Fuel consumption

[Henry_b]

Was doing some errands today, and decided to fill her up with some of Esso;s finest and go a for a cruise in the country.. 

 

Considering i was crawling behind cyclists for a good while i;d say what i got from that journey wasn't too bad 

 

 

 

3.0 V6 

 

anyone else get those figures? 

 

I'm not really a person who likes to get around fast, but i put some decent right foot in 😉 

 

[Old Peter]

Hi Henry, 

I have had 50.2 mpg on dual carriageways and the M1  [to Sheffield] when there was a 50 mph limit, and 46.7 on the return journey when the standard 70 mph was allowed. My s type is the V6 2.7 diesel.

Your 32 mpg was pretty good for a Petrol car.

Peter.

[garbage-overlord]

Mine (2.5 auto) indicates an average of 31mpg.

True or not, I'm actually quite pleased because it's not really costing me much difference to my last car, a Vectra 1.8.

I'm looking forward to a longer trip to see what I can eke it up to.

My only real disappointment with this car so far is an absence of cruise control, which I miss.

[Henry_b]

You can retrofit cruise control quite easily  IIRC 😉 

I'm constantly surprised by the old girls economy 😉

[garbage-overlord]

36 minutes ago, Henry_b said:

You can retrofit cruise control quite easily  IIRC 😉 

I'm constantly surprised by the old girls economy 😉

You can?

[hollandbuick]

2002 s 3.0 11 mpg in city?

 

[hollandbuick]

ohio

 

[Henry_b]

On 6/5/2020 at 10:25 PM, garbage-overlord said:

You can?

Yes,, 

 

Not too difficult.. 

https://www.jaguarforum.com/showthread.php?t=68460

 

HTH

 

[garbage-overlord]

Ooo, now that does sound interesting. I'd like a wood wheel anyway, so changing it for one with buttons at the same time sounds like a plan...

...however that's for later - first I need to find out why this car weaves all over the road like a battleship in a gale, and can't decide which direction to point in when the brakes are applied.

[Henry_b]

New high!! 😉

Not that i'm MPG hunting... 

 

God i love driving this car!! 😎