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« on: March 20, 2007, 00:16:46 »
Hi all
I've just joined,i have a 4.0l petrol auto cherokee how many mpg's should i be expecting to get? its a s reg 98.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2007, 01:14:45 »
My 4 litre Grand Cherokee and is showing about 15-17 around town on the display. This is a US gallon though, so add 20% for an imperial gallon...that makes it about 20mpg urban. Give it some welly and I reckon it would be hard to get 15 though.

I have plans to convert to LPG so will at least feel better putting cheap fuel in.... if I can forget the conversion cost !
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2007, 11:02:50 »
Somewhere around 19-22mpg although very carefull driving could get as much as 26mpg.... :shock:
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2007, 11:13:00 »
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Somewhere around 19-22mpg although very carefull driving could get as much as 26mpg


26mpg?  going down hill with the wind behind you pedaling as hard as you can :D  :D  :D  :D  :D
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2007, 11:20:40 »
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Somewhere around 19-22mpg although very carefull driving could get as much as 26mpg


26mpg?  going down hill with the wind behind you pedaling as hard as you can :D  :D  :D  :D  :D


I can only quote what I was told..... :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2007, 20:51:24 »
my grand does 25 mpg cruising on a flat motorway with no headwind,tho on gas the display tells me 46! :? which i presume is down to the electrical jiggery pokery telling the e.c.u. that the injectors are still working :)
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2007, 22:53:41 »
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26mpg? going down hill with the wind behind you pedaling as hard as you can

Downhill with a tailwind mine shows 99mpg, uphill with a headwind and from a standing start is a different story ... about 3 mpg
I wish I lived in Lincolnshire sometimes .... nah it's not that bad  :wink:
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2007, 01:17:34 »
my 94 did 12mpg........ :shock:
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2007, 11:29:05 »
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my 94 did 12mpg........ :shock:


Was that after you'd nailed the accelerator deal to the carpet :lol:  :lol: ..or near closing time :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2007, 16:27:11 »
Admittedly it wasn't driven with economy in mind but thats all it returned.......  Was better on the motorway but to work and back she ate £50 a fortnight and that was only 6 or 7 miles from home :shock:
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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2007, 21:36:52 »
£50 a fortnight....sheer bloomin luxury lad :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2007, 20:55:14 »
Just had a run up to Langdale Quest from Sheffield and returned 28mpg (US gallon) according to the readouts. I reckon thats 32mpg imperial.
Most of the route is motorway/dual carriageway, and I was cruising along at 65/70 mph most of the way.
Not too bad eh ?
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« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2007, 23:40:00 »
Not at all.....
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« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2007, 01:12:56 »
Update ...

HWMBO has used it all week back and forth through town to work. The average has dropped to 21mpg (U.S. gal) and she has only done about 100 miles, so we are back to 15-16 urban..  :(

The only way forward is to gas it I reckon ... will book it in for next month. I reckon it will take a while to get the cost back, but I will feel better when i go to fill it up, and will be saving the planet too.. :wink: .. err how about a "carbon footprint" refund Mr Brown ?
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« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2007, 09:39:08 »
Have you tried getting it a good service and fitting a K&N filter? can but help :wink:
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« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2007, 18:11:17 »
She seems quite happy in her pink wellies so I will leave her be.

Not sure she would appreciate a K&N filter, although she has been known to nick a B&H filter off me at Christmas time.  
oops ... you mean the jeep ?
That was serviced 1000 miles ago.
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« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2007, 21:07:13 »
Still look towards the K&N route young Jedi.... :lol:
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« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2007, 00:21:18 »
K&N are [!Expletive Deleted!] imho.....  rubbish if you ever go offroad, get mucked up too easy......  I think thats a fair mpg for a staight six, economy aint what they are good at.......
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« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2007, 08:58:32 »
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K&N are !Expletive Deleted! imho.....  rubbish if you ever go offroad, get mucked up too easy......  I think thats a fair mpg for a staight six, economy aint what they are good at.......


Don't agree...on or off road they offer better performance and MPG and if you do get them dirty when off road they are easily cleanable...tho if you are getting them that dirty maybe a snorkle is needed? :shock:
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« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2007, 22:29:54 »
No time for k&n on an offroader.....  too much crap gets past them.....  my V6 has one and it will get binned..........
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« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2007, 11:46:10 »
Maybe an air intake position scenario...know they work a treat on me TJ :lol:
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« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2007, 16:08:22 »
first thing i do is change the paper filter to a k&n(and thats not just on the offroad cars or petrol cars)
for a few reasons
1 you dont need to replace every service so pays for itself after a few services
2 it will not break up when it gets wet like the oem paperfilters
3 gives a small increase in fuel economy and performance
as for letting crap though ive thad no problems so im off to buy one for my cherry
as for fuel cosumption it was bad when i first got it but that was down to me driving it like i drove the zook but now im used to it its not that bad im getting about 20mpg out of it driving at a steady 70 on the motorway with the cruise comtrol on  :wink:
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« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2007, 18:13:22 »
http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=43158

topic titled LPG Fred Dibnah style

have a look at my figures now I am on LPG
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