slate Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Am i cracking up i worked out my mpg for the vitesse and i made it around 36 now i know from rbrr,s that 28 is the norm. has anyone else reached these sort of figures :-/ :-/ :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 nearly 31 mpg with the TR7 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 19.16 :-( I'll sort it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 Mike Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Averaged 27 mpg over the 2500 milesBest was 35 mpg, worst was 21 mpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 to be honest i don't have a clue what our MPG was and i don't really care i know we were doing similar to the vitesse we were with as we seemed to put similar amounts in each stop ,but three up in a heradl 13/60 aint gonna be great MPG...but we did only spend just over £300 over there although we didn't do the full route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 beans wrote:nearly 31 mpg with the TR7 ...Hell Theo I've got double the amount of cylinders than you! - not worked out all the figs yet, but Ivi averaged a good 28mpg a couple of times, I got a 25 and when we were in "knackered brakes/cruise mode" we got 30.5mpg twice - fantastic for a V8 Wedge!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32valves Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Emptied 3/4 of a tank between fuel stops on the autobahn and got approximately 45mpg from the Spit. We don't know exactly but we are sure the overall average was comfortably in excess of 40mpg. Even allowing for errors in the clocks it's still fantastic ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJP Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 1st fuel stop 37mpg - but then we did queue to go through the Dartford Crossing twice!2nd Fuel stop 44mpg3rd Fuel stop 48 mpg - by this time our speed was reduced due to the bearing noisenext refill will be whenever the car turns up - expect it to be good fuel consumption because I know we were limping along at 30mph between Troyes and Morez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I think we averaged mid to high 30's.Will be worked out shortly.Not bad for a sickly at times spit.CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 MikeyB wrote: ... we got 30.5mpg twice - fantastic for a V8 Wedge!!!You probably didn't trash it hard enough :Pb.t.w I pressume you two got home safely as I didn't see you anymore in the morning :X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy66 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I dream about these figures!! well,ok not really with my Big right foot!Every time I checked it was 25mpg! so, 25mpg it was then! Hutch managed 50mpg !! ( engine oil ! ;D )sorry mate! couldnt resist! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Have'nt got a clue!Probably mid 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Home safe and well without incident, thanks Theo. We left early to allow plenty of travel time to compensate for our reduced cruising speed. Even the M25 was clear for us - wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 SlateI was not on the 10CR but do run my Vitesse all year and very rarely get much over 25mpg. Be very happy with over 30mpg - how did you manage it? You must be pretty gentle with the gas pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glaramaraman Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Just Done my Stats. With Odometre error corrections ( 15% under read ) I've calculated the following:Keswick to Knutsford (First Fill to last fill) = 2880 miles, 338.5Litres used or about 39 miles / Gallon !!!... so yes on some long runs Triumph Spitfire 1500's can certainly return an excellent MPG. And all this cost approximately £320This of course assuming I didn't sleep through a fuel change in Germany in the middle of the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnerboy Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Done the figures and averaged out at 33.4 mpg over the 2416 miles. Sector breakdowns show us hitting the mid 40's three times, well pleased! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Like Tim, I haven't a clue but last year at Le Mans and then on to Portugal I was nearing 40 mpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 You want to be putting your foot down then! 40MPG, that's obscene! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Vitesse 6 - RBRR 2000 31.6MPG, RBRR 2002 30.5 MPG - both times 3 upTR7 8 valve 2litre RBRR 2002 30.6MPG, 10CR03 36.6MPG, RBRR 2004 30.7MPG, 10CR05 30MPG (more mountain driving and the engine gave up soon after!).TR7 16valve RBRR 2006 31MPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 timbancroft61 wrote:You want to be putting your foot down then! 40MPG, that's obscence!One of the local TSSC guys got 50mpg from his GT6 going to LeMans and back last year.Now that is Obscene!CheersColin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 If that's who I think it is - doesn't he have overdrive and a 3:27 diff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 3.27 and o'd. Blimey its a sports car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 GT6_Don wrote:If that's who I think it is - doesn't he have overdrive and a 3:27 diff?Yes, we also think he super cooled the fuel to fit more in, and maybe also tied a rope to the back of a lorry and turned the engine off... :-)Actually I think the OD failed on the way down there.I suspect his ridiculously frugal driving style has something to do with his driver training.... But then perhaps not!He must have made a mistake, but I have not worked out where yet, and teh car is in very good mechanical condition, so perhaps he really did do 50mpg.Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Hutchings Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 50mpg... rubbish. I hardly believe 40mpg but then I wouldn't call that nice chap Don a fibber ;)50mpg... man... that guy should get a hybrid or something. He must drive at 55 everywhere. Who is it colin, cummon, I must know him :)How are you guys working this out? Do you actually have accurate oddometers or something? I know roys is spot on but surely you cant ALL have accurate ones :)Not sure what we got, all I know is we got a bit more than roy as we were often stopping at the same points. I'd guess about 28-30?And yea.. the oil MPG figure was pretty low! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoflex Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hutch wrote:Do you actually have accurate oddometers or something?It's always been pegged to the right, so I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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