I recorded that stuff in ludicrous detail when I was doing 550+ miles a week in my tubby - a slow traffic week, heavy rain or a big traffic jam could substantially affect the amount of beer money I had left to spend that month. I recorded my per-trip mpg and mileage on my weekly petrol receipts, putting that into a spreadsheet which took my salary, overdraft charges, bills, petrol cost, mpg, weather forecast etc into consideration to produce an estimate on beer money
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
I'm a saddo who does this! Interestingly, the ol' 407 has dived 2mpg since the onset of the cooler weather. Compare this to my 308 Sport, which uses so little fuel it's hardly worth the borther of recording. Ah well...
It's worth doing, as apart from the fuel prices etc it can be an early indication of mechanical doom somewhere down the line.
Register on http://www.fuelly.com and you can show those bloated yanks what real economy is!
turbolag wrote:Register on http://www.fuelly.com and you can show those bloated yanks what real economy is!
I am of the opinion that they are generally morons over there. They advertise their HUGE 4x4's they call "hatchbacks" and boasting their up to 30 US MPG on a highway! I couldn't do that in my diesel if I tried.
One other thing I don't get is why their pick-up trucks, such as Ford F series, have massive V8 petrol engines (instead of diesel) returning a "respectable 15 [US] MPG" - this quote is from a newspaper review. Have they not heard of diesel? Exactly what you need in a pick-up truck for lugging wood around - torque-y and economical.
Yup, a lot of them are chumps but it's as much their Guvverments fault for giving huge tax concessions to fourbies. If they were taxed the same way as normal cars then the populace would largely be forced back into line.
Still, when fuel is (in real terms) less than a third it is here you can understand folk succumbing to temptation. When I was there I bought a Camaro when a Honda Civic would've got me to work just as efficiently. Even here, where the motorist largely funds the country on their own, there are plenty of big bore Jag, Merc and Bimmer owners. Hell, when the 608 V8 is released I'm gonna be first in line, but I'll be going in with my eyes open and won't be having a moan 'bout the cost of fuel. Indeed, if the 407 saloon could have had either V6 with a proper manual box, then that's what I would have had, but as the slush cripples the poor Vees to 2.2 petrol performance levels, that's what I went for instead (the slick 6 speed ML box is a delight and it's criminal the Vees never got it on the saloons). By accident I seem to have hit a nice compromise twixt a little bit if thrust and a small portion of economy that would probably make the average Yank choke on their breakfast burger.
Can the onboard mpg calculator be relied upon in the 406 HDI ?, or is it out ususally ?
I did Warminster to Eastbourne and got 43.4 mpg, i reset it and did eastbourne to central london and got 36.8mpg, then i reset it again and drove central london to Warminster and got 42.8mpg
Do these figures sound about right for a 2002 406 hdi 110 estate ?, i was hoping for nearer 50mpg
Mine's surprisingly accurate, on the couple of occasions when I've sanity checked it it's always been within 1 mpg, usually under the calculated actual too
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In the States you can't really get dieso unless you hit a truck stop near a motorway. When wifey and I move out to there I shall most certainly be buying big engined petrol cars with narry a care for mpg. I mean their fuel costs pennies and I recycle glass and newspapers, so it balances out right?
Actually I was just thinking about a Camaro earlier today...
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