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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: 1st check
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 10:13 am 
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420 miles £30 63mpg

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 Post subject: Re: 1st check
PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:35 pm 
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got me beaten soundly

608 miles £73.59 48.79mpg
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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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my 2ltr tdci 130PS 55 plate hatch was regular on 49mpg

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 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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seems like they're only sniffing diesel without any drinking... is that only me having heavy drinker instead of whatever they say in effing manuals or factory scores? #-o
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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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seems like they're only sniffing diesel without any drinking... is that only me having heavy drinker instead of whatever they say in effing manuals or factory scores? #-o


check on spirit monitor or fuelly, 50mpg is not a heavy drinker, Nige only gets 38mpg (old leadfoot)

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 Post subject: Re: 1st check
PostPosted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:07 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
420 miles £30 63mpg
= 8.4p/mile

Foxtrot26 wrote:
608 miles £74 49mpg
= 12p/mile


Im sure anyone can appreciate the difference though of course you have to decide is it worth the cost of the car?...

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Nidge2
 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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wannabeeahack wrote:
o-marek wrote:
seems like they're only sniffing diesel without any drinking... is that only me having heavy drinker instead of whatever they say in effing manuals or factory scores? #-o


check on spirit monitor or fuelly, 50mpg is not a heavy drinker, Nige only gets 38mpg (old leadfoot)



It's called getting ya sen from A to B within the speed limit to earn ya sen more £££
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Foxtrot26
 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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out of interest what are you driving to get a genuine 63mpg?


one of these skoda rapids?
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o-marek
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wannabeeahack wrote:
...50mpg is not a heavy drinker, Nige only gets 38mpg (old leadfoot)

50mpg on motorway on a long haul... average score is 36,6 and I'm sort of like him :roll: last night 47 but few miles on M27 no rush...
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 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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Foxtrot26 wrote:
out of interest what are you driving to get a genuine 63mpg?


one of these skoda rapids?


2015 Superb 1.6 estate

whilst most of it was motorway im not sure higher speeds are a totally great thing

about 300 of the 430 was M5

ready for work...

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 Post subject: Re: 1st check
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Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
o-marek wrote:
seems like they're only sniffing diesel without any drinking... is that only me having heavy drinker instead of whatever they say in effing manuals or factory scores? #-o


check on spirit monitor or fuelly, 50mpg is not a heavy drinker, Nige only gets 38mpg (old leadfoot)



It's called getting ya sen from A to B within the speed limit to earn ya sen more £££


Nige, I wonder how many extra jobs you squeeze in over a shift and what the extra income is vs the reduced mpg and increased tyre/brake wear..... plus i get tips from passengers appreciative of a steady driver........

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wannabeeahack wrote:

Nige, I wonder how many extra jobs you squeeze in over a shift and what the extra income is vs the reduced mpg and increased tyre/brake wear..... plus i get tips from passengers appreciative of a steady driver........


I don't drive fast when I've got punters on board. It's all about the top line, MPG doesn't bother me.
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If I'm in town I wait where I am, if I have PDA job I proceed in a stately fashion, they can wait

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Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

Nige, I wonder how many extra jobs you squeeze in over a shift and what the extra income is vs the reduced mpg and increased tyre/brake wear..... plus i get tips from passengers appreciative of a steady driver........


I don't drive fast when I've got punters on board. It's all about the top line, MPG doesn't bother me.

Strange, for most people it is all about the bottom line. the top line is usually revenue and the bottom line is profit.

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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

Nige, I wonder how many extra jobs you squeeze in over a shift and what the extra income is vs the reduced mpg and increased tyre/brake wear..... plus i get tips from passengers appreciative of a steady driver........


I don't drive fast when I've got punters on board. It's all about the top line, MPG doesn't bother me.

Strange, for most people it is all about the bottom line. the top line is usually revenue and the bottom line is profit.



OR

"Turnover is vanity, Profit is sanity"?

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