A journey in "rush hour" of THIS many miles

Which took me, due to rush hour, THIS long to do

At an average speed of THIS mph.

And after putting in £40 of diesel, 200 miles ago, it says I have THIS left to go

But she returned THIS mpg for the journey. Not the usual I should add.

Doing well mate

I usually get quite a poor MPG in rush hour, 30-35 typically. Avr speed is usually about 10 though! You must have a quieter rush-hour down there

Steve

:eek:

If only i got that many MPG

My figures are somewhat swayed by my propane injection, but it doesn't throw in much propane when on regular low-boost jaunts like on my commute. But it would still have read about 65mpg even on diesel alone. It's just thanks to the hybrid turbo, some good grunt, and good mapping.

My commute is fairly quiet. I bypass one of the major blockages on my commute by nipping through a housing estate, but generally you're either stopped, doing 5mph, or once out the city limits of Exeter, doing about 40mph with other traffic. It's definitely not a stressy commute.

Have you ever done a brim to brim check of your mpg? Would be interested in the results.

Have you ever done a brim to brim check of your mpg? Would be interested in the results.

I've not been anal enough to make a log each time I fill-up to be honest, but I might start soon. Would have to factor in the propane too though, which usually works out at 30 litres for 1000 miles @ about 43p a litre.

It's definitely not a stressy commute.

Heh. I've driven through Exeter rush hour to a regional office. Your traffic is weak.

My personal best:

Doesn't stop me getting around 300 to a tankful though

I have seen well over 100mpg before, but that was leaving my mates garage which is up on Dartmoor, so I barely touched the throttle for the first 6 miles or so of the journey!

I think my computer goes a bit funny sometimes.

My can vary from 5mpg(!!!) to 182(LOL!!)mpg.

I think my computer goes a bit funny sometimes.

My can vary from 5mpg(!!!) to 182(LOL!!)mpg.

You've got it set on instant mpg. Set it to the mpg with the 1) number in it (like in my 5th pic) Instant mpg is accurate, i.e when you're engine braking it reads ---- as you're doing infinite mpg, as the engine is being ran by the momentum of the car. Likewise on full throttle you're injecting shedloads of diesel, so it will be doing about 5mpg whilst accelerating that quick.

Ahh, cheers.

Maybe I should have read the manual before driving the car.

My 18 mile commute is half single lane a-roadwhich is great for pottering ~60 and half dual-carriageway thrash which is atrocious! There I typically see 45-47, coming back it's 48-51.

Well my fuel ecnomny is ****e. I get 40 if i am lucky.

This has got me thinking that over time a VT5 would eventually pay for itself.

ie atm i get 40mpg so for 25k miles it would cost at current fuel prices (110p/l) £3125.44

If i got a vt5 and then got an ecomney of 60mpg for the same 25k it would cost £2083.63

Thats a saving of over 1k which would pay for abit of the Vt5

Thats my argument to the girlfreind when she catchs me trying to spend more money on my car

PMSL @ that justification there!!!

With the VT5 you'll get 30mpg if you are lucky

PMSL @ that justification there!!!

With the VT5 you'll get 30mpg if you are lucky

sush, our lass may be reading.

Jase, my miles to empty says 545 , and i've done 175 already :P

Jase, my miles to empty says 545 , and i've done 175 already :P

Well mine says i have 0 miles to empty tank, but i have just put £58 pounds worth of fuel in :eek:

Work that one out

Sorry if i'm being dense but can someone give me a brief explaination about the propane. Is it added along with the diesel? Also is it used as a performance enhancer or for fuel economy (or both)? Judging by the power figures you quote I guess it must be for perfonmance

Cheers

Mark

Is for performance but has a side benefit of boosting economy on normal driving. It gets mixed in with the air, which the turbo then pushes through the engine. It seems my engine is more efficient when it's not burning just air. A little bit of lpg with the air appears to give more of a catalyst effect, and it retards the diesel injection giving better economy.

I thought I was doing well getting mid 50s! Can't believe people are actually averaging in the 70s!

FYI, maybe u guys could try this to work out MPG:

Peugeot 306 owners club MPG Calculator

It's quite useful.

Well mine says i have 0 miles to empty tank, but i have just put £58 pounds worth of fuel in :eek:

Work that one out

Maxidot still causing problems?

70s should be possible if you are at a constant speed for a while.

I was amazed to find my car had don 71mpg after being stuck at 40mph on my 30 mile drive home tonight.

It won't do that if there's no one in the way!!!

I've not been anal enough to make a log each time I fill-up

This from a budding accountant

to be honest

This from a budding accountant

You're defo trying to make the rest of us mere mortals jealous :thumbdwn:

Jammy g*t

The readout from the onboard computer is not particularly accurate, things like wheel size & tyre size will affect the readings you get & in Jasons case his propane injection !

I have been playing with a bit of software called vagtacho on my Golf Tdi this morning and I've just managed to permanantly illuminate the needles on the dash which looks great IMO !

During my research into how to do this, I came accross a thread on the tdiclub forum in which it appears that it is actually possible (if you know what you are doing) to fine tune the onboard computer to make it more accurate in reporting fuel consumption against known values using something the Americans refer to as a " fudge factor".

It's seems it's possible to do this on VW's & probably on Skodas also if you were so inclined.

For anyone remotely interested the information is contained within a thread starting about here: Anyone enable the "welcome" cluster message? - Page 7 - TDIClub Forums