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Old 3rd October 2018, 20:27   #21
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I think it's the 'Unique' ratios in the 190 gearbox that do it, when I drove round Europe I was putting in about £70 a day.
Thatll be the 2.0 manual gearbox then
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Old 3rd October 2018, 20:34   #22
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Thatll be the 2.0 manual gearbox then
Did you see that V6 gearbox apparently with diesel internals for sale on one of the FB forums, would it work? what would the mpg be like I wonder?
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Old 3rd October 2018, 20:38   #23
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Did you see that V6 gearbox apparently with diesel internals for sale on one of the FB forums, would it work? what would the mpg be like I wonder?
If you need a bit more MPG Roy, swap it for a standard rover 75 manual box mate.
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Old 3rd October 2018, 20:42   #24
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If you need a bit more MPG Roy, swap it for a standard rover 75 manual box mate.
I'm sticking with the 190 box, I know it drinks like a tramp on meths but it goes like a good un
My lad when he was driving over there was impressed with not having to drop a cog when overtaking on motorways.
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Old 3rd October 2018, 20:58   #25
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Was going to ask why my newly purchased 190 seems to have much lower gearing than my connie diesel - now i know it's the way they are!.
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Was going to ask why my newly purchased 190 seems to have much lower gearing than my connie diesel - now i know it's the way they are!.
As I understand it, the gearbox ratios for the 190 are unique, even 5th is not really a cruising gear, it's one of the things that was done to improve the acceleration and performance, of course the trade off is the fuel consumption, you don't get owt for nowt
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As I understand it, the gearbox ratios for the 190 are unique, even 5th is not really a cruising gear, it's one of the things that was done to improve the acceleration and performance, of course the trade off is the fuel consumption, you don't get owt for nowt
Nevermind, i get excellent consumption with the diesel, and that's my main car.
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Old 3rd October 2018, 21:50   #28
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I get 23.3 over a 10 mile run in traffic (rush hour).to give you a idea how bad it is 10 miles can take between 40 min and a hour .
best I have ever got was 42.00 on a run and keeping down to just over the 60mph so we was in 5th gear.

car is a 2.5 177bhp with a auto box and 68 thousand on the clock.
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Nevermind, i get excellent consumption with the diesel, and that's my main car.
Same here
And to be honest before I even bought the 190 I knew about the fuel consumption.
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Old 4th October 2018, 04:40   #30
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I did another test yesterday on the way home from work in approx 3.30pm traffic - quite light, and got over 40. On the way to work I have hardly any traffic. I do a fair bit of coasting so do a lot of preemptive driving. Safer that way too!
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