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    Cool mpg

    i have done a little test on the 1.2 carb and it seems to have produced 30mpg, some of that was booting it, is this good/bad. it was around town
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    sounds reasonable, about what i got from my 1.3 regularly. about 250 miles on a full tank?

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    That's what I get out of my 1.2 carb, which generally takes a good hammering.

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    all good then, ive had 50+ out of it on motorways sticking to 80

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    I did Sheffield to London and back on 20 quid in my old 1.3 mk1 astra once, I was really impressed with it. Get 28ish mpg from the merc

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    my 2.2 astra only does 31.2 mpg

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    pffft riggy, drop the weight to 800Kg and you will get 40mpg easy :D

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    my vectra gsi does 27mpg average

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    I have got a mk3 astra gsi it averages 29 mpg

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    I get a nice 5.2mpg Thankfully I don't drive it much!!

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