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    5.6L/100km in the jazz.
    a much more enjoyable 9.3L/100km in the GT3
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    Quote Originally Posted by McReis View Post
    I did about 600 kms of mountain roadas in my MX-5 this weekend. With petrol priced at 1,60€ I've decided I didn't want to know how much fuel it was consuming. It was great!
    Sure had to be great with the NA and you had great company

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    Quote Originally Posted by ruim20 View Post
    Sure had to be great with the NA and you had great company

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    I'm so proud of myself...
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    Decided to reset the trip computer yesterday for me weekly journey to Girona with the i30. I did 106,7km and the average speed was 120km/h.

    The result?

    14,2l/100km. (20mpg UK / 16mpg US)
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    Seems a little fast for good economy there!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Decided to reset the trip computer yesterday for me weekly journey to Girona with the i30. I did 106,7km and the average speed was 120km/h.

    The result?

    14,2l/100km. (20mpg UK / 16mpg US)
    it looks like something might be wrong with the trip computer
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    There an easy explanation. Of those 106,7kms, 10 were in the city, 10 more in a ring road with a 80km/h speed limit and 10 more when I went off the motorway in an A-Road to get to where I was going.

    Hence the relatively low average speed.
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    I got 30.3 MPG on my last fill-up, which I find puzzling as I was stuck in an accident-induced traffic jam for ~1.25 hour and after that I was driving like a madman to make up the time....I think I did my calculation right....
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    My trip down to Road Atlanta for PLM, cumulatively probably just under 1500 miles round trip. Refilled 3 times(did not run all the way empty), ~400 miles per tank. Which comes out to about 30 MPG for the whole trip. Including some fun bits of driving in the hills in TN/NC/GA area.

    Pretty acceptable actually. Consider my daily driving yields between 25-27 MPG, the overall mileage seems to be right on VW's EPA rating...despite being on stage 1 tune....
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    Korean box got 10,56l/100km this week. Most annoying of all is the small fuel tank which makes for a lot of refueling stops...
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    Bonnie still ain't real efficient..

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    Rain is good for fuel consumption: 9,5l/100km.
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    With some minor tweaks on the car (improved aerodynamics and re-programmed ECU) and a very cautious right foot, my Puma got to 1liter on 16.7km on the daily drive

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    8,5l/100km (33mpg UK / 28mpg US).

    That's what you get when you concentrate very hard.

    Driving efficiently is far more tiring and stressful than driving fast.
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