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Default OT Older petrol cars and MPG

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Everyone elses MPG seems a bit horrific. ...


I thought they sounded quite good, but then I drive a 5 litre V-8
powered motor.


It's more in relation to the size of car and engine than anything. I think
20mpg in a big V8 Jag is fine, but less than 30mpg in a fairly small engined
hatch is ridiculous, particularly when they're all post 93 and must have
injection. It's not worth the agony of driving something with a small
engine. I could understand it on carbs - I got 10mpg out of my 1.4 Volvo
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