View attachment 69491 View attachment 69492 I listed some actual measured (UK) mileages earlier in this post which were consistently 30 to 34 mpg. I have just had a driving holiday taking in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France again. 2825 mixed miles. My recorded MPGs (litres bought/brim to brim fills) I got 31.61 (French motorways at 130 km/h and then twisty Vosges mountain roads); 32.69 (German autobahn at up to an indicated 155 mph, 149 as 'measured' on a TomTom very briefly but mostly around 120 to 130 mph with long sections of traffic enforced 55-70mph, then Swiss motorways at 120 kph); 31.37 (Four Swiss Alpine passes - couple taken very fast in 2nd and 3rd gear keeping the engine at 4000 to 6000 rpm, the other passes very much slower due to narrow roads and dense cloud, followed by Italian Autostrada at 130 kph); 31.37, 30.31 and 30.74 (mostly rural mountain roads in Provence and Languedoc - some driven very fast others in a more relaxed manner following complaints from the passenger seat; finally 32.04 and 33.49 (French motorways and M20/M25/M1 in the UK to home - all at full motorway speeds [and a bit extra] plus a few French minor roads). Obviously there are some lower speed limits on some sections of motorway in roadworks, urban motorway, tunnels in Italy etc. which all help a bit. I try to drive economically when traffic/roads dictate you cannot go fast anyway but other times the gearbox gets a good workout. I think for the performance the economy is amazing - well beyond my expectations. As an aside I did not need to top up the oil - at all. Oh - its a manual and yes I think it is more fun too. The Alps were fantastic. I can recommend some Swiss/Italian passes if anyone is thinking of doing this.
