yea well it reminded me of the morons on here lately . These vans are not made for speed and 100kph is the speed limmit the non turbo pulls fully loaded almost the same up hills as a empty one. i towed a trailer and a secound van over the hills from tekuiti to taumarunui 60 kph As with a old 6 cilinder nissan etc that be 40kph max.
intrade,
May 1, 6:31pm
this one is a more cool modification as no are 4wd from factory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs2pwFc4V00 2 minute 30 if you dont want to waste time . i think he needs to add a difflock also. its definetly the mb engine sound.
tygertung,
May 1, 6:55pm
One time I was in Germany driving on the autobahn pretty fast at 170 km/h in a Audi A3 and was overtaken by van. This was in 2012 I think.
intrade,
May 1, 7:09pm
Yea its getting worse in germany with speed restriction Bs also fast vans are only 2 the sprinter merc make some fast ones and the vw van . Also 160 to 170 is the cruise speed on german unlimmitted speed parts. with some going faster but most cruise at this speed. I driven the tiguan i rented at that speed . there seems to be more drag above this speed and teslas all loose massive speed above this as well. I was thinking back then hmm that explains a lot .
tygertung,
May 1, 10:20pm
I was going real fast for a while and then there was a traffic jam a bit further on so was going slow for ages. It made me realise that it was a massive waste of time going fast on the autobahn.
I just stuck to about 100 after that as the fuel economy was much better. The A3 we rented was so advanced that it would give me a live readout of the fuel consumption. It has a 1.2L turbo so was perhaps designed with fuel economy in mind.
I think the fuel consumption gauge is the most important guage on a car, they all should have them. That way you can drive for minimum fuel consumption and spend the money on beers instead.
tony9,
May 2, 3:08am
My 351 XB Fairmont had one. At 160Kph (legal) the fuel gauge moved at the same speed as the minute hand on the clock.
gpg58,
Aug 15, 1:17am
Sounds like my Ea xr8 manual, doing a run around the port hills back then, after first filling her up to the top. Dropped back to same station to refill and check usage, some 20 - 30 minutes after first visit. Attendants' jaw was wide open as he saw how much she took, and had to ask "weren't you just here a short time ago?" sure i said, just been for a cruise round the hills, He just shook his head and muttered Holy fire truck, or something similar ;-) But it could average over 30mpg at a 160km/h+ average speed for the trip, on a run back from manapouri in the early hours(was a lot sillier with the welly in those days, i stick to the limits now)
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