Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:54:43 +0100 From: "Andy Hookins" <andrew.hookinsnopsamamnopsamodata.co.uk> Subject: Re: 9000 red apc on ebay
"Paul Halliday" <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:BB03FCE3.6C29%pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk... > in article 3EDDBCE9.65EDC834nopsamo.net, Johannes H Andersen at > johsnopsamo.net wrote on 04/06/2003 10:33: > > > > > > > Grunff wrote: > >> > >> Johannes H Andersen wrote: > >> > >>> Driving over a 60 mile distance to/from work on M25. Info display > >>> averaging 40-45mpg. Short city driving will give 30mpg. > >> > >> Erm, but what's your real, actual mpg? As in the total number of > >> miles you get to a tank, divided by the amount of fuel needed to > >> get it back to full? > >> > > > > I'll have to check, but I don't think it's far out. > > Surely the 9000 is very similar in consumption to the 900. Most two litre > lumps do about the same. > > The best I've had out of my various 900s (turbo and non-turbo) is just over > 37 MPG, but never over 40 MPG. I thought at first it was a fluke and I > must've given it 10 UKP worth in a panic on the motorway (higher fuel prices > and all) without noting the amount put in, but I have repeated that near as > damn it a few times on a straight 70 MPH run for 100+ miles. > > The usual is around 25 MPG, which I gather is quite good. Any lower and I > start to look for problems and usually find the odd one here and there. It's > a very useful indicator. > > Maybe the eBay seller meant to the kilometre? > > I'd be interested in hearing Johannes' figures now he has been challenged. > I've always hankered after a 9000, say a CSE LPT auto. Me to. I keep meticulous records for my cars - the best I have had from my '94 9000 CDE (2.0 lpt auto w. Abbott ECU) is 28mpg from a single tank. the worst 18.3 ! These are fuel in vs. odometer reading of miles travelled, the car 'computer' tends to over-state fuel economy by ~5%.. If you ever go for an lpt 9000 don't bother with the 2.0 litre unless you plan to replace the ECU - I found that it was OK but was always changing down to maintain speed up hills - much better now. > > Paul > > 1989 900 Turbo S > http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ >
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