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Default OT Older petrol cars and MPG

On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:33:34 -0000, Doki wrote:

Everyone elses MPG seems a bit horrific. Golf MK2 GTI does around 35-50
depending how I drive it.


Such a range, must make judging if you need to fill up now or after the
next trip a little difficult.

Citroen ZX 1.9D with a binding caliper does about 44mpg or 40mpg


24mpg with binding calipers on my car recently, though application of a
block of wood and hammer could nudge that back up to 28. The binding
calipers knocked the long term (since Dec 04) mpg down to 29.3, just
before that it was 29.5. 2.5l 5 cylinder turbo diesel. MPG doesn't really
seem to vary much but then with 2.8 tonnes to shift there is little point
in even trying to "go faster", all you get is a lot of noise and,
occasionally, a lot of black smoke.

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Dave.