Maximum Gas Mileage

[chaparral]

The general consensus is that a Corvette can get almost 40 miles per (imperial) gallon at a 70 MPH cruise in sixth due to excellent aerodynamics and a very long-legged high gear.*

I'm wondering if the Tuscan has such long legs. If you're cruising down the motorway, is the (lighter, smaller-frontal-area, smaller-engined) Tuscan that efficient? Have any of you driven that slowly that consistently for enough time to draw a conclusion?


*32-35 miles/American gallon, which works out to 40-45 miles/Imperial gallon.

[philipleslie67]

Sorry can't help you there as I haven't been able to find the cruise mode on mine. It always is screeming througg twisty bits!

[chaparral]

Yes, that seems about right- I just want to see if anyone ever did a long motorway journey in one.

[bjwoods]

You 'can' get about 28 - 30mpg out of a griff 500, if you cruise at around 70 - 80 mph. Actually amazed to get to birmingham NEC and back once on less than a full tank.
Mainly M40

I would espect a six to be better.

B

>> Edited by bjwoods on Tuesday 18th November 20:13

>> Edited by bjwoods on Tuesday 18th November 20:13

[Mr.t]

I have returned around 28mpg, the majority of time doing 70-85mph (in legal locations of course!!!!), over 300-400 mile trips, with a very small amount of buzzing around town thrown in.

[tvr totty]

i use my luvvly tuscan everyday to and from work and its a round trip of 58 miles some dual carriageways, some slow moving traffic, currently getting 23mph,

xx

[ehasler]

I think I average around 23 mpg, although I try not to think about it too much!

[TUS 373]

I did an 850 mile journey upto, around and back from Scotland last year with a mixture of driving speeds and styles. Checked my before and after stats and the car returned a respectable 27 mpg. This included some pretty steady motorway cruising at around 80mph, with one or two faster indiscretions that I will not admit to publicly. Normally get around 250 miles to a tank average - over the time and 6,000 miles done since getting the car.

[chim_girl]

tvr totty said:

i use my luvvly tuscan everyday to and from work and its a round trip of 58 miles some dual carriageways, some slow moving traffic, currently getting 23mph xx

If you press the pedal in the far right a bit harder you'll find the perfomance improves enormously! If you're short, like me, you may find moving the seat forward will help!

:ivegotmycoatalready:


>> Edited by chim_girl on Wednesday 19th November 18:15

[tvr totty]

unfortunately when you spend half the journey in 1st gear and in stationery traffic, pushing the far right pedal hard will just ram the car in front

[chim_girl]

tvr totty said:

unfortunately when you spend half the journey in 1st gear and in stationery traffic, pushing the far right pedal hard will just ram the car in front

Hi! I was just being a bit cheeky, you'd said you were currently getting 23 mph (miles per hour) instead of mpg (miles per gallon). Hence I made the comment about going a bit faster! Sorry if this offended in any way it wasn't intended.

Glad to hear of another girly enjoying her Tuscan, long may it continue.

JO

>> Edited by chim_girl on Friday 21st November 13:46