esox; yep that's exactly what i said, and that would be all-round not just on motorways. It's a much cleaner engine, stand by an idling 1.0L then stand by an idling 1.2L, the 1.2 doesn't stink of rich & gassey fumes like the 1.0L. Think on, bigger engines don't have to work as hard to pull the car along. It's not simply because of the 5-speed box, it's the engine as a whole & the smaller jetted carb that make the difference.
dg; pretty much as above; 62mpg is the average on the motorway and i've had the same figure on non-motorway driving, providing that the car is well serviced and highly maintained. The lowest "local" driving figure i've clocked is 55mpg, that's driving main roads (30, 40 & national speed limit) in ordinary steady traffic.
Of course there will always be some guy who comes on and says something like; "no way you're talking rubbish, i have a 1.2 and i can't get those figures.", to which i say fair enough those kinda people are just as intitled to thier oppinions as the rest of us. But they are forgetting one small but very important point, which is that they aren't driving MY cars.
I service my engines every 3 - 4 thousand miles; and that includes fuel, air & oil filters, 15w/40 castrol gtx, rotor arm, dizzy cap & plugs. I also clean and grease the brake callipers when servicing my k10s, all in all it costs just under £40 each time. Gear oil is changed every 10K. I only use "total" fuel and i keep all 4 tires at 29psi.
When is comes to maintainence i'm a completely obsessed geek but my cars are all the better for it and i enjoy doing it so all's well. *geek*
I'll give ya'all a tip, weather it'll work for you or not i don't know, but for me i find that filling up by £25 - £30 in one go gives me a lot more mileage to the amount i spent than just topping up by a tenner here and there. (Y)
