And You Would Think Sti Ra's Are Poor Long Distance

[the squiggle]

Glasgow to Banbury burning 45 litres, 24 litres at London rd Shell to start her off with a full tank and another 22 litres at Charnock Richard on the M6. Filled back up in Banbury with tesco 99 and it then took 23 litres. My fag packet calculations work out at about 33 mpg, which is not too shabby for a 2 Litre turbo charged short geared rocket.

Banbury to Glasgow 12 Litres of fuel consumed, this is a trick maybe one day i will reveal but at the moment it is between me and my conscience

Granted it turn out to be a 27 hour day from driving it at circa 60 mph and the weather all the way down the M6 was dire of the highest order.

Nice one Mr Subaru

[st3ph3n]

12 litres consumed, or 12 litres purchased Grant?

I must say - London road shell is off my list due to 2 bad batches I've had in there at 2 completely different times.

[mctwistuk]

that is some moghty fine figures you got there Grant. Its amazing how just doing a few simpkle things increases the mpg.

[white RA]

are you running it on LPG! .. i'm quite pleased to see your figure's as ive got a few mile's ahead of me in my RA in a few week's, our yearly trip down south in saying that my RA's engine has been altered slightly .. how many mile's all in did you do?

[superstar_tradesman]

I think I know your trick bud. But don't worry I wont give it away

[sczscoob]

Did you get towed with the engine ticking over????

[the squiggle]

are you running it on LPG! .. i'm quite pleased to see your figure's as ive got a few mile's ahead of me in my RA in a few week's, our yearly trip down south in saying that my RA's engine has been altered slightly .. how many mile's all in did you do?

All in the throttle control and a couple of psi extra all round helped

Total all in was about 700 miles

....and the figures above were total consumed big chap

[superstar_tradesman]

All in the throttle control and a couple of psi extra all round helped

Total all in was about 700 miles

....and the figures above were total consumed big chap

No worries Grant. That thing we were talking about can be done without the signiture. So let me know if you're interested and I can get a sample e-mailed to you bro.

[jcscoob]

well done, you are officially mental, great

[nkwrx]

Didn't realise Banbury to Glasgow was downhill all the way Grant??

[frank c]

well done, you are officially mental, great

Couldn't have put it better myself........

[G.T.]

did you have a tailwind too boss

[micra_wrc]

and the obligatory picture of the car outside Prodrive

[AlanG]

Glasgow to Banbury burning 45 litres. My fag packet calculations work out at about 33 mpg, which is not too shabby for a 2 Litre turbo charged short geared rocket.

Banbury to Glasgow 12 Litres of fuel consumed.

Granted it turn out to be a 27 hour day from driving it at circa 60 mph

Approximately 330mile journey for 45 litres to give 33mpg.

12 litres to get back up.

With no other means of chemical combustion within the cylinders that would mean 330 miles consuming only 12 litres of petrol and nothing else would add up to 330/12*4.545= 125 mpg.

Edited June 6, 2008 by AlanG

[fai17]

did you break down?

[Frank_STI]

I get around 13mpg

[iain_ogston]

I generally work out I need a litre just under every three miles in my modified RA.