Hi All.
So I'm finally back from my 2000 mile saga from Anglesey to La Rosiere in the alps and back. The only charges available were before leaving, and a couple of 20min rapids on the journey down (in the UK only). See below all the fuel details giving mpg cumulative and sectional. Bear in mind we had a very fully loaded car including 4 adults (well 3 adults and a 14yr old 90kg rugby player)
Temperature throughout the trip was cold. -14 on the climb up to resort but easily +3 to -3 in most of the drive across UK & France. We used heaters and fast at 75mph on the AAC for as long as we could when the roads allowed.
The journey down through the UK (boxing day) was interesting as we had plenty of snow on the M6 Toll. We arrived in folkestone and stayed overnight. Early train on the Saturday morning into France and then as the day progressed the traffic issues in the alps ahead got worse and worse. I'm sure you heard the news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30613481. To cut a long story short we took 27hrs to drive (I use the term loosely) from Calais to La Rosiere.
Once we'd cleared the numpties who caused most of the delays The final 50miles was in either deep or packed snow and we did the whole lot with no chains or socks. The car was unfazed by the conditions and drove really well in company with discos and range rovers.
The overriding feeling after doing the trip is the tank is small !! as you can see we were stopping every couple of hundred miles. Because of the nature of the conditions and the journey we did not want to be searching for fuel so filled up when we saw 50miles range. We were travelling with another family in a Discovery 3 and they were getting 500miles + range.
Oh and we were on standard wheels and tyres as my winter wheels arrived to late to have TPMS fitted.
So the bottom line is, if you fill the car with people and stuff and flog across Europe in the winter with no opportunity to charge you get approx 30mpg.
So I'm finally back from my 2000 mile saga from Anglesey to La Rosiere in the alps and back. The only charges available were before leaving, and a couple of 20min rapids on the journey down (in the UK only). See below all the fuel details giving mpg cumulative and sectional. Bear in mind we had a very fully loaded car including 4 adults (well 3 adults and a 14yr old 90kg rugby player)
Temperature throughout the trip was cold. -14 on the climb up to resort but easily +3 to -3 in most of the drive across UK & France. We used heaters and fast at 75mph on the AAC for as long as we could when the roads allowed.The journey down through the UK (boxing day) was interesting as we had plenty of snow on the M6 Toll. We arrived in folkestone and stayed overnight. Early train on the Saturday morning into France and then as the day progressed the traffic issues in the alps ahead got worse and worse. I'm sure you heard the news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30613481. To cut a long story short we took 27hrs to drive (I use the term loosely) from Calais to La Rosiere.
Once we'd cleared the numpties who caused most of the delays The final 50miles was in either deep or packed snow and we did the whole lot with no chains or socks. The car was unfazed by the conditions and drove really well in company with discos and range rovers.
The overriding feeling after doing the trip is the tank is small !! as you can see we were stopping every couple of hundred miles. Because of the nature of the conditions and the journey we did not want to be searching for fuel so filled up when we saw 50miles range. We were travelling with another family in a Discovery 3 and they were getting 500miles + range.
Oh and we were on standard wheels and tyres as my winter wheels arrived to late to have TPMS fitted.
So the bottom line is, if you fill the car with people and stuff and flog across Europe in the winter with no opportunity to charge you get approx 30mpg.
