FAO: Dan405

Nov 28, 2003 16 Replies

What did you get out of that 106? I've just worked out my fuel consumption for the last couple of weeks and it's a rather startling 31.9mpg...


14.8 here :)

-- Chet

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£28 and 350 miles.

Work it out boys :)

That's a bit more than the last time I drove to Norwich, roughly 60mph with overtaking there, driving around norwich a bit then the same on the way back - £30 and 350 miles or so. It's around 38mpg or so. Doing an average journey of 6 miles and caning it all the way might be what the problem is. If I drove to college up the M1 instead of one of my favourite roads, I'd probably be doing rather better.

This was a courtesy car, and a 1.1i, you work out how much revvin it got :)

I dream of fuel consumption like that in my car!!

£43 gets me 300 miles if im carefull

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£26 gets me about 200 a week, and that is super unleaded, and mainly commuting.

Doki made the world a better place for us by saying..

more importantly, have you done the 106 reverse bunnyhop yet?

Tried it tonight in another 106, a diesel one, lord it was comedy :D

Dan405 made the world a better place for us by saying..

did you manage to duck before nutting the sunroof?

Yup - i imagine it would've stung tho...

Erm; might be worth a quick rolling road run in that case just to see what yer fuelling is like under load; 15mpg is on the heavy side for a Ti (on public roads at least), 20 acceptable if you're caning it but to be getting 15mpg I'd expect something is wrong somewhere.

Its not swallowed any rags/small furry animals via the air intake recently? Not crunched the exhuast downpipe on a hump? It is warming up okay and idling at 875rpm when hot?

I already know - it's s**te :) Is there anything they can actually /change/ at a rolling road sesh tho ?

Indeed.

Enthusiastic, maybe, but generally not 'caning it'.

You and me both.

Not that I'm aware of :)

Nope, full stainless in prime condition.

Grumpy from a cold start, and unfortunately most of my driving is short journeys. By the time the car is starting to warm up, I'm already at work. That's the main factor, I suspect. It increases to anywhere between 65 to 75 miles out of a tenner on long journeys (e.g. motorway).

Approx that, yes.

Hmmm. 90% of my mileage is my 9-mile work commute - and I don't hang about.

Going on my 250 miles per tank (£40), then I get about 62 miles from my tenner.

Although like you, this rises dramatically on a run. Last motorway journey I did, steady 80mph all the way, netted me 400 miles from the same £40 !

No, but they can check your emissions, and hence tell if you're running overly rich when warm or cold (or both).

It's gotta be worth a shot for £40 or so. If they all come up fine, then you know it's deffo your driving and/or the short journeys :)

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