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Hi All,
Quick question on real world fuel economy and what you're actually getting (which is not necessarily what the trip computer states).
I know the trip computer isn't very accurate so I run a spreadsheet and always fill up, even the spreadsheet can have inaccuracies due to the pump cutting off early or the forecourt being on an angle (no OCD's here...) so it is only over a number of fill ups that I can really get an accurate reading.
Having said that my last fill up was 79 ltrs which was 708 miles at 40.74 mpg
Overall average 36.49 mpg
As a comparison the last fill up in the Caravelle was 84 ltrs over 388 miles at 21.00 mpg :-( Previous fill up was 86 ltrs over 425 miles at 22.47 mpg. Overall average 25.41 mpg
I know the trip computer regularly states 700 miles before next fill up but this is the first time I've actually broken the 700 mile mark before filling up. I wonder if I would get >800 miles with a remap....
What distance are you getting on a tankful?
Quick question on real world fuel economy and what you're actually getting (which is not necessarily what the trip computer states).
I know the trip computer isn't very accurate so I run a spreadsheet and always fill up, even the spreadsheet can have inaccuracies due to the pump cutting off early or the forecourt being on an angle (no OCD's here...) so it is only over a number of fill ups that I can really get an accurate reading.
Having said that my last fill up was 79 ltrs which was 708 miles at 40.74 mpg
Overall average 36.49 mpg
As a comparison the last fill up in the Caravelle was 84 ltrs over 388 miles at 21.00 mpg :-( Previous fill up was 86 ltrs over 425 miles at 22.47 mpg. Overall average 25.41 mpg
I know the trip computer regularly states 700 miles before next fill up but this is the first time I've actually broken the 700 mile mark before filling up. I wonder if I would get >800 miles with a remap....
What distance are you getting on a tankful?