At 04:25 PM 8/27/02 +0100, you wrote:
>I had a 2 litre top of the range Granada Automatic (Biggest hatchback Ford
>did in the UK) with cruise control and lots of weight etc and it had over
>120,000 miles on the clock. I had to do a run to Devon (260 miles from
>here). Including getting stuck on the M5 for the best part of an hour, I
>still managed an average (at 56 mph) of 49mpg. I thought this was a bit of a
>miracle but the handbook actually states that you can get 45mpg at a steady
>56mph so maybe this wasnt too bad after all.

Don't forget that Imperial gallons are 20% bigger than US gallons.

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