I'm off to Sunny Maidstone on Thursday in the Stealth Bomber
Now then, Sunny Bramhall to Maidstone 260 miles or so and back, another 260...all that amusing down time on the M25 to consider...Going empty returning with a dissembled Triumph T160 (weighs around 525lb) won't be hanging about, tank is full .
I'll work the consumption down to a decimal point...what do we think?
29.5mpg
33.5 to the gallon!
33.5..eh? Brave Call...I'll see what I can do for you 33.5...that's pretty economical that is..hmmm?
30.5mpg
34mpg
[QUOTE=bonnietiler;787020]33.5..eh? Brave Call...I'll see what I can do for you 33.5...that's pretty economical that is..hmmm?[/QUOTE] I'm sure I managed near that in my S70 T5, that was an auto. No Triumph in the boot like
28.4 exactly. What's the prize ?
28.3mpg... Auto and all that :banana:
Ooooo Orca and me simultaneously posted virtually identical efforts and I've been undercut... there goes my chance.
25 mpg
[QUOTE=kmb;787031]Ooooo Orca and me simultaneously posted virtually identical efforts and I've been undercut... there goes my chance.[/QUOTE] We will share the prize mate , Im pretty sure it is Bacon, .... Let it be bacon.
31.6 mpg. In my auto AWD on longer journeys I get 35-37 on the screen thingy but I drive like a right Granddad sometimes on the motorway!
As you won't be hanging about and you'll have plenty of weight on the way back (and it is an auto), i'm going for 26.5mpg.
[QUOTE=Orca2;787033]We will share the prize mate , Im pretty sure it is Bacon, .... Let it be bacon.[/QUOTE] That works for me... I'm French side and they just have the bacon rounds here, missing the little fatty tail piece. It's a tragedy I tell thee!
23.8
19.4
23.8
27 that's my guess.
29.9:)
Sod the consumption, that looks stunning!
27.4.
27.7 car looks well!
28.1
OK final scores are in.. Total miles: 530 total fuel used:17.5 30.3 mpg Long way isn't it?
Looks like Jimka was closest :o
Any pictures of the Triumph?? How did the dash display compare to the actual consumption??
I'll take some pics of the Triumph..its all in bits though.. The dash was showing 29.9 so not a million miles away
[QUOTE=bonnietiler;787333]I'll take some pics of the Triumph..its all in bits though.. The dash was showing 29.9 so not a million miles away[/QUOTE] that's a consolation prize for Martybelfast :) I take it the bike is a project to put back together, sounds interesting
I'll fire up the Box Brownie later for the pictures...Just as an aside the guy where I bought the bike used to own a Garage in the middle of nowhere all exactly how it was back in the 50's they sell classic cars now, he wanted the 850R... badly... even made me an offer and a delivery of the bike. So something is happening to the 850R on the general desire front?
Maybe he had a buyer lined up, the number of 850's is dwindling fast... Take a look on https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/
Here's the exact link for those models: https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=volvo+850r
If you got 30.3, you weren't driving fast enough. :P
[QUOTE=kmb;787382]Here's the exact link for those models: https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=volvo+850r[/QUOTE] Dont panic when it drops to 88 as my 850R manual is about to go into hibernation for the winter. Its out of MOT and needs two new front shocks and a track rod end to pass anyway. ZZZZzzzzzz..................