I've read so many threads lately, with interest, about fuel economy on here and over the last couple of years in the BR as well.
I'm intrigued to know why so many of you seem to have what I would term an executive car, top of the range, fairly new and then worry so much about saving miniscule amounts of fuel.
Syrely the specs were checked before buying?
The choice you made was to buy a car that suited you and one you could enjoy driving, so why spoil this experience by accelerating away slowly?
What happened to the 0-60mph you researched?
Again I read about coasting and I'm mystified:)
To me, that's what you do on a Thursday before payday when you can't afford to fill it up:)
Or it's 'silent sixth' or 'Aberdeen overdrive' in a lorry but that certainly isn't fuel related!
The CRV isn't as good on fuel as the Mondeo, or the Xantia before that but we knew that before we bought it and decided we could live with it.
Neither of us are prepared to spoil the overall experience of driving it though, just to save miniscule amounts of fuel.
Please feel free to try and explain to me why you don't just go out and use that clutch to change gear, give the gearbox the sort of workout it deserves and floor the accelerator now and again?
Pat
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