Dieselman wrote:Nice to hear Jorgy, and it's looking good too. I actually like the S2 grille and over-large badges, but prefer the rest of an XM as Series1.
Incidentally, how is the fuel economy working out for you, especially compared to the 3.0 petrol.
My big day is tomorrow morning at 8:00am. I'm pretty sure it will pick up an advisory for brake pad wear cables broken, but hopefully will be Ok otherwise...it's -6c, so too cold to do anything now..
Thanks D -it's actually an S1 grille -the badge is, I think, for the rear of a Jumper or so. I do miss the S1 bumper sometimes, but as I also have my completely standard S1.5 V6 to look at...
Consumption -you're lucky, I've been keeping records for a year now! Here's the consumption figures per fill up, lifted from Excel
(see notes at the end) :
Jan-10
orange light constant @ 1,638mls = 308miles/493km = 7,3lt/100km / 38.7mpg (driving at 80mph, using boost often)
Feb-10
£50 (45lt) @ 1,638miles
orange light constant @ 2,080 miles= 442miles/707km = 6,3lt/100km / 44.84mpg (driving at 70mph, trying not use boost if not necessary)
£40 (35.74lt) @ 82,765 k miles
orange light constant ESTIMATED @ 83,037 k miles= 272miles/435km = 8.21lt/100km / 34.4mpg (driving hard 85 mph including 100mph trials)
Mar-10
£40 (35.12lt) @ 83,037 k miles
orange light constant 83,367@ k miles= 330miles/528km =6.65 lt/100km / 42.48mpg (mixed driving)
Apr-10
£15 (12.6lt) @ 83,367 k miles
orange light constant 83,504@ k miles= 137miles/219km =5.75 lt/100km / 49.13mpg
£40 (33.64lt) @ 83,504 k miles 16/4
+
£30 (25.02lt) @ mmmm 30/4
=58.66ltrs
orange light constant @84064 k miles= 560miles/901km = 6.51lt/100km / 43.39mpg (mixed driving)
Jun-10
£30 (25.6lt) @ 84,256 k miles
orange light constant @ 84,515k miles= 259miles/416km = 6.15lt/100km / 45.93mpg
£30 (25.75lt) @ 84,515 k miles
orange light constant @84755 k miles= 240miles/386km = 6.67lt/100km / 42.35mpg
Jul-10
£40 (34lt) @ 84,755 k miles
orange light constant @ 85093k miles= 338miles/543km = 6.26lt/100km / 45.2mpg
(running all the time between 80-100mph!!!)
£40 (34.2lt) @ 85,093 k miles
orange light constant @ 85,420k miles= 327miles/523km = 6.53lt/100km / 43.5mpg
(running at 70-80mph)
£40 (34.5lt) @ 85,572 k miles
orange light constant @85,978 k miles= 406miles/649km = 5.31lt/100km /53.2 mpg
Aug-10
£80 (68.8lt) @ 85,978 k miles
orange light constant @ 86,665k miles= 687miles/1099km = 6.26lt/100km / 45.1mpg
£50 (43.5lt) @ 86,665 k miles
orange light constant @ 87111k miles= 446miles/717km = 6.06lt/100km / 46.6mpg
Sep-10
£92 (80lt) @ 87,111 k miles
orange light constant @ 87,893 k miles= 782miles/1,251km = 6.38lt/100km / 44.5mpg
£40 (34.8lt)? @ 87,893 k miles
orange light constant @ 88260k miles= 367miles/587km = 5.92lt/100km / 47.7mpg
Oct-10
£40 (34.8lt) @ 88,260 k miles
orange light constant @ 88,622k miles= 362miles/579km = 6.01lt/100km / 47mpg
£40 (33.9lt) @ 88,622 k miles
orange light constant @ 89,015k miles= 393miles/628km = 5.39lt/100km / 52.4mpg
£40 (33.64lt) @ 89,015 k miles
orange light constant @ 89,365k miles= 350miles/560km = 6lt/100km / 47.08mpg
£40 (33.64lt) @ 89,365 k miles
orange light constant @ 89,708k miles= 343miles/548km = 6.13lt/100km / 46.08mpg
Nov-10
£ (33.64lt) @ 89,708 k miles
orange light constant @ 90,046k miles= miles/540km = 6.22lt/100km / 46.11mpg
£ (33.64lt) @ 90.046 k miles
orange light constant @ 90,387k miles= miles/545km = 6.17lt/100km / 46.06mpg
£ (33.64lt) @ 90.387 k miles
orange light constant @ 90,750k miles= miles/580km = 5.8lt/100km / 48mpg
£80 (66.9lt) @ 90,750 k miles
orange light constant @ 91,371k miles= 621miles/993km = 6.73lt/100km / 41.97mpg
Some things to note:
-manual gearbox
-My commute is very standard: 60 miles/day, of which all is open motorway @70-80mph and 6 miles is city centre.
-I'm not trying to save fuel at all; I'm pleasing myself whenever there's a chance to!
-I always go for £40 (not 40lt) of diesel each time
-As of late September, all figures are for carrying 2 passengers every single time!
-Tyres are Michelin Energy Saver (195/65) which I'm very happy with in every respect, probably the best overall tyres I've tried in my lifetime. Wear seems to be very small too after 11k -had a look the other day.
-Using standard Asda diesel 9 out of 10 times
-The lower figure at the last observation is due to putting £80 and mainly bec I started leaving the car warm up for 5-10 mins before I go every morning.
-It took me some time to learn to using the turbo (is my 1st), its performace is quite different than a n/a car. It's very pleasant to drive in 9/10 of occassions.
-From all this, it looks like Cits official figure for the 90kmh/56mph cycle of 4.9lt/100km/57mpg would be achievable whenever one wanted!
-The V6 12v manual was doing 28mpg at best under same conditions -although I tended to stay nearer to 80mph+ with that one, without any perceived effort (the 2.1td engine becomes quite audible after 3,000rpm (about 70mph) and I don't feel like going much faster), and I suspected a slow lambda sensor on the V6 too -it should be doing slightly better under Cit figures -more like 30mpg, but not better than that anyway.
Good luck to you for Wednesday!
G