TOP THUMPS with a pinch of salt Any Takers

[Johnmg5]

 

[Themist0]

Do you live on top of a hill ?

 

[siteguru]

Someone has turned off LKA and AEB.

 

[Johnmg5]

It was down hill.
And always turn off LKA and AEB

 

[Ian Key]

You want to try the B6138 from Cragg Vale to Blackstone Edge Reservoir.
5.4 miles downhill with an average gradient of 3%

 

[Rolfe]

I've yet to see better than 3 miles/KW and that was coming down off the Pentlands from Silverburn. What am I doing wrong?

 

[wandle MG4 trophy]

I managed 20 miles / kWh simply by coasting all the way down the steep hill from Dover Castle. Sadly it didn’t last long.

 

[Deleted member 9692]

What am I doing wrong?

You are driving your car normally in realistic everyday conditions. With the heating on. Enjoy

 

[Macadoodle]

I've yet to see better than 3 miles/KW and that was coming down off the Pentlands from Silverburn. What am I doing wrong?

Is your battery heater definitely off ? That's about the only thing that dragged my average below 3 back in mid winter.
I think you have an SE LFP too ? I drive mine with practically no thought of efficiency and I really struggle to get lower than 3.5 miles kWh even on short trips.
As soon as the temp gets above 10 degrees and the roads dry out, 4 miles is easily achievable .

Brakes binding ? They'll likely have no factory grease applied to the the sliding components like many owners have found.
If your car is driving ok with good power there's probably nothing to worry about, just seem unusally thirsty.

 

[Rolfe]

You are driving your car normally in realistic everyday conditions. With the heating on. Enjoy

I suspect that is the Correct Answer. I don't actually care, it just shows up on the range. That will only matter if I intend to go significantly more than 100 miles in a day, and it's not often I do that.

Is your battery heater definitely off ? That's about the only thing that dragged my average below 3 back in mid winter.
I think you have an SE LFP too ? I drive mine with practically no thought of efficiency and I really struggle to get lower than 3.5 miles kWh even on short trips.
As soon as the temp gets above 10 degrees and the roads dry out, 4 miles is easily achievable .

Brakes binding ? They'll likely have no factory grease applied to the the sliding components like many owners have found.
If your car is driving ok with good power there's probably nothing to worry about, just seem unusally thirsty.

I turned the battery heater off at the start of that journey - it had been on before. I thought I'd see a difference but it made no difference at all.

The car is driving like a dream with good power. I know what brakes binding feels like, I had all that with my Golf in 2019 and it did horrible things to the petrol consumption. I don't think it's that though, there's no sign of the "hesitation" feel I got with that.

 

[DevonMG4]

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Just as the m/kwh never displays less than two even if you have managed it, I've never seen the disp go higher than 20. Seems to be the limit of displayed values. Often seeing 20 living on top of a hill.