I have tried many different driving styles, i am now considering throwing out passenger seats and using broom handles in the gun turrets :lol:
No seriously, i bought the nav hoping for better fuel consumption than i am getting.
i had an 08 plate vw t5 transporter prior to buying the nav, and my car was a disco 3, we as a family enjoy caravaning, and jetskiing, so needed a 4x4.
because circumstances had changed i decided to do away with the car and van and the nav would do both jobs. Workhorse weekdays, family car and leisure tool at weekends.
As my job involves a lot of travel, by a lot i mean 1k a week and i charge travell per mile so it is important to get the best fuel consumtion possible.
The vw used to take about ÂŁ93 to fill up "pre budget" and did 550 miles on a tank, fully loaded and thrashed every where. so you can see the difference in cost to running my business, i cant add this extra cost to my customers and reckon i am losing about ÂŁ80 in travel costs each time i do a tank of fuel in the nav
I have halved the tools i carry in the nav probably 300kilos it has a snugtop with roof bars on the top. i have fitted a pduk sytem and so far tried map 1 and map 3.
+10 on any map causes to much smoke, and the best mpg i get is 27mpg, and that is driving like an old woman.
Getting back to the original question in this post!...... iS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I COULD TRY.
also i am not sure if i have euro 3 or 4. Mine is an JULY 07 aventura. but it is not the facelift version, not sure how to tell between the 2.
By the way the figure of 27 mpg is solo with tools and top box, and not towing.
Cheers
mark
No seriously, i bought the nav hoping for better fuel consumption than i am getting.
i had an 08 plate vw t5 transporter prior to buying the nav, and my car was a disco 3, we as a family enjoy caravaning, and jetskiing, so needed a 4x4.
because circumstances had changed i decided to do away with the car and van and the nav would do both jobs. Workhorse weekdays, family car and leisure tool at weekends.
As my job involves a lot of travel, by a lot i mean 1k a week and i charge travell per mile so it is important to get the best fuel consumtion possible.
The vw used to take about ÂŁ93 to fill up "pre budget" and did 550 miles on a tank, fully loaded and thrashed every where. so you can see the difference in cost to running my business, i cant add this extra cost to my customers and reckon i am losing about ÂŁ80 in travel costs each time i do a tank of fuel in the nav
I have halved the tools i carry in the nav probably 300kilos it has a snugtop with roof bars on the top. i have fitted a pduk sytem and so far tried map 1 and map 3.
+10 on any map causes to much smoke, and the best mpg i get is 27mpg, and that is driving like an old woman.
Getting back to the original question in this post!...... iS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I COULD TRY.
also i am not sure if i have euro 3 or 4. Mine is an JULY 07 aventura. but it is not the facelift version, not sure how to tell between the 2.
By the way the figure of 27 mpg is solo with tools and top box, and not towing.
Cheers
mark