, borne out when having multiple short journeys with a cold engine and lower temperatures, which has seen my average mpg drop as low as 36mpg over a tank, with an admittedly very heavy right foot. Higher temperatures and not needing to put anti waxing agents in the diesel has probably had some effect on things too.
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