Why would I say that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I’ve been driving the L200 as carefully as I can. “Hypermiling” they call it. Light on the throttle, steady acceleration, keep the revs right down, use inertia and road conditions as efficiently as possible. I can get 38 MPG on the computer, and if I get behind a lorry and have to stay at 40 MPH then I get over 40 MPG. Happy days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these times there is a risk of a shortage of diesel. I don’t want the tank to go too low, just in case. I noted that I’m down to just below half and I’m near Sainsbury’s. Time to fill up. Now I should point out that when I mean “fill up”, I really mean it. I fill to the top of the filler tube such that I literally cannot get another drop in. As a result I know exactly how much I’ve used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I fill up. 46 litres, and it cost me \u00a380. Ouch! That’s why this subject is such a pressing one. At the end of the day its the pressure on the wallet that drives change, not the environment. Am I wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My other habit is I reset the trip meter immediately after the fill up and I do so here too, noting 300 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, 46 litres translates to 10.11 imperial Gallons. Which leads to a result of 29.6 MPG, average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wait, What? That is flipping terrible! This is the true figure and it leads to a conclusion. For Diesels, hypermiling doesn’t work. Why? I am reasoning it is the lower revs, I’m out of the power band and the engine is not efficient there. It also places a whopping big question mark over what the computer is telling me as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As my colleague is regularly heard to say “Bloody compuers, ya can’t trust um, bloody, bloody compuers”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He might have a point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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