Fuel economy unofficial

Diesel Syncros

SyncroAnd101: Expedition Camper (Syncros) over approx. 5,000 miles from GBto Southern Morocco and back, off-road, sand, snow, rocky roads part way, part high altitide (Atlas Mountains)

1.9 Tdi, Off-road tyres, High-top, fully loaded, roof rack etc.+ 2 people

30.93 mpg.

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HarryMann: 1.9TD Syncro Doka 15" Machos (knobbly mud tyres); overfuelled a bit and boosting to about 14 psi - Genuine mileage, no odo error, calibrated to GPS...

Lots of off-road, also lots of problems, manifolds coming loose, blocked filter changed at 2650 miles, turbo probs etc., some towing towards 5,000 mile mark.. also, most long-dist crusing usually nearer 70 than 60, sometimes 75. Actual points plotted are where a full fill back to brimming is made, not any intermediate fills, so no guesswork really, other than exact brim-point, which becomes insignificant after a few thousand miles.

NB. Note that the curve to use to judge mpg 'terns' is a rolling mean, of last 3 or 4 fill-to-fill figures (black curve)

Petrol Syncro

Mudlark:' 2.1 Autosleeper down to Corsica and back, 2+ 2 on board plys kit.

trip in 2003 without prop trip in 2004 with new VC and prop

both similar trips over similar routes brimmed to brimmed and recorded fill by fill producing:

2003

2990 Miles 144.51 gallons £500.83 20.69mpg

2004

2744 Miles 131.7 gallons £460.10 20.83mpg

Syncrosimon:'2.1 16" Camper to Corsica and back, 2+2 and loads of kit.

trip in 2008 with de-coupler and new VW DJ engine running 3/4 on 98 octane 1/4 95.

4102km, used 484 litres of un-leaded. To my calculation that is 24mpg.

This was mainly flat out or near flat out running at 120kmh hen on the peages.