Nick Jones Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I don't know what the official mileage is but Car 20 recorded 2,659 mi overall Plough to Plough plus 320 mi to and from start/finish...... Blimey!!Overall mpg 35.2. Best tank 41.1 (downhill with a tail wind presumably) worst tank 29.3 mpg (it involved the Nurburgring and 20km at mostly full throttle over 4000rpm.....). Stig Stewarts 'Ring time was a little under 13mins..... dunno if that is fast or slow but it felt flippin' fast from the passenger seat :o and the brake discs went blue :o We saw 102mph (sat nav) on final straight.2 l of oil added and now on minimum again so about 3l used. No water needed.Slight tweak given to one front wheel bearing at Beziers, no other attention needed. Tough things these old Triumphs :)Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Car 3 did 2,930 miles, Plough to Plough, plus 130 home and back. How did we do so many more than a lot of others? Speedo is very accurate (speedo says 70, satnav says 69). I thought our Italy to Nurburgring route was very long, but 300 miles longer?Don't know the MPG as I can't bring myself to total up all the petrol receipts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 2600, or thereabouts. We didn't go into Spain because the engine was so sick and instead used French toll roads. Which may not have been a great idea as we had to go all the way up that rather long winding hill into Andorra. Took ages, we didn't get above 15mph and used 2lt of water doing it. We did make all of the control stops though. A lot of people didn't go to the Andorra one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 we did over 900 and we were only marshalls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Rupert covered 3586 km between London and Rolduc (according to my satnav) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenV8Machine Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 2683 in Team 37s car, about 17mpg. Used very little oil, last topped up in rolduc and doesnt need any now. How much oil did the passat use? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedmonkey Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Team shed 2346 miles plough to plough -my speedo reads about 10% low we stuck to the route aprt from cutting to the monte blanc tunnel after st bernard pass thingy (and did andorra including the motor museum)MPG roughly worked out at 27mpg only oil used was what leaked out from the oil temp sensor housing and all over the front brakes on the way to Condom 14 cans of redbull, 200 fags, half a packet of pro plus and three burgers were the other main consumtions ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 Mike Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 2500 Plough to Plough, averaged 25 mpgTR7 V8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 sparky_spit wrote:Don't know the MPG as I can't bring myself to total up all the petrol receipts. I've only added up the literage - I've left the cost aspect strictly alone - I really don't want to know! We just wrote the literage and mileage in the road book every time we filled up.Just because your speedo reads the the right speeds, doesn't mean the odometer is correct and in the same way, a correct reading odometer doesn't necessarily mean the speed reading is correctCheersNick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Nick_Jones wrote:Just because your speedo reads the the right speeds, doesn't mean the odometer is correct and in the same way, a correct reading odometer doesn't necessarily mean the speed reading is correctCheersNickGood point, I didn't think of that. I did add up the cost and amount tonight - £356 worth of petrol - and it gave roughly 38mpg based on 2,930 miles. Obviously a bit less if the mileage was actually nearer 2,600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete PiEst Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Total mileage 2790 from mine to co-driver etc. Mpg worked out to 23.29!... Went to the great 10CR traffic jam which accounted for about 1.5 lt of water as the temp gauge went off the scale and dumped it on the pristine forecourt... I wish I was stuck in the heat now rather than today's crap weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJP Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 My Sat Nav recorded a total of 2950 miles, approx 1000 of which was in the hire car, so the Spit had done about 1950 before she expired near Grenoble which probably reflected our detour through the Ardeche to Montelimar on our way to Grenoble, and the run to Perpignan from the Andorra border on the way to BeziersThe interesting statistic on the Sat Nav was the Max Speed of 175kms - I know we didn't do this in the Spit, or the hire car, so it must have been the manic lady taxi driver that drove us to the hire car depot along the autoroute!MPG in the Spit was consistently 38 to 40, and not much more in the hire car! (Peugeot Partner Diesel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 From Calais to Plough (forgot to set oddo) 2793, plus Plough to Calais approx 65 therefore roughly 2860 and an average 38 to the gallon. Then 300 mile round trip from Doncaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 In the Spit going to London I was getting 40mpg and in the Clio Triumph I got 65mpg. Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 bobyspit wrote:In the Spit going to London I was getting 40mpg and in the Clio Triumph I got 65mpg. SuperbYou ruined my fuel economy figures chasing James and Craig to the Swiss border :PYou and James are my new driving heros 8)Warp 9 in the dark down an Alp.............................................................Superb driving by both of you ;D ;D ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Steve get that video footage and post it on Youtube ;DI get the car back tomorrow! Now Zetec or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Yes please - I'm looking forward to seeing a GT6 trying to keep up with a the brake lights of a juggernaut :)Not sure about our mpg - but it seemed very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Its home.Delivered this afternoon, I can say that I am very happy at this time with Footman James service in recovery of the vehicle to home.Its going to stay in the garage for a while until I can get the enthusiasm back.Then I will have to thinks about what I am doing with the Spit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Good to see it home so quickly Rob :)I'll try to sort out that video for you and James this weekend, It's almost 100mb :o and it does not look as fast as it felt at the time.I think Gaz got the camera rolling after you had both backed off a bit, still I reckon those border guards must have heard us comming down the hill from some way off ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Vimeo will accept any size video - and it'll keep it in HD too.100Mb might just take a while to upload :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Rob, James here is what you are waiting for ;)http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f36/tiggr_r1/10CR%202009/10%20CR%20Movies/?action=view¤t=JamesandRob.flv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Thanks for that - I think we had slowed down a bit by this point :)I distinctly remember the bit where Craig instructed me to "show them how it's done" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 jcarruthers wrote:Thanks for that - I think we had slowed down a bit by this point :)I distinctly remember the bit where Craig instructed me to "show them how it's done"If you wanted to go faster you need slicks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Nah - I didn't snatch a brake or feel the front losing it at any point - was comfortably in the safety zone.Don't underestimate the saloon :) they handle astoundingly well - far more sure footed than the small chassis cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggrr1 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 jcarruthers wrote:Don't underestimate the saloon :) they handle astoundingly well - far more sure footed than the small chassis carsI was already starting to like/respect the big saloons dynamic abilities but after seeing at first hand just what they are capable of I think when I get the GT6 how I want it I may be looking for a big saloon.(clap)(clap)(clap)Way to go James(clap)(clap)(clap) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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