Diesel Auto Tourer - MPG ?

[Sonic ZS]

Originally Posted by Redfive

Certainly seemed to be going well enough when I struggled past you on the 5 mate, looked lovely with no sign of any smoke.
I'm still trying to talk myself out of going to view that early tourer in Poole, getting tougher to ignore it as the price is down to £425
Cheers Ian

Ha ha !! I didn't see you Ian (although I would of been looking for MGs & Rovers ). Did you wave ? Hope you didn't think I was ignoring you if you did

Just get on & buy it, we both know you want to plus you now have a nice set of straights to go on it !!!

[CLINTE]

Hi Sonic ZS,

I have no personal experience but the figure you quote would appear to be reasonable in my view . The point I want to make is whether you use branded fuel or the supermarket variety. The branded fuel makes a difference and given the better all round performance would work out cheaper in the long run against the supermarket variety. So you do not say which you are using.I use and would recommend the branded fuel , but everyone is free to please themselves on this one of course.

Clinte

[mystabe]

I don't find the fuel economy is any better or worse with more expensive diesel or supermarket stuff BUT Shell Nitro Diesel and the like certainly do make the engine run far more smoothly and sound a lot more refined. A lot more expensive admittedly for little gain in reality, it is nice as a treat every now and again though!

[Ian G]

Originally Posted by Sonic ZS

Ha ha !! I didn't see you Ian (although I would of been looking for MGs & Rovers ). Did you wave ? Hope you didn't think I was ignoring you if you did

Just get on & buy it, we both know you want to plus you now have a nice set of straights to go on it !!!

Not only waved but flashed lights and blew the horn as well..
TBH I was tramping on a bit mate
I'm not going for the tourer although I may take a ride over and view it, get the vin number and take a few pics so it can be added to the early tourer list..

NOTE Just checked and it seems to have been sold
Cheers Ian

[Sonic ZS]

Clinte - firstly, good to meet you on Sunday. There's a wealth of information within this club so I'm sure you'll find it worthwhile. Regarding fuel, I use my local Sainsbury (which I believe is linked to BP, although not sure if fuel is identical). In all honesty, the Tourer might only do 1000 miles this year, so not too worried about getting the very best economy, at this rate I'll only need to fill it up twice !!!

Mystabe - I'm not sure if we still have a Shell station in Plymouth any more, but I might give that a go if I find one thanks.

Redfive - sorry about that Ian, where about was it ? Were we going up or coming back ? I can only assume I had drifted off into another world due to the serene peacefulness of a 75 oil burner...

[gozo ken]

In my auto saloon,I can get mid 30's in the winter with local short journeys.
Just been to France,,serviced and tyres checked before setting off,,did around 1600 miles at between 110 and 130 kmh and I was very pleased with an average of 47mpg,I've never got that before.
My manual ,sometimes returned 50 mpg ,on long runs,but I had to go for an auto for health reasons,and I'm very happy with it.
I will say that Big Russ did ''breath'' on it with his T4 and it was noticeably more responsive,and dare I say -economical.
I've mentioned this before--I have a habit of using ''snow'' mode,which puts it in a higher gear- sooner,I'm certain this helps with the economy also.But still no match for the manual boxes.
Ken.

[Sonic ZS]

Originally Posted by gozo ken

But still no match for the manual boxes.

I would NEVER have bought an auto if it wasn't for the green Tourer, which meant I didn't get a choice. But I've now got another one (2.5 petrol saloon) as they are just soooo good and suit the nature of a 75 perfectly.

The reduction in economy is small price to pay for such a relaxed driving experience

[gozo ken]

I agree totally