29 minutes ago, Wino said:

Ok, should only be a few minutes, knowing you. 😁

Give yourself a big pat on the back for winning the Reader's Digest August Award for sarcasm.

@Wino

allegedly he is leaving...

 

3 hours ago, lowedb said:

I got this after a 50 mile mixed roads journey. Part A roads, part motorway.

 

I can get that after a 200 mile driving like I stole it if I reset the fuel computer before driving a mile down the hill on a closed throttle.

 

As someone who has been obsessed with fuel economy for 15 years and has had some remarkable results and can drive so repeatedly that the difference in elevation at the turnaround point from the start can be seen in the return drive figures you will forgive me for being somewhat sceptical of your claim.

 

Also having compared the maxidot figures with tank to tank figures over 15 years and having to recalibrate via VCDS by 9% on the last 2 Skodas (too early to be sure on the current one but its around 6% overoptimistic) I am sceptical of most photographs from the maxidot but yours does not show how many miles were travelled for the 90mpg displayed.

 

Edited 3 August, 20205 yr by J.R.

1 hour ago, J.R. said:

 

I can get that after a 200 mile driving like I stole it if I reset the fuel computer before driving a mile down the hill on a closed throttle.

 

As someone who has been obsessed with fuel economy for 15 years and has had some remarkable results and can drive so repeatedly that the difference in elevation at the turnaround point from the start can be seen in the return drive figures you will forgive me for being somewhat sceptical of your claim.

 

Also having compared the maxidot figures with tank to tank figures over 15 years and having to recalibrate via VCDS by 9% on the last 2 Skodas (too early to be sure on the current one but its around 6% overoptimistic) I am sceptical of most photographs from the maxidot but yours does not show how many miles were travelled for the 90mpg displayed.

 

Well I'm sure you could. And I'm sure I could. But I didn't, that was not reset for the whole 50 mile journey, which I said. No maxidot doesn't show the miles, I don't know of one that does show both values at once. I suppose I could have photographed the main screen, but TBF having just arrived at work and simply being impressed with the numbers, I wasn't thinking that three years later someone on an internet forum would be calling me out.  Be skeptical it's your privilege, no skin off my nose.

 

For a good portion of the motorway part it was M42 with the smart motorway restricting me to 50, so the figure was looking pretty good. So for the M40 part, I set the cruise to 56 (90 kph) as it tends to be where fuel efficiency is best, because it's the speed the official tests are done at (or one of them). You can be skeptical about that, too, I might have set it to that at the same point I might have reset the trip. Except I didn't.

 

In terms of how the display compares to real world, I can't say as ICBA to keep track of exactly how much fuel goes in and the miles I do. But the OP was showing trip computer info, and that's all I'm showing. At the end of the day, this thread is only a bit of fun isn't it? I wonder how accurate my V6 vehicle is when it does max 27MPG according to the trip? Could be under 20 MPG, scary, but then it hasn't been filled in 3 years!

7 hours ago, rum4mo said:

I took the first posting to be a fact and a bit of fun - at the same time.

Correct.

 

4 hours ago, shyVRS245 said:

Let us know if this advice was helpful? 

Will do.

 

Thanks, AG Falco