How fast do you cruise

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ninja899

Discussion Starter · Mar 16, 2010 (Edited by Moderator)

.....when you're on the motorway/dual c way?

In my old 97, which has done 103000 miles, I don't nurse it or anything. I just cruise at about the speed limit. I change the oil about once a year and do about 12000 miles.

Just wondered what you chaps did?

Do you baby the car now that the Mk 2 is getting on a bit?

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camboi

· #2 · Mar 16, 2010 (Edited by Moderator)

ninja899 said:
.....when you're on the motorway/dual c way?
I just cruise at about the speed limit.

I think this post may contravene a MEG rule somewhat

SPEEDING / STREET RACING:

In general if itâ€™s illegal to do on the road we donâ€™t want to hear about how you did it anyway and in the same sense posts about maximum speeds obtained should be clearly stated as on-track or off-road.

philmon

· #3 · Mar 16, 2010

I keep up with the modern traffic (not incriminating myself) and the car runs fine and never lets me down,and i still average around 45 to the gallon on long journeys.

Ben_W

· #4 · Mar 16, 2010 (Edited by Moderator)

Guys, this doesnt need any more. Camboi has pointed out the guidance.

Rich

· #5 · Mar 16, 2010

Aye, we all cruise at 70mph where appropriate. Though we may touch 75mph briefly to make overtaking a little safer... :thumb:

--Rich

ninja899

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 16, 2010

:shocked: The word paranoia springs to mind.

wac

· #7 · Mar 16, 2010

On my trip to work each day I do approx 8 miles on a duel carriageway and set cruise at about 56-60.

Rich

· #8 · Mar 16, 2010

ninja899 said:
:shocked: The word paranoia springs to mind.

Maybe, maybe not. But can any harm come of not bothering to mention such things? All it ever does is get into some kind of pub-fuelled boasting match... someone has always gone faster, been riskier, had more thrills... it's not really needed on a family-car forum, is it?

--Rich

52graphite

· #9 · Mar 16, 2010

Answering the original question, steady state cruising is no issue for an older car, providing it's well maintained. If you want to nurse it, lay off the redlining and hard cornering/braking.

ninja899

Discussion Starter · #10 · Mar 17, 2010

Rich said:
ninja899 said:

:shocked: The word paranoia springs to mind.

Click to expand...

Maybe, maybe not. But can any harm come of not bothering to mention such things? All it ever does is get into some kind of pub-fuelled boasting match... someone has always gone faster, been riskier, had more thrills... it's not really needed on a family-car forum, is it?

--Rich

Fair enough but there was no boasting involved. I just wondered what folk thought of driving at what are pretty average motorway speeds in a car that's not in the first flush of youth.

markyg

· #11 · Mar 17, 2010

65mph-70mph usually or if I`m in a hurry Warp 6 :L

rxt_ian

· #12 · Mar 17, 2010

I have the cruise set to 73-74 on the speedo when its appropriate, as my tomtom says this is actual 70, car has never had a problem with this apart from when the vss was up-the-spout. I've never had to change out of 5th for hills or anything either.

Mines approaching 160,000 now

EVERTON2004

· #13 · Mar 17, 2010

markyg said:
65mph-70mph usually or if I`m in a hurry Warp 6 :L

You've done the Warp Drive mod? :smoking:

markyg

· #14 · Mar 17, 2010

Yip :L

Marney

· #15 · Mar 17, 2010

Can you put a 'how to' in the Wiki, please?

:L

thegfb

· #16 · Mar 17, 2010

IIRC someone recently posted that their mondy was pre-wired for a flux capacitor! :}

Marney

· #17 · Mar 17, 2010

I think someone was winding up poor timikins

http://www.fordmondeo.org/forum/showtopic.php?tid/829848/

:}

dd1968

· #18 · Mar 17, 2010

Marney said:
I think someone was winding up poor timikins

http://www.fordmondeo.org/forum/showtopic.php?tid/829848/

:}

:} :} :}

Gone2

· #19 · Mar 17, 2010

50-60, usually the later unless in running low-ish on the jungle juice :L

markyg

· #20 · Mar 18, 2010

Marney said:
Can you put a 'how to' in the Wiki, please?

:L

No. HTH :L

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