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Old 05-17-2006, 04:07 AM   #3 (permalink)
Murphy The Cat
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Originally Posted by John W
42 mpg is v. impressive MTC - in fact it's amazing given that Chrysler quote 42 for highway driving, and that manufacturer's mpg figures are invariably v. optimistic, and usually only achievable by doing a steady 55mph. Took my crd touring on the motorway for the first time yesterday afternoon: just junction 1-5 of the M1 and back again for no good reason other than I've been stuck with town driving eversince I picked her up last Monday. Got 32mpg travelling at the speed limit (okay, maybe a bit higher!). Quite pleased with that, given I've only done 240 miles and the engine's still 'tight'....best. John W.
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I've found (& I hope that you will as well) that keeping at a steady speed is a much, much more economic way of making progress than upto 85 mph, down to 65mph, back upto 85 mph. It's just that motorway traffic doesn't usually let us cruise at a constant speed for a reasonable ditance.

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