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wannabeeahack

Post subject: whats the answer?

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:42 pm

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we have cars getting faster, engines getting more productive HP wise, wheres the MPG gonna increase?

instead of 0-60 in 3 seconds and 800hp, why not 200mpg?

17 years ago my maestro Tdi did 52 mpg

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Doom

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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:44 pm

That's because it had a Perkins engine in it :wink:

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wannabeeahack

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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:24 pm

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Doom wrote:

That's because it had a Perkins engine in it :wink:

if mpg had increased inline (or rather instead of) power outputs, by my reckoning, i should be able to buy a 150mpg saloon, but i cant

the perkins was an old design, a bit smokey, but i also had a montego estate that cruised at 70 mph all day fully loaded, never went wrong, was cheap to service and gave 50-55mpg

todays hitech/computer controlled/multi-sensored/Hdis give little more

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Nigel

Post subject: Re: whats the answer?

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:40 pm

wannabeeahack wrote:

we have cars getting faster, engines getting more productive HP wise, wheres the MPG gonna increase?

instead of 0-60 in 3 seconds and 800hp, why not 200mpg?

17 years ago my maestro Tdi did 52 mpg

22 years ago my Cavalier Diesel did 1 mile more per gallon than your Maestro did. Oh they were the days.

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wannabeeahack

Post subject: Re: whats the answer?

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:58 pm

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Nigel wrote:

wannabeeahack wrote:

we have cars getting faster, engines getting more productive HP wise, wheres the MPG gonna increase?

instead of 0-60 in 3 seconds and 800hp, why not 200mpg?

17 years ago my maestro Tdi did 52 mpg

22 years ago my Cavalier Diesel did 1 mile more per gallon than your Maestro did. Oh they were the days.

and derv was, what, 40p/ltr? 35p?

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