35.1mpg from my 156 GTA
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I have also had this from my gta on the motorways, got from london to aberdeen on just under 2 tanks of fuel when i bought the car.!! bought it in september, selling it now to buy a tvr if anyone is interested, very good condition, spent £2000 on it in the last 8 month, new brakes all round, powdercoated wheels, sat nav and supersprint exhaust. stunning in red! only 38,000 miles 52 reg email me for more info.
>> Edited by hollowlegs on Tuesday 25th April 09:06
>> Edited by hollowlegs on Tuesday 25th April 09:06
Hey Hollowlegs what sort of TVR you getting. I work at TVR and own Alfa 156 V6, Fiat Cinq and co-own a TVR Cerbera.
On the fuel consumption note, has one here got a 156 2.5 V6? Is it me or when the tank is about 1/4 full does it empty extremely quickly. I get crap fuel consumption from the Alfa,(went through £20 in a day once) partly because I onlt live about three miles from the TVR factory so it never gets chance to stretch its legs. Hence the Cinqucento.
On the fuel consumption note, has one here got a 156 2.5 V6? Is it me or when the tank is about 1/4 full does it empty extremely quickly. I get crap fuel consumption from the Alfa,(went through £20 in a day once) partly because I onlt live about three miles from the TVR factory so it never gets chance to stretch its legs. Hence the Cinqucento.
I used to have a 156 2.5 V6 saloon and now have a 3.2 GTA SW.
The 2.5 does indeed suffer a dive off the dial from around a quarter of a tank, though it then shows nearly empty for ages! Very few car fuel gauges are truly linear.
Having owned both, the weird thing for me is that the GTA is probably more economical in normal driving, and even when pressing on you don't need to rev it as hard as the 2.5 so except at 100% it is more economical then as well. Until recently I had a long commute and my car averaged 27mpg, being driven quickly, mostly on motorways but with some town work at each end. Out of town I think big NA engines do a lot better than the figures suggest.
The 2.5 does indeed suffer a dive off the dial from around a quarter of a tank, though it then shows nearly empty for ages! Very few car fuel gauges are truly linear.
Having owned both, the weird thing for me is that the GTA is probably more economical in normal driving, and even when pressing on you don't need to rev it as hard as the 2.5 so except at 100% it is more economical then as well. Until recently I had a long commute and my car averaged 27mpg, being driven quickly, mostly on motorways but with some town work at each end. Out of town I think big NA engines do a lot better than the figures suggest.
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