http://www.topgear.com/blogs/planettopg ... fuel-tips/

take a read of this.

its actually quite interesting and will save you money

"Dont buy a Toyota Prius"

thats the bit that made me laugh on top gear, the prius versus an m3

its true tho, i can get the mpg needle on mine down 5mpg, by flooring it in second gear to the red line. it comes down to the fact that the m3 was barely braking a sweat while the prius was killing its self

by top gear, does he mean 4th, and is 5th gear actually quite bad
I would toodle along around down in quite high gears (4th and 5th) with low revs, and i suppose the car is laboured slightly, but would i be better swapping this for say a healthier 4th gear or even 3rd where the revs will be higher?

Also Cruise Control, he says not to use it? I though that if cruising on a motorway, its best to have your cruise control on to maintain steady mpg???

just saw this about fuel saving the way of the future maybe

http://car-hydrogen.net/

now where is my hose

Or if you buy a Gen3 1.6 you dont have to worry bout the cruise control!!!!

who wants cruise control anyway only another thing that can go wronge i have a great cruise control on my gen3 1.6 anyway its called the wife........................... you know what i mean
"will you slow down, watch out for that dog,cat,bird."

1.6 FTW!!!!!!!even tho it could use something to reign in that beast under the bonnet but maybe on the Gen4????hahaha

beleive me, ive done this economy thing to death over the last few mnth and using ya foot is better than ya cruise control

i used my coupe all the time on motorways for work normaly driving at about 80 - 85 (sometime with cruise control)and could get 400 + out of the tank.I did have an ekoteck valve fitted so dont know if that made a difference???