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rickyrooo1
5th Apr 2007, 10:02
well holiday time has come and it's the 1st big journey for the freebie i'm off down devon way so it's 3+ solid hours of M5 in 5th gear at 70 plus....(yeah right) well anyway it's the 1st big trip mileage wise wish me luck guys lol cos' if it pops i ain't got no room for tools or no access to the internet lol.....have joined green flag tho'.......do i trust it? yeah:D cya!!
Satancom
5th Apr 2007, 10:25
Shouldn't be an issue for it matey.. Done more in my series without to much hassle :)
kaillum
5th Apr 2007, 13:30
shouldn't be a problem! but ya never know with a Freebie!

take some mpg readings.. would like to see if you get any different to mine!
yeah I know i'm a geek! :D
jim
6th Apr 2007, 19:21
Welcome to Devon:cheers: :guiness:
rickyrooo1
17th Apr 2007, 13:14
take some mpg readings.. would like to see if you get any different to mine!
yeah I know i'm a geek! :D

hi, did a rough one when i filled back up to come home,did 164 motorway/getting to and from the motorway miles and a further 60ish tatting round during the week before i filled back up to come home and bear in mind i was 70/80 mph fully loaded 2 adults 2 kids 2 many womens shoes etc did a shade under 30mpg......am still on the return tank of fuel at the moment so i'll do that in next day or so.the only problem? i have noticed since my return is now when sitting at lights or stationary etc the car has an occasional "blip" and drops a couple hundred revs and runs lumpy a few seconds then returns to normal...runs ok on throttle tho' anything to worry about?
brooklynodog
17th Apr 2007, 15:37
Say hello to Somerset on your way through!
rickyrooo1
18th Apr 2007, 08:54
take some mpg readings.. would like to see if you get any different to mine!
yeah I know i'm a geek! :D


ok this is the properly calculated one taken this morning - the one i did roughly on holiday as posted before was worked out in my head so was not 100% accurate:D .
return journey consisted of even more things that we left with due to women and shoes mainly...and the added weight of 2 beer overloaded adults (a week is a long time),an extra child (don't ask!)
also for some reason on the way home you always break your "i'm not gonna go over 70/75 rule:rolleyes: .
so here goes 302 miles to the tank used 43.06 litres giving me 31.8 mpg
which ain't bad in my book dunno what you think?
would i benefit from plug change etc and anyone know what my odd ticking over is?