Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 88

Thread: More miles per gallon

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Posts
    2,795
    Rep Power
    10

    More miles per gallon

    Now then now then now then.

    After a brush with the law over a bit of speeding, I have rethought my whole driving style.

    As a result I now adhere to the limit and stay in the inside lane of the motorway and my miles per gallon has dramatically increased, combine this easy relaxed style with correct tyre pressure and I am saving a fortune on fuel costs.

    Does anybody else have any money saving driving tips they would like to pass on to fellow forumites?

    Does not have to be restricted to cars, can include anything.

    DTS Dave XXX XXX

  2. #2
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Crewe, Cheshire
    Posts
    1,681
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Go fo closer venues...

    ...or get yer bike out... (I know someone who does it)

    Or seriously don't over revv and don't hang about in low gears.

    For reference, I get 40m/g in my car.

  3. #3
    Registered User Daisy Chain's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    By the stage
    Posts
    955
    Rep Power
    11

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Steven666 View Post
    For reference, I get 40m/g in my car.

    Is that all? You need one like mine - 60 mpg. (Oh, and you need to drive like Girl)

    Daisy

    (An Economical Little Flower)

  4. #4
    Registered User Trousers's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Posts
    1,349
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Daisy Chain View Post
    Is that all? You need one like mine - 60 mpg. (Oh, and you need to drive like Girl)
    Just to assist you here DTS

    Driving like a girl involves

    a) having the seatback upright if not a little forward
    b) Pulling the seat almost as far forward as possible so that your chin can rest somewhere on the steering wheel
    c) scary roads with multiple lanes must be avoided
    d) the lines denoting lanes around road islands are infact only for decoration
    e) Cuddly toys must fill every flat surface and pocket
    f) cushions to sit on although not compulsory are a must have safety feature
    g) Junctions will be approached with caution which will in fact mean they will not actually be approached at all and the car will lay back to make visibility more fun.
    h) Left is the side of the car the driver sits on

    These are old charters or something I believe!

  5. #5
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Scottish Borders
    Posts
    1,191
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Trousers,
    I suggest you remove your pic from your profile.
    Otherwise, you'll get strung up.
    Too late they've all gone and had a look.

  6. #6
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Crewe, Cheshire
    Posts
    1,681
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Daisy Chain View Post
    Is that all? You need one like mine - 60 mpg. (Oh, and you need to drive like Girl)

    Daisy

    (An Economical Little Flower)
    Is your's a diesel though?

    (I do spend a lot of time going at 80 or so, I suppose that doesn't help)

  7. #7
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Scottish Borders
    Posts
    1,191
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    my best overall consumption came from a non turbo small diesel (1750 Fiesta).
    I have now driven 5 turbo diesels and none can match the consumption I used to get from my Sunbeam Sport (the standard factory tuned version of the Hillman Imp) where I could regularly get better than 50mpg while averaging over 50MPH on the whole journey (and no motorways/dual carriageways).
    I once got 63mpg from that 1974 car (yes, almost 400 miles from a 6gallon tank and some of it on single track roads in the North West Highlands).

    Modern petrol engined technology and all it's clever anti-tamper devices seems unable to match the old fashioned petrol engine with it's good drivability and consumption. That "imp" engine would rev cleanly from 500rpm to 7000rpm. I kept it for 16years.
    The direct injection (often referred to as common rail) diesel does offer better consumption, but most manufacturers have used the extra torque and power that is available to turn their products into high performance saloons rather than major on saving the planet.

    Small, three cylinder, direct injection, non turbo diesels offer the best chance to obtain very good fuel consumption. But we have to overcome the bad publicity the press keeps heaping on diesel and convince the manufacturers that we want non turbo vehicles.

  8. #8
    Registered User ben632664's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    south east london
    Posts
    109
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Get yourself a motorbike

    I get around 50-55mpg and a years tax is £66.00, no congestion charge, no toll charge on bridges etc. Parking is always free and easy to find, it's just the weather lets you down sometimes!!

  9. #9
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Scottish Borders
    Posts
    1,191
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by ben632664 View Post
    Get yourself a motorbike ...... it's just the weather lets you down sometimes!!
    but you get togged up for the prevailing weather and don't change until AFTER you have reached your destination.
    No need for brollies or that newspaper over the head.

  10. #10
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Inverness for now
    Posts
    1,863
    Rep Power
    11

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by dep View Post
    Modern petrol engined technology and all it's clever anti-tamper devices seems unable to match the old fashioned petrol engine with it's good drivability and consumption. That "imp" engine would rev cleanly from 500rpm to 7000rpm. I kept it for 16years.
    Probably because the imp engine didn't have to contend with a car that is weighed down with modern safety features like anti-roll bars, airbags, ABS etc. or have to meet stringent emission levels that modern cars have to?

