My New Surf

[lawsy]

My experiance with riding mountaiin bikes shows me how much tyres can cause drag. So far ive put my bad mpg down to the tryes. Im getting about 17.4mpg.

Do you have the same experiance using these tyres? or in general using big off road tyres.

Either way they look great so ill just deal with it.

its not just tyres mate

as i said earlier, its mainly speed and how you drive...

drive it liek you stole it and you'll see it in the teens if not lower..

i have 31" all terrains on too, yeah mpg dropped from road tyres, but only 2-3

next time on the motorway set off a little earlier and cruise at 55 instead and see what a difference it makes

[wishbone]

Having done 540 miles over the weekend (£140 of diesel) worked out only getting 17.4 MPG.
That consisted of over 300 miles of motor way, lots of A roads and a days green laning.

At £1.35 a litre you're getting just under 24 to the gallon. (If you did do 540 miles and not 540Km)

[Matt.n.p]

At £1.35 a litre you're getting just under 24 to the gallon. (If you did do 540 miles and not 540Km)

Just done the sums again and it seems your right. Dont know what did before. I guess i was so shocked with how much diesel i went through that 17 mpg seemed about right.

That makes me feel much better. Thought i may of had a problem. Should of checked my sums.

[GBV8]

and what do you get out of the v8's then ?

20-24mpg????

I get 18-22 mpg in my 3ltr. My worst week was 10.4mpg during the heavy snow.

I'm on the V8 list now. With prices at £1:36 ltr and rising I want as much fun out of my go-go juice as humanly possible

[Matt.n.p]

Just found a local farm selling bio diesel. £1 litre. Makes it a little less painful.

[Matt.n.p]

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Rear heated window (demister) not working. Found the most likely cause, just have to go and investigate.