T-sport Fuel Economy

[ae102]

we will have to agree to disagree then jock fran. your car seems to take an awful long time to warm up to operating temp tho?

[Jock Fran]

we will have to agree to disagree then jock fran. your car seems to take an awful long time to warm up to operating temp tho?

You can disagree if you want mate, but I have a degree in Automotive Engineering and work in quality control for BMW MINI so I do kinda know what I'm talking about.

I don't think it takes that long to warm up, I tend to drive very gently when it's cold so it doesn't really generate any heat - especially so if in heavy traffic.

Driving at 70mph it could probably go from the bottom of the gauge to the middle in about a minute.

Seems fairly normal to me. ;)

Quick look on Google maps and it seems it took about 1.5 miles to warm up today on my way home - a mile or so at 50, the last half a mile at around walking pace queuing for a roundabout.

The furthest I can remember getting before being up to temp is 3.5 miles or so - that's in cold weather and heavy traffic. So only actually about 50% of the way home rather than the 75 I said before - it just seems like more because the last half of the journey has less traffic!

[ae102]

my misses is a QA supervisor and she's only got half a degree

[Jock Fran]

Ermmm... Good for her?

[-T- Sport]

I drive everywhere like a complete loon, hitting Lift as much as possible.

Weather doesn't seem to make a difference, i still manage an average of 31mpg!!

:D

Can I have your Engine instead of mine? I also drive like a Loon using Lift wherever possible and get 26.5Mpg! :(