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Old 10th January 2008, 12:50   #218 (permalink)
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Well I managed a brilliant (for me) 41 MPG after a refil last night, did around 30 miles, well pleased.

The basic concept I used was, as soon as I hit 35-38 MPH, go right across into 6th and cruise until acceleration required again. As I came to roundabouts I was going from 6th and 30 MPH down to 2nd.

Probably sounds like a basic concept to most but it has taken me a while to learn that 4th and 5th gear are only really needed for rash overtaking on the motorway....
After a further 60 miles the MPG is down at 34.8

The M77 in Scotland has a lot to answer for, at the edge of Glasgow and at it's lowest point it is raining, you climb to the top of the M77 (1 mile) and it's snowing, must take some amount of fuel to do it at 80
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