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Fuel Economy

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:51 pm
by rs4blacked
Had a drive up to Birmingham Yesterday stuck the cruise on 70 and this was the result
123 009.JPG

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:57 pm
by PJC
:ban:

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:17 pm
by rs4blacked
it was raining a lot :roll:

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:20 pm
by PJC
I thought that's why we have Quattro........

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:37 pm
by andre3k
You're running quite low temp- wise. I've never seen temps that low following an extended drive; I'm normally up in the late 90's

EDIT: Or was it cooling down by then?

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:46 pm
by rs4blacked
it's usually that low when I am cruising in the car, took photo just after pulling up had done 10 mins driving 30-40mph after 70 on motorway.

Though when I DO drive it the temp is between 96-102

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:39 pm
by rs4blacked
My mpg today :biggrin3:
mpg 001.JPG

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:15 pm
by PJC
:thumbs:

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:05 pm
by arnnie
andre3000 wrote:You're running quite low temp- wise. I've never seen temps that low following an extended drive; I'm normally up in the late 90's

EDIT: Or was it cooling down by then?
Interesting you say about Temps, whats the usual oil temp you guys are seeing?? Just wondering as being new mine seems to go from anywhere between 92 and 100.

Btw is it bad that i came back from Manchester after picking mine up all the way down to the far the south east with 110miles of juice left in the tank after only filling up in Manchester :lol:

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:45 pm
by MB2
arnnie wrote:Btw is it bad that i came back from Manchester after picking mine up all the way down to the far the south east with 110miles of juice left in the tank after only filling up in Manchester :lol:
Just wait until you take it up the road tomorrow and it shows 65 within seconds !

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 pm
by rs4blacked
MB2 wrote:
arnnie wrote:Btw is it bad that i came back from Manchester after picking mine up all the way down to the far the south east with 110miles of juice left in the tank after only filling up in Manchester :lol:
Just wait until you take it up the road tomorrow and it shows 65 within seconds !
Mine showed 138 left after the 26mpg run as soon as i ran it today it went down to 75

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:31 pm
by rs4blacked
arnnie wrote:Interesting you say about Temps, whats the usual oil temp you guys are seeing?? Just wondering as being new mine seems to go from anywhere between 92 and 100.
Mine usually runs between them just that in the times i drove it then I was in nice clean air not following up close to cars and in 6th mainly so not stressing the engine

Re: Fuel Economy

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:51 pm
by eightfoot
rs4blacked wrote:Had a drive up to Birmingham Yesterday stuck the cruise on 70 and this was the result
123 009.JPG

best i saw on mine was 33mpg on a trip back from birmingham,mostly used to get 26-27 on my commute of 15mls on a-b roads and 24-25 on my commute on back roads fast country lanes,best rev range for economy is 1800 to about 2500,anything under gives worse economy,switch off ac in winter that saves 3-4mpg and dont use cruise on motorways,currently getting very similar figures in my r8 (v8) at the mo,oh also use v-power that increases mpg and makes the whole driving experience smoother :beerchug: