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      09-15-2011, 03:35 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by DWB1873 View Post
Have you taken it for a long continuous drive on the motorway to see what you get?

If all your driving is stop start ,which 26km/h seems to imply it might be, you are going to get poor returns.

I get 8l/100 (35mpg) in normal driving, with average speed of 32km/h
When I took the car away recently I was getting 5.7l/100 (50mpg).
After 1 year and about 5000 miles now my average is 36mpg in pure city driving, up to 58mpg (still have not broken 60mpg) on motorway and an overall of 46mpg.
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