ddcboyle Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/65389-london-to-edinburgh-on-one-tank-results-p3-p4/ Thats my recordings driving london to edinburgh various speeds, results are on page 3 and 4 Edited April 16, 2013 by ddcboyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodder Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Done Chester to Edinburgh before now, cruise control at 70 on mways then took the scenic route just past Carlisle much better off the mway! I think I averaged around 26mpg there and back but mine is a roadster and had some top down action on the A roads. You must have gone through Luxembourg I assume... (fuel for a fill up in far cheaper than the rest of surrounding Europe) - currently about 15p a litre cheaper for Super Unleaded As for the best fuel economy, it's always best to grab a beer, take a seat in the garden and just admire your Zed... so you still get to enjoy it Not sure I understand..... Chester (NW England) to Edinburgh (SE Scotland) as cheap as the fuel is that wouldn't be as economical. My post was to highlight the fact there are better roads than all motorway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Ah @*!#, I was referring to BM's post where he went from Calais to Cologne. With you on that there are better roads that the motorway though! Got some great driving roads through the forest in northern Luxembourg... twists, turns, hairpins.... and the road quality in terms of tarmac and lack of potholes is fantastic. Further benefits to living in a tax haven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Cardiff is the furthest I've been, 320 mile round trip in a day with only about 20 miles on the M4. Did 10% of my annual mileage that day . Not the greatest of drives, from Oswestry to Shrewsbury it's dualled but with roundabouts every couple of miles or so then it's just twisting turning A roads full of slow moving truck convoys until you get well past Hereford. If you take the M5 then there's every chance you'll get stuck around the M5, M6 junction. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Lol RS8055, nah just stuck to the E45 for the most of it, through France, Belgium and Holland then into Germany (which is when you are light on fuel and can reach a high speed rather quickly, haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanzed Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Drive as fast as you can = Less time on the road, so you're saving fuel!! Think thats right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiingsi Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Well I got here and I can't say I did bad managed 30mpg at about 70 all the way apart from when I got stuck in traffic. Had a little bit of a spirited drive when I got past new castle but only for about 10 mile. Just under half a tank left and done 265 miles. (Not sure how them computers work they must be wrong because my calculations wasn't right with that) I will be filling up for the way home and this time will not be going for mpg's I had to restrain my self on way here so to hell with it on the way home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir655 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 When I drove my zed from London to Stockholm I averaged about 25mpg. I cruised at about 65-75mph majority of the trip. Had a few fun runs on the autobahn too! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Lol RS8055, nah just stuck to the E45 for the most of it, through France, Belgium and Holland then into Germany (which is when you are light on fuel and can reach a high speed rather quickly, haha) Ah fair enough! You'd be surprised how many good driving roads we have in Luxembourg (up north of country especially) and the bonus? - We have no fixed speed cameras in the entire country... the french are terrible for fines (even if you are doing less than 10% over)... and best bit: Nordschleife is 1h30 drive from my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yeah, my fiancée lives in Cologne, about an hour away from The Ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummiestormer Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Driving to Poland next month---let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vansman66 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I did Bournemouth to Monza and only managed just over 21 mpg, I think it was worse on the way back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Yeah, my fiancée lives in Cologne, about an hour away from The Ring One and a half hours away from my place in Lux. Cologne's quite a nice place, play rugby against their team in cologne once a year. I suppose you take the Zed over a fair bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS8055 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Best I've ever got was 31mpg from Luxembourg to Calais.... when I got into the UK, the mpg dropped (probably due to the joys of the M25.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Yeah, my fiancée lives in Cologne, about an hour away from The Ring One and a half hours away from my place in Lux. Cologne's quite a nice place, play rugby against their team in cologne once a year. I suppose you take the Zed over a fair bit? Mostly fly as its cheaper, but do try to drive whenever I can 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amstrange1 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Think my best was 32mpg to Bournemouth and back, but I timed both journeys so that traffic was light and I could sit at a steady speed on the motorway all the way. Never bettered that since, but then it was uber-boring hardly ever touching the throttle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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