"Nige" <nigel.ince****OFF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Dave Liquorice wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:35:34 +0100, Nige wrote:
>>
>>> The overall today was 25.8mpg on the same runs. That is ****ing
>>> pathetic.
>>
>> Pathetic indeed.
>>
>> My DII TD5 manual has a long term average of 29.4mpg. I don't have a
>> heavy
>> right foot though, no point in a Disco really. Just bowl along at 50 to
>> 60
>> on country A roads or have the cruise set about 62 on dual carriageways
>> or
>> motorways, you still get there. I think the switch from the mundano (70
>> ish on the A1) to disco added 10 mins onto the 2 hour journey to Leeds.
>> Hit the traffic wrong at the Leeds end and you can add nearly an
hour...
>
> I don't have a heavy right by any way, in fact i would say the only time
> i'm given to serious opening of the throttle would be on the bike.
>
> ****e isnt even the word.
'Sposed to do at least 29 even on an urban cycle. My 300 Disco did 28 so I
reckon there
might be summat wrong with yours Nige, even allowing for the auto box. LR
claim 37
for it on a combined cycle. Apparently Rimmer Brothers do a chip re-map
thing
for it, but yours is new innit? (
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/stoppress/powerbox.htx
)
Take it back maybe?
TonyB
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