About six years ago I accidentally (1) covered 980 miles on one tankful (2) of diesel, so I reckoned that 1000 miles on a tankful should be doable if I set my stall out right. Well now we've done it, and rather well, too.
Having recently obtained a nice little motor for Eileen, attention has now turned to finding a decent MR2 Mark 2, Rev. 3 or later, for our Mike. These cars are now about 20 years old, and it's not easy finding a good one, so we've been getting around a bit this last week or so.
Last Saturday we had a trip from Whitby to Manchester, then on to Stafford, then Nottingham and back to Whitby: 394 miles averaging 62.8 mpg. We filled up at the start of that trip.
Last Sunday we went to Durham and back: 122 miles averaging 58.9 mpg.
Yesterday we went from Whitby to Waltham Cross and back: 495 miles averaging 68.9 mpg. Now then; I am accustomed to old CUBby putting up some very good economy performances, but even I was astounded to find that the trip yesterday (after zeroing the trip computer at the start of the journey) not only averaged 68.9 for the day, but it showed 72.5 at the point where we arrived at the traffic congestion around Enfield. That produced a bit of a setback, but it was only to be expected.
The latest tankful has therefore yielded about 1100 miles, including a bit of local usage during the week, so I'm quite chuffed with that: and the car does not have cruise control! What it does have is a good engine, now quite nicely run in after 190,000 miles, and of course a highly skilled eco-driver.
(1) 'Accidentally' in that I wasn't really trying to get good economy.
(2) Nominal tank capacity is supposedly 70 litres, but it actually holds quite a bit more than that.
OK, there you go; I just thought you might be interested in that; but maybe not. Anyhow you've got it, so there!
Oh, one final thing: this was on BP normal diesel. It seems to be good stuff.
Best wishes all,
Dave - advanced eco-bore.