Best MPG over 100 Miles?
07-24-2014, 02:24 PM
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Had a long journey ahead so decided to test the willpower of my right foot to see how high I could get my MPG over 100 miles...a realistic range. So I set my ACC to 70mph, sat back and waited. Traffic wasn't perfect and I think I could have nudged 40 mpg at slightly lower speeds but that was asking for just too much patience. I nearly killed the experiment when a gorgeous white 991 cab shot past but held in. Trust me... Once the photo was taken the ACC turned off and the MPG got back to where it should be 
Incidentally this is UK (yes it does get that warm over here sometimes) .. So the MPG might be calibrated differently to US (x1.2) 
Incidentally this is UK (yes it does get that warm over here sometimes) .. So the MPG might be calibrated differently to US (x1.2) 
07-24-2014, 02:31 PM
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Had a long journey ahead so decided to test the willpower of my right foot to see how high I could get my MPG over 100 miles...a realistic range. So I set my ACC to 70mph, sat back and waited. Traffic wasn't perfect and I think I could have nudged 40 mpg at slightly lower speeds but that was asking for just too much patience. I nearly killed the experiment when a gorgeous white 991 cab shot past but held in. Trust me... Once the photo was taken the ACC turned off and the MPG got back to where it should be Incidentally this is UK (yes it does get that warm over here sometimes) .. So the MPG might be calibrated differently to US (x1.2)
Incidentally this is UK (yes it does get that warm over here sometimes) .. So the MPG might be calibrated differently to US (x1.2)
07-24-2014, 03:19 PM
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Wow. Impressive.
Was someone pushing your car? Down a hill? With a stiff wind in your back?
Best I've gotten was around 29.5 MPG
Was someone pushing your car? Down a hill? With a stiff wind in your back?
Best I've gotten was around 29.5 MPG
07-24-2014, 05:54 PM
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I average around 15-17 MPG, generally combination of stop and go and highway driving. This car is way too much in the upper range of the rev band to think about MPG.
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Had a long journey ahead so decided to test the willpower of my right foot to see how high I could get my MPG over 100 miles...a realistic range. So I set my ACC to 70mph, sat back and waited. Traffic wasn't perfect and I think I could have nudged 40 mpg at slightly lower speeds but that was asking for just too much patience. I nearly killed the experiment when a gorgeous white 991 cab shot past but held in. Trust me... Once the photo was taken the ACC turned off and the MPG got back to where it should be Incidentally this is UK (yes it does get that warm over here sometimes) .. So the MPG might be calibrated differently to US (x1.2)
Incidentally this is UK (yes it does get that warm over here sometimes) .. So the MPG might be calibrated differently to US (x1.2) I don't care what Homeles thinks.
07-25-2014, 10:48 AM
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That's an interesting question. We have a Canadian car, so kilometres is the standard. I switched the display to "miles" when we were in the States last weekend, for ease of speed limit conversion, and recorded 32.8 mpg on the freeway. I don't know if that's imperial or US. Anyone?
07-25-2014, 04:53 PM
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I did a road trip from Chicago to NY in my C2- Close to 800 miles and got 34.9 mpg. Had "Eco" mode so it disengaged the clutch and idled down hills. I wasn't going too slow either, most of the time was cruising at around 85mph. I did cheat a little in that I reset the mpg indicator once I got outside of Chicago but still seemed really good for a 350hp car...
07-26-2014, 11:51 AM
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In you face Prius !!
Yes it was a downhill stretch, but then we hit the twisties and things went south fast
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But after some highway travel ended up with
This is US mpg.
Yes it was a downhill stretch, but then we hit the twisties and things went south fast
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But after some highway travel ended up with
This is US mpg.
07-27-2014, 10:49 AM
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That's an interesting question. We have a Canadian car, so kilometres is the standard. I switched the display to "miles" when we were in the States last weekend, for ease of speed limit conversion, and recorded 32.8 mpg on the freeway. I don't know if that's imperial or US. Anyone?
08-07-2014, 02:37 AM
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Just updating my settings since the car was PDI'd after delivery in Victoria today - you have the option for L/100 km, US mpg or Imperial mpg in the display - and you can change the digital speedo independently to read km/h or mph.