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I can't believe I saw this on my trip yesterday.
Round trip of 200 miles just to have a cuppa and a cheese roll with my brother, and to show off the car of course
About 40 miles of normal roads, the rest motorway with quite a few 50mph average stretches.
41mpg for the whole journey, in a sports car!
This is the same sipping of fuel that I'd get out of my Duster when doing this journey.
Except at 80mph the Dacia was being thrashed, has the aerodynamic profile of a brick, and although I loved it (Such a useful car) it always felt a bit nervous at motorway speeds whilst the Alpine was solid, and remained so at ***mph
Also it was comfortable, I'm now seeing this as a little GT car
Round trip of 200 miles just to have a cuppa and a cheese roll with my brother, and to show off the car of course
About 40 miles of normal roads, the rest motorway with quite a few 50mph average stretches.
41mpg for the whole journey, in a sports car!
This is the same sipping of fuel that I'd get out of my Duster when doing this journey.
Except at 80mph the Dacia was being thrashed, has the aerodynamic profile of a brick, and although I loved it (Such a useful car) it always felt a bit nervous at motorway speeds whilst the Alpine was solid, and remained so at ***mph
Also it was comfortable, I'm now seeing this as a little GT car
I'm pretty good at being able to get high MPG out of cars when on long runs/motorway etc. For example, I managed to get 42mpg our of my Evora 400 between London and Wales.
My Alpine usually sits at an average of around 33mpg but I really struggle to get it over 40mpg on a run and that has surprised me, especially given where the average sits. I'm seeing very little difference between "enthusiastic" driving and cruising.
Even doing c500 miles to/from Liverpool plus 650 miles on the IOM recently it averaged 31.5 mpg and the 650 on the IOM were not driven slowly with the full extension of the right pedal generally in use when accelerating, we tend to stick to the derestricted roads where possible.
I did wonder whether the engine was still "tight", it's got 7K on it now. Was wondering if anyone has seen the mpg improve with miles driven?
My Alpine usually sits at an average of around 33mpg but I really struggle to get it over 40mpg on a run and that has surprised me, especially given where the average sits. I'm seeing very little difference between "enthusiastic" driving and cruising.
Even doing c500 miles to/from Liverpool plus 650 miles on the IOM recently it averaged 31.5 mpg and the 650 on the IOM were not driven slowly with the full extension of the right pedal generally in use when accelerating, we tend to stick to the derestricted roads where possible.
I did wonder whether the engine was still "tight", it's got 7K on it now. Was wondering if anyone has seen the mpg improve with miles driven?
I once managed to do 5.2-5.3L/100km (roughly 53 mpg?) on the motorway stretch between Rotterdam and Antwerp, because I wanted to save 40 cents per litre on Belgian petrol... I had to switch off the air conditioner (which happened to be quite thirsty) and use cruise control.
The best I have done between two refills was 6.54L/100km (which equals 43 mpg), when I had to drive the autoroute from Valence to the Luxembourg border in one go because there was no petrol available in France due to strikes.
The best I have done between two refills was 6.54L/100km (which equals 43 mpg), when I had to drive the autoroute from Valence to the Luxembourg border in one go because there was no petrol available in France due to strikes.
Edited by bram070 on Wednesday 28th August 14:07
biggles330d said:
39.74mpg average over near 12,000 miles since new. Lots of longer trips and mixed driving. No track.
Best individual tank I've had 43-44mpg. I am curious as to how people are getting high 40's, unless they are all the time in 50mph average speed camera zones!
Stats over 35k from new (touring, d*cking about, no track):Best individual tank I've had 43-44mpg. I am curious as to how people are getting high 40's, unless they are all the time in 50mph average speed camera zones!
Average: 35.7 mpg / 8.0l /100km
Std dev: 4.2 mpg / 1.0 l/100km
Max: 46.3 mpg / 6.1 l/100km (this was a constant 70mph back from Scotland)
Min: 26.0 mpg / 10.8 l/100km (this was d*cking about in Scotland)
Chapeau to those getting over 50mpg / under 6l/100!
Nick
Sticking to 106km/h (66mph) on cruise control in a country famously as flat as a pancake, my bog standard PE returns a very repeatable 47mpg (6l/100km) on a run. Short of overinflating the tires, I don't think it could do better. All in all, I'm seeing 12l/100km on average (34mpg) which I'll happily take. My Elise with TB's won't beat that...
Let alone the Alpine's predecessor (350Z), which would do 34mpg on the same kind of run where the Alpine manages 47 - and on average, it did 22 where the Alpine does 34. Funny how fuel consumption is never a consideration for me to buy or reject a car but I still always obsessively keep records of it.
Let alone the Alpine's predecessor (350Z), which would do 34mpg on the same kind of run where the Alpine manages 47 - and on average, it did 22 where the Alpine does 34. Funny how fuel consumption is never a consideration for me to buy or reject a car but I still always obsessively keep records of it.
My 911 does 32 mpg.
For a car that gets to 60 in 3.6 seconds I think it is amazing.
And it has not cost me a great deal to run either, servicing has been good value from the main dealer. £310 for an oil and filter change.
I did 450 miles in it yesterday, I love it.
70,000 miles on it now and it still feels like a new car. Not selling it
For a car that gets to 60 in 3.6 seconds I think it is amazing.
And it has not cost me a great deal to run either, servicing has been good value from the main dealer. £310 for an oil and filter change.
I did 450 miles in it yesterday, I love it.
70,000 miles on it now and it still feels like a new car. Not selling it
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