The crusade to gain as many MP-G'BEES (Still can't get that out of my head, thanks James May).... Is what made me get very close to installing a dual Boost and Vacuum gauge.. till I found out it wouldn't really help much on a Turbo.

i personally find the real balance is not so much the gears, but fun\journey time vs mpg. If i'm driving back to my hometown where i know the roads then it's all out fun, regardless. If i don't know the roads though then it's time to play the mpg game. Anyone can put extreme hypermile-ing into practice if they so wish

:+1:

Pl

I dont touch 6th until im at 60.

I find being in 6th at 50mph is worse on fuel than 5th as the engine labours.

Yeah but your local geography is designed by god/glaciers to make it labour.

J.

The Furb vrs is the first diesel i've driven and i think my fuel economy is being effected by my lack of knowledge of which gear I should be in- Another issue is the strain I might be putting on the engine.

I'm usually in the following gears (on flat roads):

30 mph : 4th gear

40 mph: 5th gear

50 and above: 6th gear

So for instance, on a long road with a 30 mph speed limit, i will stick it in 4th and leave it there.

Is this about right??

Cheers guys

My rule of thumb is this. Anything under 2K rpm is better than above it on a flattish road. The MPG numbers seem to support that.

I change down if confronted with hills/mountains as I like the engine to sound happy rather than like it's got problems.

J.

You do realise that you will get much better fuel economy if you do less than the speed limit. Having a lead foot can cost you mpg but so can taking to long to get up to speed.

:iagree: my dad says the same thing but I find it far too tedious sitting at 65-70 all the way down, prefer to just get there ASAP