You'll like this Diesel. Fuel of the Gods!

[Pow-Lo]

Just driven 200 miles from Kent to my mum’s in South Wales in my BM. Through Maidstone, M20, M26, bastard M25, through Bracknell, M4, A470, main road to chez Ma Plops.

Three and a half hours to go 200 miles, average 56 MPH, and sipped fuel at 51.1 MPG.

Not bad for a mighty 3.0 litre, straight six, twin turbo, diesel, kicking out over 300 brake and close to 500lb/ft. Show me a poofy petrol that’s that efficient

 

[Me!]

:campeon:If the average speed was 56mph you could have done it in a Peugeot 107 for less fuel in the same time ...

 

[Oldandbald]

:campeon:If the average speed was 56mph you could have done it in a Peugeot 107 for less fuel in the same time ...

You could. But why would you?

 

[Me!]

Why not? He could’ve gone on his brown bike !

 

[T.C]

You went through Bracknell?

Eee gods and little fishes. I only live 10 minutes away and I can smell the stench of that sh1thole from where I live. Surprised you even managed to pass through and come out in one piece.

Had you bypassed it you would have probably got another 5 MPG

 

[Pow-Lo]

:campeon:If the average speed was 56mph you could have done it in a Peugeot 107 for less fuel in the same time ...

I’m not buying your daughter’s car, forget it!

 

[Pow-Lo]

You went through Bracknell?

Eee gods and little fishes. I only live 10 minutes away and I can smell the stench of that sh1thole from where I live. Surprised you even managed to pass through and come out in one piece.

Had you bypassed it you would have probably got another 5 MPG

Nah, that would’ve meant staying on the M25 and an extra ten miles. We went through their about 7, so it was fairly quiet. Had to come home and go through Ascot though; some dickhead had an accident and the road was closed.

 

[T.C]

Nah, that would’ve meant staying on the M25 and an extra ten miles. We went through their about 7, so it was fairly quiet. Had to come home and go through Ascot though; some dickhead had an accident and the road was closed.

Sounds like you were lucky.

I avoid the A327/M3 or A329 like the plague. When I have to go to the southern section of the M25 such as Croydon or Carlshalton, I have done both routes, and providing you avoid the rush hour traffic (AM & PM) it is (for me anyway) a good 20 minutes quicker going up to Heathrow and junction 4B, but then I do back onto the A329(M) and I am less than 2 minutes from junction 10 of the M4

Personal observation I know, I suppose local knowledge plays a part when you have lived somewhere for as long as I have, but that said, given the blanket 50 limit from M4 junction 11 through to junction 7 for the smart motorway conversion, maybe the Bracknell route is not a bad choice after all at the moment

 

[Centaur]

Just driven 200 miles from Kent to my mum’s in South Wales in my BM. Through Maidstone, M20, M26, bastard M25, through Bracknell, M4, A470, main road to chez Ma Plops.

Three and a half hours to go 200 miles, average 56 MPH, and sipped fuel at 51.1 MPG.

Not bad for a mighty 3.0 litre, straight six, twin turbo, diesel, kicking out over 300 brake and close to 500lb/ft. Show me a poofy petrol that’s that efficient

Nah, that would’ve meant staying on the M25 and an extra ten miles. We went through their about 7, so it was fairly quiet. Had to come home and go through Ascot though; some dickhead had an accident and the road was closed.

I see no boobies.

 

[Me!]

I’m not buying your daughter’s car, forget it!

Why not it’s mint!

 

[Cougar377]

Why not it’s mint!

Full of holes then....

 

[Pow-Lo]

I see no boobies.

Don’t know what’s happened, Bill. I’ll try again when I get a minute.

 

[Duck n Dive]

You went through Bracknell?

Eee gods and little fishes. I only live 10 minutes away and I can smell the stench of that sh1thole from where I live. Surprised you even managed to pass through and come out in one piece.

Had you bypassed it you would have probably got another 5 MPG

Oy, I grew up there, until I moved to Wokingham and then to sunny Cheshire!!

Now I just visit occasionally to see how the chavs are doing.........

 

[Me!]

Oy, I grew up there, until I moved to Wokingham and then to sunny Cheshire!!

Now I just visit occasionally to see how the chavs are doing.........

‘Cheshire?’ Where is that? Do you live amongst (ex) miners and go to working men's clubs?

 

[T.C]

Now I just visit occasionally to see how the chavs are doing.........

I rest my case

 

[Pow-Lo]

‘Cheshire?’ Where is that? Do you live amongst (ex) miners and go to working men's clubs?

Prolly has gravy on his chips now, like the rest of the unwashed northern monkeys.

 

[Centaur]

Prolly has gravy on his chips now, like the rest of the unwashed northern monkeys.

I would remind you, as an outsider, that the "Cheshire set" owns most of the exclusive areas of London! They share it with the Arabs.

 

[Pow-Lo]

I would remind you, as an outsider, that the "Cheshire set" owns most of the exclusive areas of London! They share it with the Arabs.

And the Chinese. Don’t forget the Chinese, William.

 

[andyBeaker]

You forgot to mention the biggest benefit of all - you didn’t have to endure the roar of the jets going over as you went past Heathrow as the clattering of your soot producer drowned them out......

Why do the ‘oh gawd why did I buy a diesel ‘ mob bang on about mph compared to petrol?? They need to get with the programme.....

 

[sr71caspar]

You forgot to mention the biggest benefit of all - you didn’t have to endure the roar of the jets going over as you went past Heathrow as the clattering of your soot producer drowned them out......

Why do the ‘oh gawd why did I buy a diesel ‘ mob bang on about mph compared to petrol?? They need to get with the programme.....

Diesel do more mph as well as more mpg?

What's not to prefer over petrol?