I love having a small diesel engine.

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
07/27/2014 at 16:48 • Filed to: None

Driving with absolutely no care for economy apart from slowing down with engine braking mostly I've averaged 54mpg over 100miles. That's including some B road thrashing and lots of stop start traffic. A god send when fuel is over £1.30 ($2.20).

DISCUSSION (18)

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 16:54

Gas Or "Petrol" is about $3.45 in colorado but Diesel is $4.45

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 16:58

So our diesel is pretty much double what you pay... You see why we all drive small diesel hatches.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 16:58

$3.88 here in Lakewood, WA. Can't say the same for regular at $3.65, though it's less painful (in a financial sense) to ride my bike every day, at least.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 17:00

It's not that hard to earn 50 MPGs on an engine but some methods might be a bit sketchy - such as shutting off the engine at stops that are longer than 30 seconds.

DipodomysDeserti > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 17:04

I just filled up on premium diesel for $3.99/gal. I can get regular diesel at $3.75 ish which is about what premium is going for in Phoenix, AZ.

DipodomysDeserti > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 17:06

Only thing better than a small diesel is a biturbo diesel. I get better gas mileage in my 335d than I do my Abarth, but the 335d will do 0-60 in 6s.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
07/27/2014 at 17:09

I was getting 60mpg 50/50 town and motorway in the first 50/60 miles then the rest was has been town and B roads which brought it down to 53/54 ish. If it was only motorway miles I have no doubt it'd get 65/70 and I can probably get 60 around town if I tried. I'm not really much of a hypermiler though, especially wouldn't go to stopping and starting the car at red lights and stuff like that.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > DipodomysDeserti
07/27/2014 at 17:11

If only I could fit two turbos under the hood of my panda...

Cé hé sin > DipodomysDeserti
07/27/2014 at 17:12

You have different diesels too? I'm used to a choice of green pump (95 octane RON, it's different to the measurement in the US) or black pump (diesel) and that's it.

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 17:13

I got 70 on a 1.6 Focus on a long run without trying so you should get more.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin
07/27/2014 at 17:15

Yeah I have no doubt pure motorway it'd hit 70. It probably needs a little maintenance to get better mileage though, most diesels get build up in the intake manifold so I'll be checking that out soon.

lonestranger > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 17:17

1 imperial gallon = 1.20094992550 US liquid gallon, so it's actually even cheaper than that. If my math* is correct:

$3.45 / US gallon = $2.87 / imperial gallon.

$4.45 / US gallon = $3.70 / imperial gallon.

£1.30 / imperial gallon = £1.56 / US gallon.

*No, I'm not American. Canadians also say "math" instead of "maths".

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > lonestranger
07/27/2014 at 17:24

It's £1.30 a litre and by changing my calculation our price is $8.40 per US gallon roughly so yeah around double.

lonestranger > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 17:28

I just tried converting my local 129.9 cents per litre into GBP/ imp. gal. I give up.

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 17:37

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > lonestranger
07/27/2014 at 17:39

Math is hard.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin
07/27/2014 at 17:42

They're getting better year by year, we'll have normal cars that consistently get 100mpg before long. My car is pretty low tech by todays standards so it'll probably be outdone by most modern diesels.

DipodomysDeserti > Cé hé sin
07/27/2014 at 20:19

I found a station in a ritzy part of town that sells "premium diesel". Normally there is only one choice, but neither give a cetane rating.