That's a relief, I thought I was going to have to limit my off roading to the shooting season there for a minute.
Just curious but is the circumference the same on the new tyres as the old ones?Hell yes I am
Still in shock.
Ok so up in Scotland at the moment, drove up yesterday. I knew things were going well when I hit 300 on the half tank. Other than when I was square-wheeled on the M1 for an hour I did 70 all the way. Since arriving I did ten miles or so of slow forest tracks which is not economical motoring
Decided to go and fill up this morning with Shell (same as on the way up) and tank brimmed to tank brimmed it did 23.67 mpg. I reckon with the off road stuff excluded that could have been 24 but in any case I'm as pleased as a pleased person.
It's a 93 auto UK with no roof rack or anything. Now previously it's only done around 19 mpg so what's the difference this time?
Only obvious thing is tyres. I stuck my BFG AT KO 2's on
Same size at 275 as previous. They feel great and have made the car stiffer and more pointy than the old Wranglers.
Ok gone to lie down
I forgot about that !!! All sorted nowIn that case, you need to update your signature
12volt manual on 265/85/16 30mpg on the motorways @ 2200rpm/62mph
When I put 285s on my speedo was spot on to gps. Stock 275s It was about 3 mph out.Just curious but is the circumference the same on the new tyres as the old ones?
When I worked out mine with bfg's on the circumference is bigger than the original tyres so the speedo is reading slightly wrong - giving a wrong mileage & hence MPG would read higher.
Unless you were tracking it with GPS!
it was too dark to go out and check! it used to be on the avator before some bright spark revamped the website! they must be 75 then!265/85/16 - that is quite an unusual size? Not seen that before.......
Well flip side I've just used half a tank to do 80 miles lol. Been playing with the ignition timing a bit more and adjusting a few things. Lead boots have been on!