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#130029 - 09/05/08 06:36 PM 60 MPG???
mattynlizzie Offline
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Registered: 09/03/08
Posts: 30
Loc: West Bromwich
Hi guys, thought I'd like to share with you the MPG from my last trip to Wales last week! A staggering 60MPG!! I hear you say this cant be possible!! Check out the attachment to justify my claim.


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#130030 - 09/05/08 06:45 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: mattynlizzie]
cra1g Offline
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Registered: 19/11/06
Posts: 2296
Loc: grimsby
how many miles did u do t a full tank?? i managed to dojust over 400 miles to a full tank and i was v.v.v.v. careful, was you doing 50mph along the motorway??
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#130031 - 09/05/08 07:00 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: cra1g]
mattynlizzie Offline
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Registered: 09/03/08
Posts: 30
Loc: West Bromwich
full tank of super unleaded 97ron cost me £45.00 and got me around 380miles.

I was doin around 60 on the mway, 50ish on the dual carriage ways 40 normal roads not speeding AT ALL. When I got to the top of snowdonia I took it out of gear going down the side of the mountain for off and on 10miles!! Well cool yeh!! I think so.

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#130032 - 09/05/08 07:27 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: mattynlizzie]
cra1g Offline
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Registered: 19/11/06
Posts: 2296
Loc: grimsby
Your fuel consumption
( 44.1MPG) (15.6 Km per litre)(6.39 litre per 100Km)
Averaging pence per mile
(40+ mpg for petrol is good under 23 is bad)

thats what i just worked out for you lol
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#130033 - 09/05/08 07:38 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: cra1g]
Niburu Offline


Registered: 01/06/07
Posts: 715
Loc: Manchester
Either your mpg reading is incorrect or you were driving downhill with the engine off!! You can get 45mpg out of the ST at a real push but not 60, the engine simply cannot do it. BTW, you should have got way over 380 miles if the reading was true.
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#130034 - 09/05/08 09:38 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: Niburu]
mattynlizzie Offline
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Registered: 09/03/08
Posts: 30
Loc: West Bromwich
My reading is correct. As my average MPG around town is about 32mpg. I was going down hill with it out of gear for a considerable amount of time. Like I said, it could have been for easily 6-10miles off and on, as before I started to come down the mountain my MPG was around 45-48 as I was driving very steadily paced!

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#130035 - 09/05/08 09:40 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: mattynlizzie]
HOWICK17 Offline
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Registered: 15/08/07
Posts: 690
bloody hell i am well caredul and cant get mine over the 27mpg
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#130036 - 09/05/08 09:50 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: HOWICK17]
mattynlizzie Offline
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Registered: 09/03/08
Posts: 30
Loc: West Bromwich
Because I do alot of stop starting town driving stuck in traffic driving (if that makes sense) I tend to reset my MPG counter at the start of the day to give me a better reading and it tends on a really bad day to be around 26-28MPG on a good day about 33MPG but on a 20 mile run around 38-42MPG.

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#130037 - 09/05/08 10:06 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: mattynlizzie]
ShinST Offline
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Registered: 14/05/07
Posts: 82
Loc: Birstall, near Leeds!
Wish i was getting 60 mpg lol, mine is currently at 26.5
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#130038 - 09/05/08 10:39 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: ShinST]
Pacman83 Offline


Registered: 17/03/08
Posts: 779
Beat me to this one. Not to say I have done 60mpg (cos it's simply not possible, you'd struggle to do that in a 1.4 diesel) but, After filling the car to it's 9.9 gallon capacity and driving at the speed limits (running the car in period) I averaged 33.7mpg. That had the occasional 4-5k revving but not any thrashing.
As mentioned a while back by Dave ST (now TDi) if you get 30mpg you're lucky.
He's spot on with that cos i've no doubt that the ST, if driven a little sprightly, will never do 30mpg, period.
Oh, by the way, I STILL love my
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#130039 - 09/05/08 10:57 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: Pacman83]
STrick Offline


Registered: 16/09/07
Posts: 1866
Loc: near derby
60mpg would never be possible on a day to day drive.
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#130040 - 09/05/08 11:00 PM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: Pacman83]
JJST Offline


Registered: 20/04/07
Posts: 4206
Like has been said it isn't possible to do 60mpg. That's like 600 miles out of the STs tank!!You'd have had to have rolled the entire way down hill not just for 6 to 10 miles!!

If you're still sure you got 60mpg you may want to check it has the correct engine in it!!
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#130041 - 10/05/08 06:22 AM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: JJST]
DAVE T ST Offline
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Registered: 15/01/06
Posts: 3556
Loc: Tipton nr. Dudley, W. Mids
Even I struggle to get 60MPG, your readings out.

I'm doing about 50MPG and I get 430 miles to a tank.

The reading on your computer is out because you were coasting.
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#130042 - 10/05/08 07:08 AM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: DAVE T ST]
rudest1970 Offline


Registered: 07/10/07
Posts: 2613
Loc: Essex
The best i managed to get this week is 33.7 MPG, And that was taken it easy..
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#130043 - 10/05/08 08:32 AM Re: 60 MPG??? [Re: rudest1970]
Pacman83 Offline


Registered: 17/03/08
Posts: 779
Quote:

The best i managed to get this week is 33.7 MPG, And that was taken it easy..



Exactly the same as mine. Us oldies need to put our foot down a little !
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