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Originally Posted by pgarner  dont trust the reading mines is the same i can cruise through towns doing 30 and only get mid late 30's (1700 rpm 4th gear) but i can go down the mway at 80 (3500rpm 6th) and return mid 40's even as high as 50mpg as long as the roads flat |
3500rpm in the Pug in fifth (no sixth) is 116 mph. Typical diesel but it still pulls very hard at that speed.
As for economy, well, 116 mph is not the formula for saving fuel.