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Offline MTyrrell

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« on: January 24, 2006, 00:00:58 »
We have been working on an interesting project at work,

 Volkswagen are going for the world fuel economy record in a new golf. They are 5 days in to the challenge now and are getting about 51Mpg at the moment. Now if i could get the landy to return that sort of economy.

 We were given the task of tracking the record and support car's so the live position can be displayed on the website as well as calculating and relaying the official mileage using GPS.

Our fitter, who is a VW enthusiast, wasn't to happy about drilling holes in to the body work of two brand spanking new top speck passat's and a new golf to fit the satellite and GPS aerials. It's backed by shell so its a mony no object venture :?

You can have a look at there progress here: www.fuelchallenge.com
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2006, 08:45:09 »
me thinks a bloke in a discovery got 50mpg
sure it was in a LandRover mag last year
wil check when i get home tonight
unless someone beats me 2 it
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2006, 12:47:00 »
he must have been at the top of a big hill and coasting down then to get 50mpg :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2006, 12:48:38 »
I think it was the one with it being driven at a constant 35mph or something like that for 200 miles, in france (cause their roads are much quieter than here).  :lol:
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2006, 19:51:17 »
A mate of mine always boasts that he gets over 50 mpg in his peugot powered 2.0 Suzuki Grand Vitara. He also claims to have squeezed nearly 70 mpg at speeds of 35 - 40 mph coming home from Essex late one night when he was low on fuel.
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2006, 20:22:59 »
I run two V8's - can someone please explain to me what "fuel economy" means ? :D
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2006, 20:45:23 »
Quote from: "v8kenny"
I run two V8's - can someone please explain to me what "fuel economy" means ? :D
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2006, 21:47:43 »
Quote from: "v8kenny"
I run two V8's - can someone please explain to me what "fuel economy" means ? :D


FUEL ECONOMY MEANS
if you can afford the fuel it's economic

if you can't

the vehicle is too dear to run so it is

un economic
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2006, 12:20:58 »
Wifes car is Renault Clio 1.5 turbo diesel---------65mpg--even with me driving it.
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2006, 19:00:47 »
Well I get more mpg from my v8's than your Clio  ................................Oh sorry - thought you had put 6.5 mpg !
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« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2006, 05:10:10 »
Quote from: "v8kenny"
I run two V8's - can someone please explain to me what "fuel economy" means ? :D


Fuel economy - any V8 that gets better than our speedway car that drinks 4 litres of methanol per mile.  And what really gets my goat is that methanol without any road tax is still the same price as petrol.  :evil:
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« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2006, 16:36:43 »
Out of the work 300TDI Disco I recorded 562 miles on one tank full.

Whats that work out at?

I filled the tank and ran untill the fuel light came on
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« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2006, 12:12:11 »
My mate next door has a stage 1 v8 on lpg and his does something horrible like 9p per mile  :twisted:

If only my cars did that mpg. My 620 does 12p and the disco is 16p a mile.

I am so tempted to go with lpg on the rover when the kit prices come down. I maybe able to afford toys for the disco then!
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