Right we all know fuel is somewhat expensive these days and I am in the lucky / unlucky position that means my inlaws live 250 miles away which makes it a 500 mile round trip.
We do this journey a fair bit, about once a month, maybe a bit less at the moment, and i noticed the cost increasing.. So with the prices at an all time high and a journey planned for this weekend I decided to be scrouge and drive all the way there at 70mph or less on cruise control.
The car
59 Plate BMW 318d Msport Touring
Mileage 15400
Serviced on friday - Oil and filter.
61 litre fuel tank.
Fuel cost £1.30 a litre / £5.90 a gallon
Avereage fuel consuption including 119 miles of A14 & 130 miles of M6 eaach way plus a total of two stops for coffee and 4 roundabouts on the A14.
57.6 mpg
Tank range varied from 780 miles to 820 miles.
Journey time = 4 hours exactly
Journey Cost = £51
Impressed to say the least, the car has always been great on fuel but it excelled itself this weekend,
Interstingly though on previous trips having the cruise control set at 78 mph it returns 52.1 mpg = £56 return cost and the journey takes 3.5 hours.
Its intersting to see that the difference between scrouge and not hanging about is £5....not as much as I thought, but in this instance I spent the saving on the toll.
Its not going to make me millions but I thought the mpg was quite impresive from a familly estate car.
(it was fooking boring though)