  11. #11
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Scottish Borders
    Posts
    1,191
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by pmjd View Post
    Probably because the imp engine didn't have to contend with a car that is weighed down with modern safety features like anti-roll bars, airbags, ABS etc. or have to meet stringent emission levels that modern cars have to?
    indeed, no added weight for airbags/ABS/Catalytic convertor/electric windows/ECU/sensors.
    Yes, only 50HP and 730kgs (empty although it was down to around 620kgs by the time I sold it) and it did me well, very well.
    It doesn't take clever technology to realise that light weight has many advantages. Making it strong and safe does require good design though.

  12. #12
    Registered User TurboTomato's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Posts
    1,069
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Daisy Chain View Post
    Is that all? You need one like mine - 60 mpg. (Oh, and you need to drive like Girl)

    Daisy

    (An Economical Little Flower)
    I used to get 22mpg at best from my previous car, 15 or less if I gave it some welly

    Current one averages about 28mpg. Does 8000rpm count as 'hanging onto gears'?

  13. #13
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Scottish Borders
    Posts
    1,191
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by TurboTomato View Post
    I used to get 22mpg at best from my previous car, 15 or less if I gave it some welly

    Current one averages about 28mpg. Does 8000rpm count as 'hanging onto gears'?
    he was looking for tips to improve fuel consumption.
    You seem to be out on a hot hatch day at some racing circuit.

  14. #14
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    East Kilbride, Sco
    Posts
    903
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Trousers View Post
    Just to assist you here DTS

    Driving like a girl involves

    a) having the seatback upright if not a little forward
    b) Pulling the seat almost as far forward as possible so that your chin can rest somewhere on the steering wheel
    c) scary roads with multiple lanes must be avoided
    d) the lines denoting lanes around road islands are infact only for decoration
    e) Cuddly toys must fill every flat surface and pocket
    f) cushions to sit on although not compulsory are a must have safety feature
    g) Junctions will be approached with caution which will in fact mean they will not actually be approached at all and the car will lay back to make visibility more fun.
    h) Left is the side of the car the driver sits on

    These are old charters or something I believe!
    Did you dig that out of an American website or do you have very, very, very long arms and legs?

  15. #15
    Registered User TurboTomato's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Posts
    1,069
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by dep View Post
    he was looking for tips to improve fuel consumption.
    You seem to be out on a hot hatch day at some racing circuit.
    Joking aside I don't often hit 8000rpm, obviously. Most of my miles are from commuting and it's not a particularly good run for getting decent mpg. I can get over 30 quite easily on a motorway run.

    Most tips for getting more mpg have already been covered (other than chopping your car in for something more economical) - correct tyre pressures, keeping the car in higher gears etc. One to also try is using super unleaded (Shell V-Power etc) - it may cost a certain percentage more but you may get a larger percentage reduction in fuel consumption. Worth a go at least.

    Edit: I hope stuff like removing roof racks that you're not using would be obvious, even though it hasn't been stated.

  16. #16
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Posts
    2,795
    Rep Power
    10

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Well now I have a Peugeot 607 and I try to keep the revs below 2000 and I then get between 50 and 65mph most of the time.

    It is a 2.2 HDI automatic.

    Brilliant car big comfy and good on fuel.

    DTS Dave XXX XX

  17. #17
    Registered User Lost Leader's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Towcester
    Posts
    1,274
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by TurboTomato View Post
    I used to get 22mpg at best from my previous car, 15 or less if I gave it some welly

    Current one averages about 28mpg. Does 8000rpm count as 'hanging onto gears'?
    God, how fast can a tomato go?

  18. #18
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Southampton
    Posts
    6,709
    Rep Power
    13

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Steven666 View Post
    Is your's a diesel though?
    "your's"?

    That definitely wins Spurious Apostrophe of the Month award.

  19. #19
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    London & environs'
    Posts
    3,938
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by dave the scaffolder View Post
    Does anybody else have any money saving driving tips they would like to pass on to fellow forumites?


    DTS Dave XXX XXX
    1. coast down hills.
    2. roof racks use up more petrol due to aerodynamics. Remove it between holidays.
    3. Give your boot a good clear out, but leave the jack in.
    3. Stop driving away with widows DTS. Extra weight.

  20. #20
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Crewe, Cheshire
    Posts
    1,681
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: More miles per gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    "your's"?

    That definitely wins Spurious Apostrophe of the Month award.
    Me an English dunna get on like.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. I'm coming to Glasgow
    By Will in forum Social events
    Replies: 35
    Last Post: 13th-December-2002, 09:51 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •