MPG Stats 5

[frv]

Went to visit some friends this afternoon, 5UP, it was sunny but only 8°C going:
70.3 / 13.5
5 hours later it was much warmer, 15°C and still sunny. Low fuel light came on at 656 in their drive:
75.8 / 14.2

Tank up 0.4 to 62.0 / 670.3 / DTE121 Fuel gauge on 1/14, range is down to 27 miles on on-board computer

[dancingbear84]

I got a 58.6 on my last fillup which is me second best tank yet. Bring on the good weather, I'm going to make it into the 60 plus club this spring. Hopefully before the wedding if im really lucky.

[greenman]

Hope to welcome you to the 60+ club soon; I am aiming for the 70+ club!

[frv]

Go for it db, I should have scraped back into the 60's for the first time this year when I finally fill up this tank
I'd love to join you in the 70's club greenman - I can manage 70+ on some trips like yesterday even with 5 people in the car but the commute's a bit of a killer..... who knows, warmer weather may get us all to our targets!

I'm not in my car today - car sharing and then borrowing a pool car later.

[frv]

Not driving my car for the commute this week, my car sharer took me into work and then I borrowed a 7 year old 2.0 diesel auto VW Passat estate to go to a meeting and then home. I'm not used to driving auto's but found it really easy to drop into N from D and coast . Not as good FE as my car, managed 55.5 over 62.0 miles.

[frv]

Brought the Auto Passat back to work this morning, 1UP, 3°C, only managed 51.0 / 21.5. Didn't switch off at lights as it was too much of a faff and I didn't do any FAS as I don't know the car or how Automatics respond to it!
When I took the car up yesterday the onboard computer had the average mpg for the last 22000 miles at 39.9 before I reset it so I'm pretty pleased with that

[frv]

Popped out last night and took opportunity to fill up as I was approaching empty.
I must have squeezed an extra 1/2 gallon more than normal - I usually go for second click so it's knocked it down to 57.74 over 672.3 miles but it's still slightly higher than last fill.
I reckon it would have been around 60 without the third squeeze - oh well

As I was filling up , one of the ladies behind the counter came out and told people behind me they were shutting pumps off - sold out - stupid panic buying, I only had just over a gallon left in my tank

That's easily the most I've ever paid for a tank of diesel - I didn't have any 5/10/15p offs so paid full price (which is also 2 to 3p a litre higher than where I work ) - £77.75 - at least it should last me 4+ weeks.

[frv]

First trip on new tank back from garage. UG adjusted again!
66.3 / 2.0 / DTE844

End of year stats - I run mine from April to March as I bought car 6 April 2006

2011/12 - 7674.2 miles travelled - 607.68 litres - 133.67 gallons - 57.41mpg
I had 15 fillups but 4 of them were short top-ups to calibrate UG, tanks generally last 4 to 5 weeks.

This is over 11% better than last 12 months when I got 51.51mpg (which was also a record).
I never thought I'd be able to improve my FE this much but a combination of higher tyre pressures, the UG and honing my techniques have does wonders - I've had 3 tanks over 60 and looking forward to new records, bring on the 750mile tank please

My previous best April figure is a paltry 53.86 - should smash it

[dancingbear84]

Filled up today after "panic buying" or rather ensuring I can travel to my own wedding.
Got a superb 59.7 unfortunately though I'm still chasing the elusive 60mpg.

[frv]

Soooooooo close DB!