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Mmm, I know an early Saab Turbo that returned 16.5 mpg over 375 miles 18 years ago - but then it did 'average' over 98 mph point to point

Snap! Get's expensive, 16 mpg ish, dunnit (drove back v.carefuilly and got nearly 30, empty wallet )

slobbo wrote:
Even if you factor in the 10% the speedo is out it still sucks. Goes great though.

Oh yeah forgot about the tyres....so that has got to be over 23, maybe 24 MPG. Not bad really, better than I thought.

24 would be +15% on 21

I've found my 15" 205-75 Machos just bring the speedo up to 'spot on' rather than a legally overfast indication, and the mileometer to just 2% over GPS distance.
Perhaps mileos also over-read as standard?

And perhaps till we've calibrated to the same std, we should all be a bit cautious.

I used 10 miles of fairly straight A1M and did it twice, and couldn't get a better figure than 2% (however hard i tried!), though Machos are a bit worn now.

Just back from our latest trip and been totting up the MPG

Bristol - Croatia - Bristol; just over 3000 miles and coming out at 25.07 MPG brim to brim.

1.9Tdi syncro 16 Westy Joker pop-top. Full van; Kayak and a roof rack loaded with gear up top.

Full details to follow on Clives new spreadsheet when I get a moment!

Hi Mark,

Bet you all had a great time, and where you had to hang around for a day or three was a lovely spot - hope so anyway!

Was a lovely place to be stranded; even if we did lose the van for 5 days! Ill get round to telling all; it will be interesting to have other peoples thoughts on what went on!

Hmmmmmmm intriguing.

Heres the trip breakdown; cant use the spreadsheet as its for Mileage ODO's; pretty much as expected at c25mpg and on the budget i set of £550 for the trip.

Is fuel generally that much more expensive in Germany or did i just happen to find the worst price?


Trip ODO
Kms Kms Litres Euros Place £

000 204789 00.00 € 0.00 Home £0.00
612 205401 65.00 € 74.04 Reims(F) £67.31
521 205921 65.00 € 75.45 Koeliken(Ch) £68.59
607 206528 60.01 € 69.07 Venice(I) £62.79
510 207039 62.21 € 66.05 Orebic(Cro) £60.05
535 207574 61.01 € 60.84 N Croatia(Cro) £55.31
449 208023 55.00 € 57.04 Dietmansdorf(A)£51.85
561 208584 63.00 € 86.88 Widdern(D) £78.98
559 209143 60.01 € 64.51 St Gislan(B) £58.65
529 209672 69.28 € 66.13 Home £60.12

4883 560.52 € 620.01 £563.65

3032.343 Miles 123.3144 Gallons

24.59033981 MPG

0.270493738 Odo Correction 1.1%

24.86083355 MPG Adjusted

Diesel fans will be pleased to hear that in the Netherlands unleaded was up to 1.50 a litre and diesel only 1.00 a litre. Why I dont know.

Is fuel generally that much more expensive in Germany or did i just happen to find the worst price?

I think you just got screwed. German diesel last month was generally €1.06. Spain is €0.68 and Italy is €1.18

I'll do an equiv. km chart Mark

Which of those aren't full brims fills?

Pm'd you

syncrosimon wrote:Diesel fans will be pleased to hear that in the Netherlands unleaded was up to 1.50 a litre and diesel only 1.00 a litre. Why I dont know.

and LPG was 46p