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Ste Not Work Safe
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My L200 did 4,200 miles around Europe using a total of 1,062 litres of diesel which worked out as 17.96mpg . However that's ignoring lost receipts and times filling up when we didn't get a receipt; there were lots of both of those so the real mpg was much lower.
In full off road monster truck trim, less than 10mpg was very normal. Couple of days at a 4x4 site would use a full tank which was 75 litres.
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Polarbear wrote: | Shaft wrote: | https://i.imgur.com/y9Oe1oL.jpg
1968 Ford Thunderbird with 429ci motor and slush box.
6-7 mpg was normal, rarely got into double figures unless you grannied it on a run. Best was probably about 12-15. |
I love that in a big American fugly kind of way. It looks like it would hoover up everything in front of it. |
It was a bit of a monster, even though it's a 2 door coupe, it made a Granada look like a toy and it weighed in at 2 tonnes, which probably explains the fuel consumption (that and the 7 litre motor)
I think it was the gizmos that impressed me - power windows and seats, vacuum operated light covers and tilt away steering wheel, plus air conditioning and remote boot release.
When I bought it in 1984, this car had stuff on it you couldn't get on a brand new Rolls, let alone a 15 year old one.
The petrol was an issue though - I think it was just shy of 2 quid a gallon then, so the T-Bird cost about 40 quid to fill up; I was earning around £50 a week at that point, so only getting a bit over 120 miles to a tank hit me hard. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
20 RE Interceptor, 83 Z1100A3, 83 GS650 Katana
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I don't think I've ever heard a bigger car bore as the op.
I genuinely can't understand why you keep ranting on about it.
Why? Just to try to argue that it's better than anything else anyone owns on here? Give that one up.
Is it because nobody gives you a second glance on the road? That's because it's only an ST.
Is it because nobody you talk to about it irl wants to listen? That's not because anyone is jealous, it's because nobody cares.
I bet you tried an ST forum didn't you, didn't get the attention you thought you'd get?
Won't somebody please look at me?
P.S., your dash looks extremely dated. |
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recman wrote: | I don't think I've ever heard a bigger car bore as the op.
I genuinely can't understand why you keep ranting on about it.
Why? Just to try to argue that it's better than anything else anyone owns on here? Give that one up.
Is it because nobody gives you a second glance on the road? That's because it's only an ST.
Is it because nobody you talk to about it irl wants to listen? That's not because anyone is jealous, it's because nobody cares.
I bet you tried an ST forum didn't you, didn't get the attention you thought you'd get?
Won't somebody please look at me?
P.S., your dash looks extremely dated. |
It was the same when he had that fooked Varadero with a welded sprocket and no bodywork (after riding it through that wall), it was still the best thing ever, then his Fazer even though he had to rebuild and then replace the engine. I assume like all all his other vehicles he'll wreck this and end up selling it for virtually nothing. |
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Weren't you abandoning this thread? |
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I once got 30 miles out of a full tank on my RG125F. That's because it was fucked.
I'm getting low 30's out of my Suzuki, mainly due to my driving style. ____________________ Mpd72: I can categorically say i’m Brighter than that, no matter how I come across on here.
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I had a 2009 stage 1 mapped 2.0T S3 that was just shy of 300bhp. Had a lush interior, white alcantara and black leather.
2 door,of course. If i was thrashing that I'd see the MPG drop to as low as 7. It was a fast car. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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RGV250 could manage 11mpg on track and as little as 18mpg on road...but hey 252bhp per litre aint ever going to be cheap! was even more £££ as it ran on AVGAS but in unleaded form it would still be under 30mpg on the commute to work it was awesome on the back roads tho ____________________ Current bikes...cbr929, KDX200's, Rd125lc mk2, RGV250's |
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worst I owned was the mgzt at about 18mpg
mates landrover used to run at 12mpg at best
the 6.6ltr Pontiac firebird over the road seems to run 0mpg
he puts fuel in starts it up revs it a bit and repeats a week later ____________________ gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 152 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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