57.4mpg at 65mph

[chrisj900]

as some of you know i fitted a scoop to my car the other day. well either my cars instrument cluster is broke or ive just achieved well over what ive ever been able to do before
outside temp 18.5, cruise control set to 65, revs 2900... ive even got pics to prove i aint lying!!

highest pic ive got is 57.1 but i recon if i kept on going i might have been able to get up to 58mpg. as soon as i pulled off the duel carriage way it started to plummet as expected.
my car is a 2.5i so only 5 gears plus i had the roof down!!

for clarity my normal driving is fast and urban so normally get 22 mpg with 20mph average, again that was before the scoop

 

[Finisterre]

no way


must be a strong tail wind

 

[Finisterre]

I know you are not lying but that looks impossible.

 

[chrisj900]

no wind, and road was normal with a few ups and downs

 

[Finisterre]

yeah, weather has it as 4m/s NNW today.

 

[chrisj900]

thats like no wind. was up at eshott airfield and the wind sock was dead

 

[Adamski]

Must have been a boring trip


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[Putter Whore]

I want a scoop - I want a scoop!!!

 

[mmm-five]

I was showing 40+ mpg at 60mph on the M6 on Thursday in the ///M.

Dropped to below 30mpg once the traffic eased up.

 

[john56]

Something wrong there, your pics say otherwise but that takes some believing.

 

[chrisj900]

the last time i did that journey 4 weeks ago i was getting about 43 but didn't have scoop or cruise . only 2 things have changed since then and that's the scoop and cruise. i was low on fuel but the light wasn't on when i got back, maybe 10-12 liters left. the whole journey was 55 miles and the fuel gauge lost 2/3 between two lines

Must have been a boring trip


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was a very entertaining drive seeing those numbers

 

[andysat]

 

[tabbie]

I did a spot of motorway driving today, the best I could achieve was around 47mpg going steady which am more than happy with.

 

[chrisj900]

2 ltr's get canny good mileage anyway

i need to carry out some tests. or make another one and have one of u guys test it out to compare results

 

[Adamski]

You should be aiming for 25 mpg


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[Jembo]

Lend me your car, will guarantee I will achieve sub 20mpg...

 

[WLH]

The only time I've seen MPG like that is going downhill...

 

[ranski]

Was there a tow bar involved?


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[Finisterre]

We once had 48mpg (motorway and A road (100miles)) @ 60mph in a 2
so I suppose it might be possible if the journey suited the 2.5 perfectly


Nah It cant be right

 

[Bing]

That's more than TWICE as much as is showing on mine

Though I have 3 litres, haven't re-set the computer since mid-Feb, and 65mph is just a mark on my speedo for the needle to go past unless it's absolutely necessary to keep it there