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Mark.W
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8th Feb 09 at 23:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
for day to day use social commuting ect?

also how reliable are they?
Whittie
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Mine used less petrol on my 80+ mile a day trip than my 1.6

Only thing is, it's more tempting to keep the right foot planted though.
Iain M
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9th Feb 09 at 08:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As long as you look after them they are fine to live with, i used mine as an everyday car and had no problems at all.
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mine was bit poo, i think i was still going through teething trouble though

Great when its all running super!
deano87
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Oil MPG is worse than petrol MPG if it's an abused example

lil_g uses his daily for his commute to Uni and work - u2u him

[Edited on 09-02-2009 by deano87]
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9th Feb 09 at 09:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Gregg does more miles in his XE than I do in my diesel
Gaz
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I use mine all the time as its my only car, I'm having a couple of issues with idleing which I need to get round to looking at, It does use fuel, Simply because of whitties comments... You know its fun, you spent the money on it so why not enjoy it?
Ellis
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I've got the joys of XE ownership to look forward to in Summer
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Mine is my only car at the moment. So using it for commuting and working. Uses a couple of tanks a week.

Brilliant for nipping through the traffic jams, getting to the front of queues at lights. I find it doesn't break often when it's used every day

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How many miles are you doing to do "a couple of tanks a week" Phil?
deano87
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Gregg says his XE is more economical on the motorway than his 1.4 SRi used to be thanks to the 6th gear and sitting at lower revs.
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9th Feb 09 at 09:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
500ish

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deano87
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That's like 1.25 tanks in my car
FruitBooTeR
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Gregg says his XE is more economical on the motorway than his 1.4 SRi used to be thanks to the 6th gear and sitting at lower revs.


Didnt know he had an F28 on his redtop nice one
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He hasn't
chrex
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Well i've got a 20SEH on R1 carbs and if im nice to it...it uses the same amount of fuel as my old x14xe did. I've been majorly impressed tbh!

Of course...if i decide to push it...then it does tend to take gulps!
Luke
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9th Feb 09 at 09:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Gregg says his XE is more economical on the motorway than his 1.4 SRi used to be thanks to the 6th gear and sitting at lower revs.


He has an F28?

Mine was great fun when it was running right. Used it everyday. Never broke, gave it stick but not all the time. Fast cars aswell, was pretty decent on petrol too. It did brake in the end resulting in a new engine. I guess if you look after it, it wont be any trouble.
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Originally posted by pow
He hasn't


Think Mr Deano has got confused
deano87
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9th Feb 09 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I am pretty sure he does.

Either way, it uses less fuel on the motorway due to sitting at lower revs. According to him anyway. I'll text him
Ian W
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9th Feb 09 at 09:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I done about 20k with a redtop in. Get a decent engine and you shouldn't have a problem.

Best car i've ever had for Power mixed with decent MPG

[Edited on 09-02-2009 by Ian W]
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Ok Gregg has a 5 speed BUT it does have longer ratios so sits at about 2.5krpm at motorway speeds
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
That's like 1.25 tanks in my car


Also double the the engine size, and 100x the fun

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Fro
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9th Feb 09 at 11:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only had a few PAS problems, and mine got used a hell of a lot. used less petrol than my 1.6 and was a hell of a lot more fun

And Gregg's has an F16 still i believe, unless he has changed it recently.
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
That's like 1.25 tanks in my car


Also double the the engine size, and 100x the fun

Very true
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9th Feb 09 at 11:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
Only had a few PAS problems, and mine got used a hell of a lot.


Still has them

Mine works perfectly everyday, take it to uni and work every week and also just around luton/dunstable. Love it! Can dawdle around at almost no revs and its fine, open it up a little and a massive appears!

Plus, I once got 42MPG from a full tank. Fact

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