Fuel consumption

[Pete Grey]

On a motorway trip of 130 miles a few weeks ago with heavy traffic and stop/start motoring, in which for part of the journey it took 2 hours to cover 8 miles, our fuel consumption was 29 mpg this was with no luggage on board and just me and the OH.

This week we made a similar motorway trip but a total of 250 miles with 60 miles of that around the Manchester area where there are speed limits of 20 and 30 miles, total fuel used was 20.85 litres, this works out at 54.5 mpg, during which for most of the time the vehicle was loaded to the gunnels, as we were helping a relative move house.

Our second trip allowed us to accurately calculate fuel consumption and compare the effects of traffic congestion on our car.

Congestion almost doubled our fuel consumption ( maybe not your vehicle) but pleased be warned if you need to evacuate.