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Originally Posted by Murphy The Cat
I had to do a (quickish) run to the South Coast of England this weekend that has resuted in 700 mile going on Arnie and the value of BP's shares going up because of the fuel that I had to buy.
A couple of things of note. I am very much "Old School" when it comes to running in a car (especially a diesel) and I'v kept Arnie down to 3000 rpm for the first 1000 miles. By happy coincidene het hit 1005 miles as we stopped at the toll booth on the M6 (toll) at Birmingham, so I had for the first time the pleasure of taking Arnie to 3500 rpm - woooooooooowwwwwwww. Bloody hell he moves well for a big lad. Oh Happy Days are here again.
Also with the extra miles he is loosening up really well and is driving better and better.
If anyones interested, over a 700 mile round trip (85mph cruise on Motorways) and 50 miles of rural/B roads I got 34 MPG.
It looks like I have another South Coast trip coming up soon which will take me over 2000 miles, so I'll be able to tell you what 4000 rpm feels like.
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Hi there MTC..
That's an impressive MPG at 1500 miles and will probably be bettered when fully run in. Is there an easy way to convert the US / IMP MPG or do you just rely on the tried and tested method of dividing your mileage by litres / galls used etc?
BTW there is an outstanding response required from you re my perenial 'Help!-T-Rex Mesh Grilles' thread in the External Visual Mods forum. In brief there are two main types of winged emblem available for the grille viz.12 1/2 inches & 17 1/2 inches. Just wondered which one you went for before I finalise my ordering?
Regards
Geordie