To add to the list, in my 4.4 V8 I get 18mpg around london - and was incredibly chuffed when I managd 32mpg on the motorway (albiet with the aircon off) at a steady 70mph (I've a photo to prove it!) - but usually I get around 25mpg on the motorway.

It's too easy to get caught up in mpg figures, a friend of mine recently bought a BMW 335 - by no means a 'mental sports car', but is selling it on because it refuses to do more than 17mpg around town with gentle driving.

If you fancy a wince, my 911 turbo clicks along at 7mpg in central london heavy traffic!

Richcl wrote:

Incidentally, My suspension is stuck in normal road height, so not being able to lower at motorway speeds seems to have affected my mpg....

Fox wrote:

Richcl wrote:

Incidentally, My suspension is stuck in normal road height, so not being able to lower at motorway speeds seems to have affected my mpg....

Don't know what year you've got, as it's not under you avatar... but 06 model onwards doesn't lower at motorway speeds anyway.

Fox wrote:

Richcl wrote:

Incidentally, My suspension is stuck in normal road height, so not being able to lower at motorway speeds seems to have affected my mpg....

Don't know what year you've got, as it's not under you avatar... but 06 model onwards doesn't lower at motorway speeds anyway.

its 30 seconds.... if your license can 't hold its nerve that long! 06MY 4.4 V8 Autobiography Cairns Blue with Navy & Parchment Interior

That's High Speed Mode (or something like that), not Motorway Mode for 100mph +

And if it is raining when you achieve 100mph and have the rear wiper on it will also go to continuous wipe from intermittent...............................

No officer I wasn't speeding........... then sir why was your rear wiper running continuously said the traffic policeman when he got out of his FFRR motorway patrol car........................... 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

I have HDC INACTIVE, so suspension won't drop
On a recent trip i managed to get 580 miles on one tank, last week with HDC INACTIVE and another long trip, I only managed 450 miles

Fox wrote:

That's High Speed Mode (or something like that), not Motorway Mode for 100mph +

stevegt wrote:

its 30 seconds.... if your license can 't hold its nerve that long!

Hi all

Just thought I would update that the most miles I have got from a full tank is 480, and that was driving very steady on longer journeys. I reckon a visit to JE is needed in the next few months to get that above 500. FFRR TD6 HSE
Adriatic Blue with Parchment leather.

Average 23mpg in TDV8.

I can get the average up to 25 / 26 on motorway's, but then a week pottering to work & back and its back to 23.

Looking at getting it chipped to see if I can gain a couple of MPG, as currently spending £150 per week on fuel, with a 10% saving on fuel, it funds the cost of chipping in less than a year.

Perhaps I should just accept I've a heavy right foot !!

 Paul
L405 now sold

pjb wrote:

Perhaps I should just accept I've a heavy right foot !!

Fox wrote:

pjb wrote:

Perhaps I should just accept I've a heavy right foot !!

Probably, I can't get under 28mpg going in and out of London to work.

TD6 - consistently averaging 19.5mpg for the last few tanks. Mainly busy town/commuting (8 miles each way/45 mins)