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If I stripped my FFRR out to a bare shell, I could probably squeeze another 4mpg out of the current mpg figure.What is the point of test track fuel figures in the first place /

There needs to be a central body that sets real World tests against which all cars, models and types can be measured. Until then, all makers will fudge things to look better than the other fudges. Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

Strictly speaking they aren't liars, the manufacturers report the mpg figures obtained using the official laboratory based test method. It's this that produces such misleading results mainly because it was never designed to take hybrid systems into account, which is why a new system is needed.

The other joke is all of those who choose a hybrid company vehicle to claim the ridiculously reduced benefit in kind figure, then never plug the damn thing in and use only fossil fuel. I'll bet their mpg figures are a real eye opener! Drives:
2010 FFRR TdV8 Vogue - Stornoway Grey
2010 FFRR TdV8 Vogue SE - Zermatt Silver
1998 BMW E36 M3 GTII

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DaveK wrote:

What is the point of test track fuel figures in the first place /