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About LinkBacksJust a thought: are YOU trying to save dough by being more economical?
And if so, what's your fuel saving working out at?
Just a thought: are YOU trying to save dough by being more economical?
And if so, what's your fuel saving working out at?
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
tbh no, im paid job and finish at work so tend to lead foot the aerodynamic underpowerd brick of a van, and my cars not ment to be econimocal so i enjoy driving it and making use of all 6 cylinders and 2800cc
it has been off the road for a few weeks tho so my footprints gone down a couple of sizes as i have been using the wifes corsa
Well, we changed car to try and be more economical as the petrol car was using too much fuel where the diesel we have now is awesome.
Yes!
It's working very well thank you. One tank of BP Ultimate Petrol in about 2 1/2 months!
How did I manage it?
7 weeks in Nigeria, some time off then a week in Ibiza. Sorted!
Unless you swam, afaik aeroplanes use a lot of fuel
Choppers use even more, but I don't pay for that, or most of my other traveling
Zak never said anything about emisions, just reducing your fuel bills.
yeah but he wasn't driving
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Doesn't say fuel cost saving
Fuel saving implies saving fuel
Anyway you pay indirectly through the price of the plane ticket
I took it as implied that it was a cost saving, not an environmental one. Zak is uaually on about money saving.
Not when i don't pay for the plane ticket (ok, i did for Ibiza)
For me, as someone who does 95% of their driving in town, saving fuel is one and the same as being fast and smooth. I always try and time traffic lights so I don't have to stop, I take the most direct line through corners, use the brakes as little as possible etc. I consistently get 45mpg around town in my mum's old Clio 1.9 diesel so I don't think I'm doing too badly.
On the rare occasions when I venture out of town I do 60mph everywhere unless I'm late for something, which nowadays I rarely am. 60+ mpg FTW.
I went for the ultimate fuel saving today and cycled the 6.5 miles to work- admittedly only because the car wouldn't start, but still....
My wife gets that from her V70 tdi, your not trying hard enough.For me, as someone who does 95% of their driving in town, saving fuel is one and the same as being fast and smooth. I always try and time traffic lights so I don't have to stop, I take the most direct line through corners, use the brakes as little as possible etc. I consistently get 45mpg around town in my mum's old Clio 1.9 diesel so I don't think I'm doing too badly.
On the rare occasions when I venture out of town I do 60mph everywhere unless I'm late for something, which nowadays I rarely am. 60+ mpg FTW
I went for the ultimate fuel saving today and cycled the 6.5 miles to work- admittedly only because the car wouldn't start, but still....
i drive a V6 ford whats economical ?
lol
to answer the question no
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Not changed much, but I wasn't ragging it off the redline before...
Yes I am.
Managed to get 430 miles out of a tank :O admitidly it involved accelerating so slowly to not even use the turbo, then sitting at 60/65 for most of the time, trying to maintain a constant speed and be smooth. But thats still 70-80 miles more than I normally see out of a tank. Before I was happy if I got over 300 miles per tank.
What, around London during the day, including regular 20-minute tailbacks? I doubt it, but fair play to her if so.
I haven't changed to drive more economically, my driving style varies based on mood, and if I'm in a hurry or not. Although, my car doesn't seem to drop much mpg even if you do rag it around on the red line, best I've had from a tank is 42mpg (same as manufactuers mpg value) and worst is 35mpg.
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