Having never really driven our Picasso on a long trip I was quite sure that Hypermiling was not going to work well on the "family boat", especially when we were 5 up in the mid day heat. Having made my point about not having the air con on we set off up the A1 to Grimsby (about 80 miles away). The "boat" normally returns about 37/40MPG with my partner driving and I was determined to improve on that, although knowing I was carrying 5 people and their belongings I knew my work would be cut out for me.

My plan was to sit at 65ish on the A1 and make full use of the extra weight to carry me down the hills and to take a steady speed cross country when we turned off at Newark. This was easier than I expected and the addition of a fuel consumption display made it infinitely easier to maximize every drop of fuel in the tank. Its the one item I really need in the 306 to help break into the 70's.

I made a pact with myself not to check the average MPG for the trip of 160miles however I was certain that I was achieving the region of 45/50 MPG for the trip. On arriving back home I was quite shocked to find I had averaged 55.3 MPG for the full journey. Citroen say that I should expect 40...ish MPG for our model so I was quite chuffed to beat that by a considerable margin, however my fellow passengers did not seem to pleased with sweating it out for nearly two hours each way while I hypermiled my heart out. I can only estimate that without the two extra adults I would be achieving closer to the 60 mark for the same distance.