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Haven't had the van long. It's a 1989 hightop. This weekend I drove from Taunton to Swanage and back. 155 miles total, 4 hours journey time. Mostly single track A-roads with a fair few hills, villages etc. Never went over 60mph. Average speed less than 40. Petrol consumption: 22.5mpg.

Apart from learning to use a lighter foot on brakes and accelerator, is there anything I could do to improve this? If not, it doesn't really matter, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'd still love the darlin' if I had to run it on single malt.

Pretty good.
you can expect anything from 17 to 27 mpg, depending on driving conditions.

One of the 'gas' converts will be along shortly to preach to you.

T

Thats about the normal average

Sounds good to me for a 1,9, surprising thing is ours does a similar amount either loaded or unloaded..


Regards


Fritz,,,,,,,,,

Just read what's been said here about fuel consumption and i just wanted to compare and see if anybody could help me and suggest how i'm doing for fuel consumption...
I've got a 1987 Karisma (Hi top) 1.9 watercooled petrol.
I've been making a note of my mileage to monitor fuel consumption. I tend to put in 38 - 40 litres (£40) of petrol when i fill up, and i've been getting roughly 200 miles out of this, which i find rather thirsty! (that is, compared to the Clio i was running about it before!) Can anybody tell me....is this to be expected? is this normal? I don't drive it particularly hard, tend to keep to around 55/60 on motorways, but i do a good mix of motorway and town driving.

Much appreciated,

Adam

tonytech wrote: One of the 'gas' converts will be along shortly to preach to you.

£ for £ diesel mileage without the stigma or stench

http://www.gasure.co.uk/saleswbx.htm

Ian

hardly surprising.your van weighs a lot more than a clio...

which i find rather thirsty! (that is, compared to the Clio i was running about it before!)

R0B wrote:hardly surprising.your van weighs a lot more than a clio...

which i find rather thirsty! (that is, compared to the Clio i was running about it before!)

In 20 years time your Clio would have dissolved at least 3 times

AdamK wrote:I tend to put in 38 - 40 litres (£40) of petrol when i fill up, and i've been getting roughly 200 miles out of this, which i find rather thirsty!

200 miles / 40 litres = 22.7 mpg.

Same as mine, Adam!

just worked out my bikes MPG's - and it came to 69.7 MPG that's 245 miles to 16 quid of fuel
by comparison me van is 17-23 ish

my ahem skoda does an impressive 59 mpg when crusuing i can get from middle germany to good old dudley on 3/4 tank thats a 60l tank

AdamK wrote:. I tend to put in 38 - 40 litres (£40) of petrol when i fill up, and i've been getting roughly 200 miles out of this, which i find rather thirsty!

Now with LPG 40 Litres costs me £16.40p so it pays for its installation very quickly. But a slightly higher consumption needing 48 litres to get 200 miles equal to 19 mpg

Our 1.9inj' Westy does about 25mpg on a run using a very light foot. First time we went out on a similar run of about 200 miles, we decided we'll have to get a gas conversion & have been saving ever since.

I had a cruise control fitted a couple of years ago and I get a better fuel consumption on long trips so I guess its paid for its self by now!

Ian Hulley wrote:

tonytech wrote: One of the 'gas' converts will be along shortly to preach to you.

£ for £ diesel mileage without the stigma or stench

http://www.gasure.co.uk/saleswbx.htm

Ian

Whoever said stinky Diesels wants shooting.
Theres nowt that smells worse than a petrol running on choke!
I hate reversing petrols into the workshop as the place f**kin reeks for ages and everyones eyes start to bleed!
Diesels smell much less than those nasty, polluting, inefficient WBX things...