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Old 02-04-2008, 10:28 AM
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Filled up bikey again...47.83mpg (4.91l/100km)
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Old 02-06-2008, 08:16 AM
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Old 02-06-2008, 09:09 AM
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16mpg in the RX-8 at the weekend
However it was really a as it was 200 miles with 7 other RX-8s aroudn some of the GREAT roads in Scotland.
Not advisable to publish speeds
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:19 AM
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16mpg in the RX-8 at the weekend

Not advisable to publish speeds
I think with these tidbits of info we can fill in the blanks
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:23 AM
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I think with these tidbits of info we can fill in the blanks
Suffice to say we all flew at various points on the route -- hump-back bridges rule
DID decide it was a bit quick when the traction control cut in on a single track tarmac road with damp patches on the "straight" whilst in 5th with the right foot buried
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:26 AM
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Suffice to say we all flew at various points on the route -- hump-back bridges rule
DID decide it was a bit quick when the traction control cut in on a single track tarmac road with damp patches on the "straight" whilst in 5th with the right foot buried
I thought this thread was about fuel economy and not fuel wastage
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:42 AM
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I thought this thread was about fuel economy and not fuel wastage
not one millilitre was wasted.
It was all gainfully employed
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not one millilitre was wasted.
It was all gainfully employed
every sperm is sacred etc....
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:08 AM
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every sperm is sacred etc....
sheez ... I wasn't exepecting the Spanish Inquisiation
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always...
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Old 02-06-2008, 04:11 PM
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Old 02-06-2008, 06:46 PM
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i've been taking a kayak to work thanks to rain. so my fuel economy is great
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Old 02-06-2008, 10:57 PM
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Fuel economy of the BMW seems to have stabilised at around 6,5l/100km.

Not bad I guess.
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:13 PM
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how much does diesel cost in relation to regular petrol?
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Old 02-06-2008, 11:59 PM
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here...diesel = £1.10/l, petrol = £1.05 roughly
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