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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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is this normal out of a v6 i feel poor just thinking about it
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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v6 what ?
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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sorry a cougar just sorted secondries runs mint just bad on fuel had a st24 few year back dont remember it being so bad
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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sounds about right to be honest, price of petrol these days makes everything expensive to run, thats why the arse has fell out the market of anyfin over a 2 litre
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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fairly cheap now at 99p a litre tho
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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My 2.6 V6 Vectra does 27mpg driven like a fanny or 22mpg driven normally with a bit stick now and again, well most of the time
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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i have owned a v6 vectra and it did ok on fuel had a 3.0 supra did 20 round town 25 on a run.it goes really well but just seems a bit heavy it has a k&n i want rid of and a fancy exhaust just would of hoped to be better than me old supra
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 09:44 AM
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according to the fuel comp on the granny i'm getting about 22 mpg.............
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by vw1973
sorry a cougar just sorted secondries runs mint just bad on fuel had a st24 few year back dont remember it being so bad
My mates got a v6 cougar that does about the same mpg as yours.Best thing he done was to gas convert it about two years ago
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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Mines only getting about 20 mate, so its about rite.
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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uncles volvo 240 dl estate does about 17 to the gallon and thats only a 2 litre,fooked up heap of crap it is lol
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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mine does far less (4.0l v6)
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