25.6 mpg what other supercar does that?

[yosini]

I've posted similar before, but worth repeating. Did about 700 miles in the Cerb the other weekend, motorway, country lanes, 2 hours traffic through London, cruising, thrashing, everything. Even the mrs drove half of it!

All totally trouble free and returned 25.6mpg. I love my Cerb.

I didn't jinx it last time i wrote such a glowing post, hope i haven't this time either. But if i have, it's still worth it...

Happy driving all

Joe

[Gazzab]

12 or so years of driving and still don't know what mpg I get :-)

[itsallyellow]

I'm up to 348 miles now..... 2 and 3/4 tanks of fuel used...... And that's running the engine in!!

Mike

[jackwibble]

Gazzab said:

12 or so years of driving and still don't know what mpg I get :-)

Thats because its rarely in one piece and has probably had the same tankful in it for the last 5 yrs!

[Byker28i]

I once got 27mpg and motorway cruise speed all the way to the lake district

[pmessling]

Never bothered working it out. Too much fun to care.

[tejr]

Worst i ever got was about 9mpg, best i ever got was just over 13mpg LOL

[Jhonno]

Mine does/did ~18mpg

[optimax sniffer]

I'd did 340 miles on a tank, when we went out to Nurburgring at Easter.

[coetzeeh]

You should all be ashamed for getting anything north of 15mpg. Try harder and drive it like you stole it!

[Vee8ight]

I had 23 once on a long drive, but I get 16 on average since I've owned it.

[ridds]

Fail to understand the animosity to achieving half decent MPG.

I've done 7mpg round Spa but also 25 MPG at a steady 80mph cruise back from the Nurburging.

I think if I was on a long cruise I'd struggle to achieve less than 20 mpg unless using the throttle like a switch!

[ridds]

It's also a VERY useful tool for diagnosing engine faults.

If you drive a similar route regularly and suddenly see a drop in MPG (not attributed to getting stuck in a traffic jam or hooning) then you know something is up.

[gruffalo]

30 something once following a mate to Brands, sat in the slip stream of his Disco 4 at 60 all the way there, never done it since, followed by a few hours of sub 4MPG and the biggest grin.

[Cerbieherts]

Circa 25 on a run, about 15 around town and no more than 9 when she's driving as she is an absolute maniac....

[yosini]

To be honest i never paid a great deal of notice unless i was on a long journey and could calculate it easily, but with the advent of stupidly expensive petrol and smart phones a lovely little app tells me all...if you are on Android get triplog, it's even free but might turn you into a boring person...

So far the best i've had from the cerb is 25.6, the worst 10.8 (a bespoke performance driving day and thunder in the tunnels run enjoyed that tankful)
I commute 4 miles to work and have noticed the mpg generally halve what is possible if commuting, engine not really getting chance to warm up and all that. From the rest of my toys the Interceptor is consistantly the most thirsty, best being 13.5, worst 6.5mpg. The Dart (Daimler not Dodge) best 29.4, worst 13. Hilux mk2 pickup best 20.8, worst 15.8. Smart Roadster best 55.8, worst 34.9 (even including half day track fun at Goodwood)

Boring stats probably, but as pointed out earlier good indicators of problems, the Interceptor should be able to do 18 so that needs some fettling. Commuting in the Smart is hugely consistant varying by about 1mpg, but if I run the Smart on anything other than optimax the mpg will drop by around 5.

Zzzzz, time for bed, apologies for the dullness of post, i promise I will drive the Tivver vigorously tomorrow with complete disregard for economy, petrol prices or sleeping locals

Joe

[C3BER]

Three tanks of v max in three days = I have no idea but I did get a hello again by the guy at the till.

[Byker28i]

Castle Coombs circuit gives me 6mpg. Nearly caught me out the first time, I wasn't expecting to see the fuel disapearsoquickly