Quite economical on a trundle

[ARAF]

Zero'd the trip before driving to Monkfish today. I was only trundling at about 60mph, but the Ute returned 34mpg (8.3l/100km).



eta: Boring as shyte though, so don't think I'll bother with that on the way home....

Edited by ARAF on Tuesday 24th June 10:49

[EmmaJ]

I can make my trip computer read 34mpg I however know it's lying to me

[ARAF]

EmmaJ said:

I can make my trip computer read 34mpg I however know it's lying to me

Only because your front wheels aren't turning!

[EmmaJ]

ARAF said:

EmmaJ said:

I can make my trip computer read 34mpg I however know it's lying to me

Only because your front wheels aren't turning!

I was thinking it's more a question of the bigger injectors I'm running but yeah I take your point

[ringram]

ARAF said:

Zero'd the trip before driving to Monkfish today. I was only trundling at about 60mph, but the Ute returned 34mpg (8.3l/100km).



eta: Boring as shyte though, so don't think I'll bother with that on the way home....

Is that in Child Safety mode aka DoD/AFM 4cyl

In which case thats pretty bad. Got your new headers on yet mate?

Dont forget to get cat pipes. No point clogging it back up again!

[Demon Hill]

ARAF said:

Zero'd the trip before driving to Monkfish today

Mines in there at the moment, so I'm bombing around in their Skoda, are you having some work done....or was it a social visit

[ringram]

Headers is my guess

[ARAF]

Rear Wortec brakes now fitted! It wasn't easy, due to what I wanted, and the differences between a Holden and an HSV. I'm sure Monkfish are pleased to see the back of the ute for a while.

Headers (and cats) are my weekend job (probably).

[ARAF]

Demon Hill said:

Mines in there at the moment, so I'm bombing around in their Skoda, are you having some work done....or was it a social visit

Which one was yours? There were a few there.

[ARAF]

ringram said:

Is that in Child Safety mode aka DoD/AFM 4cyl

In which case thats pretty bad.

It might not be putting petrol in the other four cylinders, but it's still got to push them around. Anyway, you should be on my side. It's N/A

[swiftstuff]

I had the opposite problem yesterday...
I turned the key to light up my trip computer to see if I had enough fuel for the journey (didn't start the engine though) and it read 65miles
While I was programming my satnav, I looked back and it now read 60miles!

I know these cars are thirsty but, bloody hell!
It's the only car I've ever had that uses fuel when it's not even running...

[Demon Hill]

ARAF said:

Which one was yours? There were a few there.

It's a Red VXR8,

There were a couple of black R8's there when I dropped the car off Monday morning.

[ARAF]

Demon Hill said:

ARAF said:

Which one was yours? There were a few there.

It's a Red VXR8,

There were a couple of black R8's there when I dropped the car off Monday morning.

In that case, it was inside when I arrived, and was just being put back in when I reversed ours into the fence left for home in ours.

Have you had your wheels refurbished? They looked brighter than all the other silver ones.

Edited by ARAF on Tuesday 24th June 22:06

[Demon Hill]

ARAF said:

In that case, it was inside when I arrived, and was just being put back in when I reversed ours into the fence left for home in ours.

Have you had your wheels refurbished? They looked brighter than all the other silver ones.

Edited by ARAF on Tuesday 24th June 22:06

Yes, well spotted, the wheel colour is supposed to be BMW chrome like they were on the V8 M5's but they turned out brighter than I expected, I still like them though.

[ringram]

ARAF said:

It might not be putting petrol in the other four cylinders, but it's still got to push them around. Anyway, you should be on my side. It's N/A

Thats only half of an NA mate. So only half as good

[ARAF]

Demon Hill said:

Yes, well spotted, the wheel colour is supposed to be BMW chrome like they were on the V8 M5's but they turned out brighter than I expected, I still like them though.

I commented on them at Mf. They make the car look really sharp - just like someone with well polished shoes.

[ARAF]

ringram said:

ARAF said:

It might not be putting petrol in the other four cylinders, but it's still got to push them around. Anyway, you should be on my side. It's N/A

Thats only half of an NA mate. So only half as good

You still won't get a 2 tonne truck to do 60mpg.

[neiljohnson]