Alex M Grieve
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- Joined
- Apr 28, 2008
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- Broom, Warwickshire
- Your Mercedes
- B Class d200 Sport Premium Plus (66)
You got those mpg's right, Alex?
In my first car, Imp, (before modifying) if the wind blew head-on it was like some one pulled the handbrake on!!
But my point was the stated gains could easily be a result of driving conditions.
I have always kept a log of fuel, mileage, trip mileage and cost.
In the good old days I could not afford not to (Rover 105s as a student was a bit of an indulgence!). The other good reason at that time was that I gauged the time to service the care by how well it started, and whether the mpg had begun to fall off. That enabled quite long servicing intervals by the standards of the day, and seemed to do the cars no harm.
Remember, I come from Aberdeen. In Scotland, every penny is a prisoner. In Aberdeen, each penny is in solitary confinement!