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BMW 4 Series drivers must be better than 3 Series drivers judging by what I witnessed on the M1 yesterday as the following coupe driver was 3 feet from the rear bumper of the saloon in front ..........at 90mph. Seems to be a problem for most impatient BMW drivers I see every day on my commute. I think it used to be called tailgating but now it's just normal behaviour for those with the blue/white badge on the bonnet.

I rarely clean it as living in the UK God sends frequent heavy showers so it gets cleaned for free and in an enviromentally sound way. No snow foam for my Superb just good old acid rain.

Exhaust tips need a polish with Autosol or something letting the pictures down. Mine are shinier.

Following on from a recent question from @MarkyG82 I thought I would explain how the economy builds with my stage 1 Superb during my commute which may provide useful information to compare for anyone with a standard 272/280 on a similar length journey to mine. Best I get after 3 miles is 34mpg, then after 9 miles it's 40mpg and finally reaches 45mpg after just 14 miles. £20 is currently good for around 150 miles on 99 octane Shell V-Power or Tesco Momentum.

Thought he was from Australia and drives a Renault in Formula One.

The joys of owning a diesel oh how I miss filling from the black pump............not.

It's the 3 rear seat belt check which will go out shortly after starting the car. Nothing to worry about all is good. System check only.

My manual 245 would average 45mpg on a decent run but when I drove the 7 speed DSG 245 I managed 50mpg on my 27 mile commute something which I could not manage with the 6 speed manual so I would advise anyone thinking of buying one to pick the DSG which should use less fuel particularly on a motorway due to lower revs at the NSL.

First question does your present car have a DSG gearbox and how many gears does it have and what revs are you doing at 70mph? This is all important stuff as higher revs means more fuel used. My wife's Karoq 6 speed manual petrol can still manage 60mpg if you keep revs down to 2,000rpm which equates to 60mph in 6th gear. However the 7th gear in my Superb enables me to cruise at 70mph with an indicated 2,000rpm also. Remapped cars should use less fuel if the mapping has been done correctly as there is more power and torque at less revs than a standard car. The stop/start is always enabled on both cars for a start and in the Superb because it always starts in Normal gearbox mode I select Eco straight away. Because I have 28 roundabouts each day to negotiate being able to lift and coast helps save more fuel as does lifting going downhill which results in a heavy car actually gaining speed as it effectively gets put into neutral dropping revs to just 800rpm reducing fuel consumption. For example the first 5 miles of my commute are on 30/40/50mph limit roads then 17 miles of motorway at 70mph and the last 5 miles is now 30mph limit thanks to roadworks which are now 8 months duration having started in January which should finish at Xmas. If I can maintain 33mph in the roadworks my DSG car helped by 514nm of torque can stay in 6th gear at just 1,100rpm. If you can avoid rapid acceleration and heavy braking they are the 2 areas where most fuel is used. This is all common sense really but hard to achieve for some.

Will reach 12,600 miles when I get home later today. Managed a 42 and a 43mpg commute in the last 24 hours and the since refuelling average has improved to 40.2mpg. Will be parked up until next Tuesday as the Karoq will be pressed into service for my 3 nights.🚔

It's got a dirty arse needs the toilet brush where the sun don't shine me thinks.

Some photo’s from the Peak District.

This reminds me of a Passat estate I saw on the M1 recently in my rear view mirror and the under tray was flapping so much underneath the car (not sure whether the driver realised) it looked like active aero on a new McLaren or Ferrari. Probably not good for economy with the increased drag.🚔

Photo bombed by the local site cat.

Only 3 of us at work today and my Boss arrived on his 20 year old Suzuki.

Filled the Karoq up before we went to the Peak District and last tank was 37.27 litres (8.2 gallons) covering 368 miles at 44.88mpg. Last 3 commutes in the Superb 41.7, 40.7 and 41.4mpg demonstrate how consistent the car is so after 308 miles driven there is half a tank left (310 miles range left) which should get me to 17th September. The since refuelling average on the maxidot is now 39.6mpg but this usually under reads slightly.

Hope that's a flare and it's not on fire.

After Pole position number 93 yesterday Lewis adds victory 89 to his bursting trophy cabinets. Red Bull and Renault fill their boots with good points and the rumour is that Ferrari will enter a FIAT 500 Abarth in the next race because in testing it is faster than the 2020 F1 car.

10 Laps to go and Seb in 13th (unlucky for some) only 6 seconds behind 10th place and a single point for the Prancing Donkey. Charles soft tyre gamble seems to have not worked as he trails Lewis by more than a minute.🏇

Kebab or Taco?

Ferrari current policy of socially distancing themselves from Mercedes working well as Charles on softs has gained no places and 30.9 seconds behind the leader and Seb close behind on mediums only 32.0 seconds behind after 10 laps. Both should be lapped by Lewis before lap 30 at this rate.

That must be the new disguised G String wagon. Thought Jordan just had big..............💋

Think they borrowed the exhaust from the Ferrari 2019 parts bin as smoke in the cabin on the drive to the grid forces Sainz to retire before the race starts.😩

Thinking of fitting an Ex Jordan one to the front of my Black Superb but not sure pink goes with black so may attach it to the rear bumper and use it as a parachute instead.💨

Don't forget nipples they have feelings too.