AM I GETTING BORED OF SUBARU's 220 Miles around town?
06 May 2008, 12:23 AM
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AM I GETTING BORED OF SUBARU's 220 Miles around town?
220 Miles around town !! in 8+ years of Scoobs it's never been known before 
my "around town" fiqures normally around 160-190 miles and my "on a run" around 190-230 miles of a tank.
Fuel prices hasn't affected my Driving, well i didn't think so!! and I know my right foot hasn't been amputated!!
Unless guys know of some mechanical fault that's causing me to get so high MPG out my car
If not my only conclusions are that -:
A) I getting bored of my 350bhp Type 20
B) I have a serious Brain disorder and should see a Doctor ASAP
Worrying times please help
Tony
my "around town" fiqures normally around 160-190 miles and my "on a run" around 190-230 miles of a tank.
Fuel prices hasn't affected my Driving, well i didn't think so!! and I know my right foot hasn't been amputated!!
Unless guys know of some mechanical fault that's causing me to get so high MPG out my car
If not my only conclusions are that -:
A) I getting bored of my 350bhp Type 20
B) I have a serious Brain disorder and should see a Doctor ASAP
Worrying times please help
Tony
06 May 2008, 12:10 PM
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You must be going throught that phase where you know you have most people beat, so just pottle around.
I live mostly in this knowledge, but get some serious decreased figures when i have to prove it to myself because i've forgotten.
On a technical note, i notice better MPG outta the vRS when it's warmer and it's certainly been that.
I live mostly in this knowledge, but get some serious decreased figures when i have to prove it to myself because i've forgotten.
On a technical note, i notice better MPG outta the vRS when it's warmer and it's certainly been that.
06 May 2008, 09:44 PM
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06 May 2008, 09:51 PM
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I think you grow out of this kind of car. The first 10 years or so after you pass your test (assuming aged 17/18ish) your income rises a lot and more desirable cars come within your reach. But I think you reach a point where just going fast starts to seem rather pointless not to mention more difficult in the increasingly heavy traffic we have these days. Hire something comfy like a German diesel for a day or blag a 24hr test drive. You might find that your tastes have changed.
or you should take your steel toecap boots off. 
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I think you grow out of this kind of car. The first 10 years or so after you pass your test (assuming aged 17/18ish) your income rises a lot and more desirable cars come within your reach. But I think you reach a point where just going fast starts to seem rather pointless not to mention more difficult in the increasingly heavy traffic we have these days. Hire something comfy like a German diesel for a day or blag a 24hr test drive. You might find that your tastes have changed.
keep em' coming fella. please name me a thread where you dont try "preach" the positives of diesel... especially on a subaru forum. sir, you are class, always put a smile on my face
07 May 2008, 03:00 AM
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about 280 miles to a tank for me.
full tanks last 3 days to work @ 84 mile round trip a day = 252 miles plus 10 miles a day taking and dropping kids at school/nursery
full tanks last 3 days to work @ 84 mile round trip a day = 252 miles plus 10 miles a day taking and dropping kids at school/nursery
07 May 2008, 07:51 AM
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Warmer weather, and you are "growing up", I save stretching mine for the rare occurence of some empty road... late at night in the summer months.
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07 May 2008, 10:19 AM
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I think you grow out of this kind of car. The first 10 years or so after you pass your test (assuming aged 17/18ish) your income rises a lot and more desirable cars come within your reach. But I think you reach a point where just going fast starts to seem rather pointless not to mention more difficult in the increasingly heavy traffic we have these days. Hire something comfy like a German diesel for a day or blag a 24hr test drive. You might find that your tastes have changed.
Why so obsessed with what people earn?
07 May 2008, 04:10 PM
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With a barrel of oil now forecast to hit $150 before the end of the year it is going to cost about £80 to fill up a newage Scoob. There is even talk of $200 which would mean over £100 to fill up. You won't be able to give a Scoob away if/when that happens, never mind be able to afford to run it. I wonder if the reason some of my posts grate so much is that most people know I am right, but don't want to admit it?
FWIW I thought my post was a reasonable explanation as to why the guy is getting better mpg. And my suggestion of a different type of car was also valid as he might find he actually enjoys wafting along in a super-comfy, toy-filled limo.
07 May 2008, 04:48 PM
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I thought about driving it everwhere in 1st gear to a respectable low mpg level 
but seems I made a right muck up I read trip meter "B" on my last fuel refill instead of "A".
"B" reading i use for point to point and for "A" fuel refills
Tony
but seems I made a right muck up
I read trip meter "B" on my last fuel refill instead of "A"."B" reading i use for point to point and for "A" fuel refills
Tony
07 May 2008, 05:27 PM
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Never really noticed that before....could be because I am one of the few members of this site who have a clue about money. If the poll on earnings showed anything it is that unless they live at home with their parents the average Scooby driver doesn't have a pot to **** in. Now there is nothing wrong with that if that is how people want to live their lives, but it doesn't hurt to point out there is an alternative to the "spend it all now" culture that many members of this site like to promote.
With a barrel of oil now forecast to hit $150 before the end of the year it is going to cost about £80 to fill up a newage Scoob. There is even talk of $200 which would mean over £100 to fill up. You won't be able to give a Scoob away if/when that happens, never mind be able to afford to run it. I wonder if the reason some of my posts grate so much is that most people know I am right, but don't want to admit it?
With a barrel of oil now forecast to hit $150 before the end of the year it is going to cost about £80 to fill up a newage Scoob. There is even talk of $200 which would mean over £100 to fill up. You won't be able to give a Scoob away if/when that happens, never mind be able to afford to run it. I wonder if the reason some of my posts grate so much is that most people know I am right, but don't want to admit it?
I haven't seen any posts that grate me, just saw a few recently and everyone was about people not being able to afford running subarus on their income. Just picked up on that.
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i didn't think of that I even thought of stage 3 tune to try and bring it down I mean as I'm on the highest Car Tax bracket, theres no incentive to save Fuel, so I'm going to burn as much as I can and enjoy evrey minute
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09 May 2008, 11:45 AM
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You'll be getting me a bad reputation 
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Just filled it back up today 154.8 miles and 54litres only £60 a bargain,
now isn't that much better?
i think I am back in
with my Scoob, a fickle sod aren't ITony
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