"TonyB" <hatt.j.bennett@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Nige" <nigel.ince****OFF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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?
It's not mine, it was a loan car, just commenting on the ****e MPG
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