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Originally Posted by tintin
'bout right - which takes a lot of self control normally, but I was quite chilled on that trip, so it wasn't that hard.
After 2 days of 3 mile rush hour commutes from Walsall to West Brom, the DIS average dropped to 23mpg  , but is now back up to 24.5, following the drive to the New Forest via Bristol and Lyme Regis. Doubt I'll get it back to 27 though…  , but it's an interesting little experiment. |
Update on trip average MPG:
Ended up with 24.5 average mpg at the end of this 800 mile round trip (Manchester - West Brom - Bristol - Lyme Regis - Southampton - Alfriston - Tunbridge Wells - Central London - Manchester).
Probably around 60% of this was motorway, with a light right foot (mostly @ 70, not above 80), aircon off (drains still leaking
), 30% mixed A/minor roads, 10% urban/rush hour slow traffic. 18 hours total trip time @ average of 40 mph (according to the the DIS).
So…not turning into a nun yet, but I'm beginning to think the "new" gearbox has made a bit of a positive difference
