Granny driving

[pgarner]

wel grangemouth is closing for a month so everyones panic buying fuel in scotland.

well i was sitting on the red today, after working the last few days and not bothering at the weekend, so thought id better fill up and going by the papers it a £15 limit at most garages.

so granny driving here i went changing up at 2500 and down at 1500 never on the boost. well i thought i had done alright getting 39.5mpg over a 12 mile journey. Only to find when i got to the garage that there was no limit ( other than the normal pump limit ) at the shell garage.

its amazing how much better you get by driving slowly but what a pain never want to try it again

[HDi fun]

It was the same in year 2000 when Ellesmere Port and others were blocked. We were wringing 40mpg plus from an automatic 3.0 V6 Toyota Camry. I never thought that a 200bhp quad cam petrol would give such figures.

We also got 44mpg from the auto Primera I had at the time (2.0i 16v).

And yes, we drove like little old ladies. But so did everyone else so no holdups. Just stick to rigid 70 on motorway.

[Izo Azlion]

I granny drive every so often in the golf. Best I've got is around 52mpg or so, but it gets really dull.

Hurrah to the turbo eh?

[waynne]

I do granny drive on the daily commute so I can feel a bit better at the weekends when I drive for fun. Yes it does make a difference and you did really well to get 39mpg. I find that little breaking does more for economy than less acceleration. I stick to the 1/3 throttle in eco mode and there is hardly any difference if you hold on to the 3000rpm sweet spot when you change.

[waynne]

The panic buying is going to cause a shortage. (Even if there wasn't going to be one there is not enough fuel around to fill everyones car up at the best of times!)

I just paid £1.10 per litre!

[Prince]

I've tried granny driving...but I just can't do it!

[pgarner]

Originally Posted by waynne

The panic buying is going to cause a shortage. (Even if there wasn't going to be one there is not enough fuel around to fill everyones car up at the best of times!)

I just paid £1.10 per litre!

£1.10 thats cheap its £1.15 for super and £1.22 for diesel

yeah prince it wasnt easy as there wasnt anything in front of me so trying not to put the foot down not easy

[waynne]

That was just for the 95 octane stuff the Superunleaded is £1.17. I head of a garage up your way charging £1.30 a litre!

[pgarner]

not seen that one but it wouldnt surprise me. HDI going on about the 2000 blockades i remember the other garage in lockerbie jumped there prices to over the £1 mark if i remember at the time it was around 80p a ltr.

did hear about some garages putting the price up by 20p a litre due to the panic buying. ohh well if i run out ill just have to phone work and say ill no be in

waynne youve changed some of the smilies

[waynne]

YES I have - see I work hard behind the scenes. There is more coming soon.... so watch this space.