Gus turned up 54,000 yesterday. He\'s an idle brute! ....:bandit
(Good cavalry men shouldn\'t blame their steeds though)!
He\'d just turned up 53,000 at the beginning of Feb last year.
So that\'s around 43p per mile before a sniff of fuel goes in. :2eek
So a 90 mile round trip to York or Lincoln costs about £55 with fuel....:eek:
Thats quite low, even for you Dave - due to global warming perhaps? Longer winters and more rain in the summer, so keep GUS in the warm / dry garage.
So what is your (GUS\'s) fuel consumption on a run?
At this rate you\'ll be servicing GUS in three years then? :evillaugh
Quote from: CHC;741534Thats quite low, even for you Dave - due to global warming perhaps? Longer winters and more rain in the summer, so keep GUS in the warm / dry garage.
So what is your (GUS\'s) fuel consumption on a run?
On a longish summer run, maybe 25/26 mpg. Exact consumption is 609 litres in 3095 miles since July 2008. That\'s 23.09 mpg.
Oh the joys of Spreadsheets- particularly when you\'re retired with time to mess about with \'em (for no real reason).
Quote from: CHC;741538At this rate you\'ll be servicing GUS in three years then? :evillaugh
Well it means more servicing/1000 miles I guess. I just keep a little MANUAL black book....not Spreadsheeted.....Hmmmm. (Been doing that in different books since the 1960\'s but this book has run for RX7\'s from 1984).
All Gus\'s servicing is logged and it\'s done as and when I\'ve put it to fall due, never all at once. By that I mean I might go and change the gearbox oil if it\'s reached 15,000 miles, but I won\'t bother with the back axle until that\'s reached it\'s own interval. Similarly antifreeze gets changed at 3 years but nothing else done until it\'s own time if you see what I mean. With low mileages and time aplenty it keeps the interest factor up and means he gets plenty of check overs. :3gears-lh NOT DRIVING
Its scarey to think I do almost 1k in the space of a month in my FB, getting close to 145k on the clock !
The gas does wonders for the Oil, Its going a little golden now so is getting ready to be changed. No sign of carbon in the oil at all !
Shaun
Quote from: David Nock;741586On a longish summer run, maybe 25/26 mpg. Exact consumption is 609 litres in 3095 miles since July 2008. That\'s 23.09 mpg.
Oh the joys of Spreadsheets- particularly when you\'re retired with time to mess about with \'em (for no real reason).
Well actually Dave - isn\'t this why you are our statistician, because you\'re so good with spreadsheets!No seriously, it does no harm and in fact it is a darn useful set of records because you can assess the overall performance of GUS and must therefore be able to identify more readily when something perhaps is starting to go wrong. It is also a base-line for us other poor souls to aspire too :cool. I like it mate.
Quote from: David Nock;741588Well it means more servicing/1000 miles I guess. I just keep a little MANUAL black book....not Spreadsheeted.....Hmmmm. (Been doing that in different books since the 1960\'s but this book has run for RX7\'s from 1984).
All Gus\'s servicing is logged and it\'s done as and when I\'ve put it to fall due, never all at once. By that I mean I might go and change the gearbox oil if it\'s reached 15,000 miles, but I won\'t bother with the back axle until that\'s reached it\'s own interval. Similarly antifreeze gets changed at 3 years but nothing else done until it\'s own time if you see what I mean. With low mileages and time aplenty it keeps the interest factor up and means he gets plenty of check overs. :3gears-lh NOT DRIVING
Have to admit that I too have always kept records for all my cars in a similar fashion. I on the otherhand have always used the blank pages in the Haynes Workshop Manuals which I have passed on to the garages when I sold the car - hopefully this would benefit other owners.Good idea I think to do maintenance on this basis, that way you know nothing gets missed.
Quote from: shaunwil;741609Its scarey to think I do almost 1k in the space of a month in my FB, getting close to 145k on the clock !
The gas does wonders for the Oil, Its going a little golden now so is getting ready to be changed. No sign of carbon in the oil at all !
Shaun
Has its benefits using a vehicle more often especially if used for motorway or dual carriageway driving. More lubrication, more enjoyment and fun too and in your case the added lower running costs. Out of interest Shaun, what does she do mpg approx?
I\'ve done ~450 miles in the mx7 since monday :s Averaging 21mpg on my 13b, though I did 23 today :D
Rexanne\'s done 70,000 so far, can\'t see it tasking too long to reach 6 figures!
Quote from: Steve-A;741622I\'ve done ~450 miles in the mx7 since monday :s Averaging 21mpg on my 13b, though I did 23 today :D
Rexanne\'s done 70,000 so far, can\'t see it tasking too long to reach 6 figures!
It\'s a wonder you\'ve had any time to work driving those sort of distances - in one or two days? :3gears-rh
Well 50 miles each way to a clients and back on monday, then the same on tuesday then drove 125 miles or so up to Chester for a shoot today!
Quote from: CHC;741621Has its benefits using a vehicle more often especially if used for motorway or dual carriageway driving. More lubrication, more enjoyment and fun too and in your case the added lower running costs. Out of interest Shaun, what does she do mpg approx?
I get about 18mpg out of the LPG, but that is with all sorts of everyday driving. Can include a bit of traffic too ! I can get it up to 23/24 on motorway runs !
Shaun
Quote from: Steve-A;741626Well 50 miles each way to a clients and back on monday, then the same on tuesday then drove 125 miles or so up to Chester for a shoot today!
Hey Steve - you were about 12 miles away from me today, wished I\'d known we could have met up.Good day for driving - I hope you had a \'FOR SALE\' sign on th MX7 while you were running it in :D
I didn\'t realise I was that close!
I did realise I\'d be up your way, and thought about the spare wheel, but I had a colleague with me and had to play Tetris with cameras, lights and tripods to get what I needed for the shoot in the 5 as it was!
Quote from: shaunwil;741629I get about 18mpg out of the LPG, but that is with all sorts of everyday driving. Can include a bit of traffic too ! I can get it up to 23/24 on motorway runs !
Shaun
I always get confused with this one with lpg. It that 18 mpg per 4.54 ltr of gas which when compared to the cost of petrol would equate to something close to 30-32 mpg?
Quote from: Steve-A;741639I didn\'t realise I was that close!
I did realise I\'d be up your way, and thought about the spare wheel, but I had a colleague with me and had to play Tetris with cameras, lights and tripods to get what I needed for the shoot in the 5 as it was!
Not a problem there, the spare wheel didn\'t cross my mind, would have been nice to put faces to names and a quick chat & coffee or what have you.Anyway, 23 mpg gives me some hope for my FC when I eventually get around to restoring her later this year (touch wood). So that makes GUS\'s 12a & MX7 13b engines fairly comparable for fuel and I wouldn\'t have thought there was that much difference from a body weight factor.
My mx7 has got the aux port actuators removed completely, which will hurt my mpg (but give me a few more horses!), so I\'d expect more like 27 on a long run with a stock FC.
Quote from: CHC;741641I always get confused with this one with lpg. It that 18 mpg per 4.54 ltr of gas which when compared to the cost of petrol would equate to something close to 30-32 mpg?
Yes that\'s right. Its be slashed from 40mpg in price comparison in the last 3 years !
I\'ve not got any of the original intake of the 6 port so all the ports are open all the time. Plus the dizzy isn\'t timed to tick over because I don\'t have the vacuum pickup on the throttle body. Both of these effect mpg.
I think I would get a few more miles if I was running EFI instead. The FD can see up to 28mpg easily on motorway trips with a single turbo setup. Not sure how the new street port will effect it though.
Shaun