Average Speed - Trip Computer

[russy01]

Havent reset my trip computer for 37,000 miles, average speed over that period is 32mph.

Most of my driving is B roads.

Just wondered what speed other people have averaged in their cars.

(If they have such luxuries as a trip computer!!!!)

[8400rpm]

russy01 said:

(If they have such luxuries as a trip computer!!!!)

Several friends of mine in the pub mentioned about their car's lifetime mpg figures, and were going to decimal places. I thought to myself 'these guys must be a bit anal, writing down each tanks mpg figure, adding them up and doing lifetime averages...'

Then it twigged, not everyone has an old car like me where you need a calculator to figure out the mpg.

[russy01]

8400rpm said:

russy01 said:

(If they have such luxuries as a trip computer!!!!)

Several friends of mine in the pub mentioned about their car's lifetime mpg figures, and were going to decimal places. I thought to myself 'these guys must be a bit anal, writing down each tanks mpg figure, adding them up and doing lifetime averages...'

Then it twigged, not everyone has an old car like me where you need a calculator to figure out the mpg.

yup, mine says 42.1mpg over the 37k, but i am pretty sure the remap cocks this up.

[anonymous-user]

Mine hasn't been reset for a few thousand miles.
Average speed is 32.3 mpg
Average mpg 33.2

Most of my driving is around town, going from my house to uni and friend's houses.

[Dominicc01]

Over about 280 miles, mixed motorway autobahn, A, and B roads. Sadly it lost about 1mph as I sat there trying to find the camera.

Edited by Dominicc01 on Tuesday 8th June 22:37

[ZesPak]

Dominicc01 said:

Over about 280 miles. Sadly it lost about 1mph as I sat there trying to find the camera.



Is that a nissan? That dash looks familliar!

[E31Shrew]

ZesPak said:

Dominicc01 said:

Over about 280 miles. Sadly it lost about 1mph as I sat there trying to find the camera.



Is that a nissan? That dash looks familliar!

Looks like a 1995 Jaguar 3.2 XJ Sport to me!

[syncro.]

E31Shrew said:

ZesPak said:

Dominicc01 said:

Over about 280 miles. Sadly it lost about 1mph as I sat there trying to find the camera.



Is that a nissan? That dash looks familliar!

Looks like a 1995 Jaguar 3.2 XJ Sport to me!

Oil pressures a bit low!

[dylan0451]

unless it is jap then its in kg/cm2 - 1 kg/cm2 is about 14psi

[anonymous-user]

Unfortunately my car is French so the trip computer enjoys resetting itself.

[Dominicc01]

syncro. said:

E31Shrew said:

Looks like a 1995 Jaguar 3.2 XJ Sport to me!

Oil pressures a bit low!

Yep, a Jag. I am assured that oil loses viscosity at high temperatures, so pressure reduces at idle, and this is normal. I remember reading somewhere that the early models had a pressure sensor which did this, and so although it was fine, owners got worried, and a pressure switch was later installed instead.