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The bippers are designed for town traffic not motorways. Would be better suited for a service engineer servicing in the same town. That's the hole point of the stop start technology.

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I'm finding it suprisingly hard to find out how much fuel our transporters hold but we get around 600-650 miles out of a £100 (inc VAT) tank - I'm OK with that at the moment but am looking into LPG for the future.

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yes but the company car tax is a killer for cars. We offer the choice. Everyone wants an estate till they work out the costs.

Id run kias think they are ok. That ceed is a good looking car imo.

the problem at the moment is long runs. We are working a lot in and around london. This has highlighted the issue. If my audi can do late 40's (lates 50's at 55) there has to be something wrong if a 1.3 van does less to the gallon. Ive never had ladders on my car but im thinking of putting em on for a week to see if its really that bad. If it is they need to run without roof racks. Fuel is only going up, something i think we all need to consider.

I can get up to 48 mpg on a run in mine with ladders on and the boot full of tools etc. Round town i get around 43mpg. i have had 58 mpg with no ladders or tools but me my wife and 2 kids where in the car at the time.

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Remembered to take note of my last fill up, 353.6 miles using 38.19 litres of diesel = 42mpg

The weather must have an adverse on mpg as the last figure (35mpg) was taken in January

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The weather must have an adverse on mpg as the last figure (35mpg) was taken in January

In summer they sell summer diesel !

Which gives more MPG, in winter you have winter diesel which waxes at a lower point which gives less MPG & you have the blowers & lights on more

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Remembered to take note of my last fill up, 353.6 miles using 38.19 litres of diesel = 42mpg

The weather must have an adverse on mpg as the last figure (35mpg) was taken in January

How did you work out the mpg figure??

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Volvo V50 DRIVe - 1.6 diesel 115bhp. I average around 55mpg with triple ladders & stepladders on and full of kit.

Tried a mega light foot run a few months back to see what I could get on a run - no kit or ladders, but averaged 87mpg on the motorway!! (I was driving like a granny, tho!!)

CO2 emissions are so low (same as a Fiat 500 diesel), that road tax is FREE too.

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that road tax is FREE too.

1st reg the manfacture get 6 months for £0, then £30 a year?

we looked at cars in this bracket & got an i40 with stop start ect....

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