Pleasant mpg surprise
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My '91 Roadster got 37mpg driving to Devon last weekend, and 38mpg coming back and that was fully loaded up with camping gear and a passenger, so I'm sure it could be improved. In fact, on the way home I'd done 170 miles but my guage was at halfway. I was absolutely convinced the needle was stuck so I kept banging the dash to fix it. 
I got almost 290 miles out of that tank before I filled up again, which brimmed at a touch over 34 litres.
I had a fuel leak recently (note: check for weeping from the drain plug of your fuel tank - then fix it asap) so got into the habit of taking it easy and short-shifting to limit the problem, but I wasn't making a huge effort to drive efficiently.
To put it into perspective I get around 31-33mpg on my commute which certainly isn't a fuel efficient journey as it involves lots of crawling and regular high revs (the latter the antidote to the former ).
I got almost 290 miles out of that tank before I filled up again, which brimmed at a touch over 34 litres.
I had a fuel leak recently (note: check for weeping from the drain plug of your fuel tank - then fix it asap) so got into the habit of taking it easy and short-shifting to limit the problem, but I wasn't making a huge effort to drive efficiently.
To put it into perspective I get around 31-33mpg on my commute which certainly isn't a fuel efficient journey as it involves lots of crawling and regular high revs (the latter the antidote to the former
).
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