4. Your thoughts plz

Your thoughts plz

  • S

    25-30 is poor IMO thats all my FTO could do…even driving it granny style.
    An MX-3 V6 should deliver 30+mpg combined and 40+mpg on the open road. :wink:

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  • S

    i wish, very few people get that much unfortunately.

    Here is the topic:

    http://www.uk-mx3.com//forum/viewtopic.php?t=44&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=mpg&start=0

    I heard of a guy on the www.mx-3.com site that modified the car for pure fuel economy. He had a petrol pre-heater, the ait induction ran across the exhaust pipes to heat the air and a few other bits.

    I heard a good mod for both fuel economy and performance is to get some sheet metal and cover the underside of the car with it like a true track car. i was thinking of doing it.

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  • S

    Not bad….200+ miles per tank.

    I put in £20 a week in my Clio with fuel at 114.99 ppl and commute 170 miles per week.
    I worked out that I have to average 43.4 mpg to make £20 last. :lol:

    I reckon an extra £10 will get my future MX-3 to work and back.
    But the main thing is that in 3 months time I will have cleared a loan and so I'll be much better off so not fussed about fuel cost too much.

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  • A

    hasnt the FTO got a stupid insurabce group like 18 or something?

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  • S

    Not sure TBH mate. :?
    I know I got mine insured whe I was with AON insurance and had it on an 'everyday classic' policy. £830 Fully comp with just me as the named driver….would have been cheaper had I got my old man on the insurance too at the time.
    Some people were paying sky high premiums.... :(
    Being an import its not looked on too kindly thats for sure. :wink:

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  • U

    I heard the FTO was quite slow for what it is :?

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  • S

    @84f623bc66=stevenb:

    Not bad….200+ miles per tank.

    I put in £20 a week in my Clio with fuel at 114.99 ppl and commute 170 miles per week.
    I worked out that I have to average 43.4 mpg to make £20 last. :lol:

    I reckon an extra £10 will get my future MX-3 to work and back.
    But the main thing is that in 3 months time I will have cleared a loan and so I'll be much better off so not fussed about fuel cost too much.

    youl be lucky i do aproximately

    18miles round trip for work x 5 days a week =96 miles
    10miles round trip to gym, gfs then home x4 a week = 40miles
    then of a weekend id say i do about 40-60 miles depending what i feel like doing

    so for jus shy of 200 miles say it costs me about £50 a week! i do a £40 on saturday or sunday when i go my mums i fill up cus fuel by hers is cheaper am usually runnin low by this point and usually by friday i eed to stik abit more in!

    so on the basis of 5000pence / 115 am getin like 43.5 litres which is around 10 gallon

    so 200 miles for 50quid 10 gallons
    200/10
    i get about 20 to the gallon maybe a lilo bit more lol

    but hey thats alot compared to my mate he has a v8 mustang an he gets 7 to the gallon lol

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  • wow that's pretty bad mpg! I often 230 per tank which is £43, made up of 10mile trips.

    I have got nearly 300 per tank when driving to dublin and back was the majority of it!

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  • S

    20 mpg? :shock:
    Something wrong with your car…...or your booting it everywhere... :lol:

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  • S

    @7c1abb587d=stevenb:

    20 mpg? :shock:
    Something wrong with your car…...or your booting it everywhere... :lol:

    well the coil was failing so probly wasnt burning fuel propper for a while lol will let you know how i go with new distributor haha an yeh i do like the sound of the v6 booting it :P

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  • S

    you should have thrown us a bell Marco, there are 3 of us in the Dublin area.

    We could have had a meet of 4/5's of the Irish Contingent!

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  • didn't even think! Though was only down for a stealth visit to see some bands then back up home that night. Wee mx3 meet would be nice though, I've never seen more than 2 together, both were mine :lol:

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