cubicincubi
Senior Member
My first long motorway cruise in the car since I bought it - just thought I'd post up the results.
Road Trip - Newcastle - Dover ,few days in Kent, Dover - Cambridge - Newcastle. Total 1000 miles.
90% motorway - 10% B roads.
Car - my E200 TE (same 16V engine as C200) Two passengers and suitcase.
Fuel Costs;
Petrol £10 (unused)
LPG;
appx 43 ltrs @ 36.9p = £16
appx 47 ltrs @ 46.9p = £22
" 42 ltrs @ 42.9p = £18
" 30.5 ltrs @ 45.9p = £14
" 39 ltrs @ 45.9 = £18
Average engine speed - 4Krpm cruising @ 90mph.
Total litres 201.5
Total Gallon 44.32
Average MPG 22.5
Total cost £88.00
cost if I had used petrol £181.35
Spec data running unleaded suggests 30 mpg @ 70mph so had I done 3K rpm on motorways with gas - would have used 33.33 gallons - 151 litres x @ average 44p per ltre = £66.44, though gas consumption in generaly higher so I doubt i'd ever get more than 26mpg tops on gas.
Hope someone finds this interesting, lol.
Road Trip - Newcastle - Dover ,few days in Kent, Dover - Cambridge - Newcastle. Total 1000 miles.
90% motorway - 10% B roads.
Car - my E200 TE (same 16V engine as C200) Two passengers and suitcase.
Fuel Costs;
Petrol £10 (unused)
LPG;
appx 43 ltrs @ 36.9p = £16
appx 47 ltrs @ 46.9p = £22
" 42 ltrs @ 42.9p = £18
" 30.5 ltrs @ 45.9p = £14
" 39 ltrs @ 45.9 = £18
Average engine speed - 4Krpm cruising @ 90mph.
Total litres 201.5
Total Gallon 44.32
Average MPG 22.5
Total cost £88.00
cost if I had used petrol £181.35
Spec data running unleaded suggests 30 mpg @ 70mph so had I done 3K rpm on motorways with gas - would have used 33.33 gallons - 151 litres x @ average 44p per ltre = £66.44, though gas consumption in generaly higher so I doubt i'd ever get more than 26mpg tops on gas.
Hope someone finds this interesting, lol.
