Economy vs fun driving: 9%

[dinkel]

I tried to drive as economic as possible and got 565 kms out of 32 litres of Shell 95.

That's 9% better than my usual 520 kms full of redlining, throttle blipping and abusing my high milage bh 5G Civic 1.3.

Conclusion: I can save 300 euros per year on petrol - and probably a set of tires - but will end up in a lunatics home. Simply because I need the kick of enjoying to drive.

Ah well, sorry to bother you

[Fleckers]

thanks for wasting a few seconds of my life

[bn9af]

I wish i could say the same, i get around 30mpg driving sensibly, or around 18mpg if i drive 'enthusiastically'

[Somnophore]

That's not bad, if I drive like a hypermiler I get 42mpg on my commute but I'd be causing tailbacka, if I rag it I get about 20, which is a joke from a 100bhp 1.6 petrol

[dinkel]

Drive like a hypermiler: I will still respect max driving speeds. I refuse to be capt. Slow.

Just short shift and stay there and avoid shifting back to 3rd to do a 60-90 mph.

My philosophy is an engine - well, my engine - needs the revs to stay in fine condition and will return friendly mpg for that. Engines that stay under 3K all the time built up dirt and stuff. Can't be good . . .

[sebhaque]

I got 35.6 mpg on my last fillup driving like an old granny. On my last hoon I got 18mpg.

Still, it's all fun!

[StinkyBoy]

My 3.0i Z4 did 35mpg today on my commute to/from work.

This includes flooring it here and there. I'm considering keeping it as a daily car. If I use cruise control 90% on the motorway and hammer it on the B-roads, i'm still averaging around 32 mpg

[HellDiver]

Worst 'I've got a 1.3 Civic' thread ever.

[Munter]

The Avensis is currently averaging 54 MPG. That's full bore off the lights around town, but sticking to the speed limits everywhere including the motorway. It was averaging 60 MPG, but the 50mph roadworks have mostly finished and it got ~75 mpg through them.

One thing I have noticed is that where there is new tarmac I get about 5 mpg more...it's tricky to be accurate because it's instantaneous readings but the incline is fairly gentle and consistent, but when I get on the new surface MPG jumps up. Is this deliberate? Is the Highways Agency using "better" tarmac for MPG now?

[pilchardthecat]

The 123d seems to do between 45 and 48mpg however i drive it. Therefore i pay no attention to economical driving, and make full use of the 250bhp of mapped diseasel oomph.

It did cost me £50 to fill it up today though, and that will only take me 500 miles, so i'll have to do it again in 2 weeks.

[matchmaker]

My mpg has varied from 7.8 to 45. I generally average about 35 on the daily 7 mile commute.