Fuel Consumption to Le Mans and back
Discussion
I made the effort to work out fuel consumption as accurately as possible over almost 600 miles of my trip to Le Mans. So thought I would post it here, as people often ask.
The driving included:
60 mins idling and stop/start to enter and leave the Le Mans Circuit
45 mins idling to exit the ferry port
Empty French D roads at 60 - 130 leptons (imperial measurements) About 400 miles of this driving
UK DC' s and motorways at 70 mph ish
5 mins blipping the throttle fairly hard at the request of various French people videoing the car
Total mileage recorded 587.7
Total litres 129.06
Total gallons 28.38
Average MPG 20.70
Total Cost £185
I used the aircon lots and maximum acceleration frequently on the empty D roads
The car ran faultlessly although I suspect that there may be a few people with bleeding eardrums, the driver of the Cayman S in our convoy complained that he couldn't hear his engine over my exhaust even if he was in front of me
The driving included:
60 mins idling and stop/start to enter and leave the Le Mans Circuit
45 mins idling to exit the ferry port
Empty French D roads at 60 - 130 leptons (imperial measurements) About 400 miles of this driving
UK DC' s and motorways at 70 mph ish
5 mins blipping the throttle fairly hard at the request of various French people videoing the car
Total mileage recorded 587.7
Total litres 129.06
Total gallons 28.38
Average MPG 20.70
Total Cost £185
I used the aircon lots and maximum acceleration frequently on the empty D roads
The car ran faultlessly although I suspect that there may be a few people with bleeding eardrums, the driver of the Cayman S in our convoy complained that he couldn't hear his engine over my exhaust even if he was in front of me
Smooth Smith said:
There must have been a bit of friendly competition along the way between you & the Cayman?
And the Elise 111r, and the 993 c2S and the M3 and the Caterham race car. Elise and Cayman were much faster through the corners. On a smooth road the Tuscan was the fastest in a straight line but the bumpy roads slowed me down with bump steer being a scary thing at high speeds and me being cautious.It was fun though
The most surprising car of the week was a Range Rover Sport 4.6 V8 Diesel. It could keep up, even in the bends, but suffered from brake fade and needed to use abs on cornering to keep up. Its driver is also a professional racing driver, who at one time had an F1 contract, so he knows how to drive fast and smooth
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