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 Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:32 am |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010
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Location: northallerton
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as title what mpg do people with throttle bodies get
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:23 am |
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Location: aberdeen
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why would you want throttle bodies if your worrying about mpg.....?
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:22 am |
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Joined: Mar 25, 2010
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Location: Ipswich
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| nakednakeddave wrote: |
| why would you want throttle bodies if your worrying about mpg.....? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:28 am |
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| Jordan_xsi wrote: |
| nakednakeddave wrote: |
| why would you want throttle bodies if your worrying about mpg.....? |
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:45 am |
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Location: northallerton
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reason im asking one is to find out and second its my daily drive so if its going to be silly mpg i might not be able to do it
im covering all areas before forking out over 2k on it
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:51 am |
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Joined: Mar 03, 2010
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Location: Black Country Ay I
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:04 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: rochdale
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personally i think spending 2k on something to make what essentially is not a particulary amazing car (not yours just them in general) seems like quite a waste better off putting the 2k towards something faster in the first place
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:06 am |
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Location: UK
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| copey wrote: |
| personally i think spending 2k on something to make what essentially is not a particulary amazing car (not yours just them in general) seems like quite a waste better off putting the 2k towards something faster in the first place |
but then you have something that is the same as everyone elses and not different 
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:27 am |
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Location: Suffolk
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| copey wrote: |
| personally i think spending 2k on something to make what essentially is not a particulary amazing car (not yours just them in general) seems like quite a waste better off putting the 2k towards something faster in the first place |
People say the same when i say how much ive spent on mine (high 5's rising fast)
My car will win shows, no one has a car the same, and lets face it would you get as many looks in a 207 gti as you do in my 1.4 turbo
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:30 pm |
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Wise words there Addaz
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:52 pm |
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Location: northallerton
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totally agree with addaz ive hit the 5k mark and wouldnt swap it for a faster car as this is my car how i want it
basically i wanna know if i can afford to run it on tbs
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:56 pm |
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thanks was a good read
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:24 pm |
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| usher wrote: |
totally agree with addaz ive hit the 5k mark and wouldnt swap it for a faster car as this is my car how i want it
basically i wanna know if i can afford to run it on tbs |
If you're worrying about running costs just now, you probably can't afford them.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:45 pm |
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unless you do silly mileage per year otherwise the difference is minimum.
let say you do 8K mile per year.
the difference between 30mpg and 25 mpg is only is only 53 gallon, which is roughly 320 quid.
that means less than 1 quid per day.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:57 am |
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| copey wrote: |
| personally i think spending 2k on something to make what essentially is not a particulary amazing car (not yours just them in general) seems like quite a waste better off putting the 2k towards something faster in the first place |
£2k on a ssheddy 206 isn't worth it. If its a decent example then it is. Your experience of an 206 HDI doesn't give the same impression that a decent petrol engine would.
There are other factors to think about with mpg with cam choice etc. If its set up properly it won't be significantly thirstier.
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