You don't get the best MPG trolling around town in the lower gears. (Especially with the 8 speed ZF automatic with its 8 speeds!) Back-roads ARE more fun!


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I never realized that Stonehenge was only a model. 14" tall you say? LOL Next you'll telling us that the Rocky Mountains are just a series of speed humps...

 

 

Are you near D.C.?

 

 

I've got the 6MT. I hadn't realized the 8 speed ZF automatic had 8 speeds. Maybe I should have gone that route. If it went to 11, I'd have done it.

The Stonehenge comment was in reference to "This is Spinal Tap" where they sketched a stage set on a cocktail napkin and used " instead of '.

"I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? "

Looking it up, I think it was 18", not 14.

 

I don't rely on it at all. The "miles remaining" is useful though. I just track it all on a spreadsheet because I'm a dumbass with nothing better to do. Oh, and the OCD. There's a reason I'm a software engineer.

 

 

Sorry, but the AJ126 and AJ133 SC engines are on their deathbeds, estimated time of death at the moment is December 2020.
It's 99% certain they will not be replaced by other SC engines but by single or twin turbo engines, most likely an Ingenium straight 6.
Just as the V8 is a dying breed so goes the SC.
Of course it is all BS driven by government diktats (read mainly EU and CA) for ever lower fuel consumption and ever lower CO2 "emissions", but we are stuck with it unless or until sanity returns.

 

 

Well, THIS topic has taken a turn.



I'm too lazy to look (and I don't care THAT MUCH ) but has anyone looked to see if any owners have posted their MPG on Fuelly?

Fuelly - Track and Compare your MPG

 

Filled up yesterday at 312 miles, 14.297 gallons @ $2.869; computer computation 23.6, actual 21.8, delta 1.8. As expected, but would still like to see numbers with non-ethanol.

 

In mixed driving with non-ethanol fuel I get 11.5-12.0L per 100 km (about 20MPG); cruise controlling on the highway with top up I have seen 8L per 100 km (about 29MPG). On track, going ***** out, I get about 25L per 100 km (about 9.5 MPG).

 

I assume that is Montgomery County. I raced cars many years ago at Dorsey Speedway, an eighth mile dirt track between Washington and Baltimore; I don't think it's open any longer.
I worked in Rockville for a short time and played a little golf at Sligo Park, a fun little executive type course just off the Beltway as I remember.
When I lived near DC was when I owned my XJ6 and was a member of the Nation's Capital Jaguar Owners Club. Rosenthal Jaguar was kind enough back in those days to let the Club use their service department once a month for a tech session. It gave us DIYers a great opportunity to do our own service and minor repairs Quite a few of the members were XKE owners, some of which were show cars. A few other less popular models showed up from time to time, but mostly daily drivers that needed oil changes, lube jobs, front bearings packed, exhaust work, that sort of thing. Rosenthal always had at least one service tech present to lend advice and a hand on some of the simpler tasks; I'll never forget one of the tech's vanity plates was JAGDOC.
Ah, the memories from my many years in that vicinity...mostly bad ones. HaHa
I'll tell you about drag races on the Virginia side of the Circumferential Highway (as it was called in the beginning) before it was completed,

 

I have heard a number of great stories about that circular dragstrip from local natives.

 

Every locality has areas where enthusiasts 'exercise' their cars.

I have ***heard*** stories of a certain 6 mile stretch of I287 being used for top speed runs before the road was complete. (Rumour...I'm sticking to that story, too)