Thats a shame,,I used to go out with a very nice example, after the garage closed at 11pm
Some have all the luck
Thats a shame,,I used to go out with a very nice example, after the garage closed at 11pm
what's a d?
Good point Top Cat, I'm sure some of the younger members have never heard of a "d"
It all sounds like a great deal, but when you take into account what the average worker would take home as a wage it was very expensive running a car.
when you could get 5 Woodbines for 5d and you could get into the cinema for a 'tanner' or a packet of dobber's cost a shilling and fish and chips with mushy peas inclusive of B&B and CofT supper was one and a tanner then your bus fare home was 3d and your girl friend paid her own way.....
and in English this means
(only leg pulling, I get the gist if not the detail)
in 1950 i was -22 years old!!
in 1950 i was -22 years old!!
Getting the thread back on track...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?
Getting the thread back on track...
clk 320cdi auto
37,7 MPG (Imp)
12.271 mi and 326 Imp.gal
little town work, mainly m way dual and open roads less than 10% town milage.
because it is a running total, individual inaccuracies have been long smoothed out.
This thread is headed " real world economy" and that is what we have been talking about
An am lookin ta get 15% saving at dat speed tooo!!!!
The passengers just crawl out at speed and pour the extra cans in.... so I can never tell with accuracy wether the footmap is saving 15% or its the passengers.....Does this saving show on your trip meter, or does it come as a bonus when you fill up,,it must make it hard at the pay pumps, as you never know how much to put in
How boring is that? :roll:Getting the thread back on track...
Your spelling is awful. Must try harder. :lol:This thread sounds like and Old Age home.... just like in Benjamin Button!!!! Yee Gads... where av al da uuuf gon den?????
Well, just to let all you gramps wet your beds.... Im oof to Ooostria at circa 140.... thats dem miles per die hour not da average age!!!!!
An am lookin ta get 15% saving at dat speed tooo!!!!
My dad wasn't even 22 in 1950!
Mine wasnt even alive in 1950
Looking at trip computer now 36mpg. I do drive fast though.
You don't say Steve!!
So Whitenemesis with his C270CDI is leading on the 60 ltr tank with 520 miles for 56 ltr and for the 80 ltr tank I have 708 miles for 79 ltr in my E320CDI. Any one else with higher figures? or even close ones for the petrol variants?