This may seem pretty obvious to some but for new year i travelled from yorkshire to uxbridge straight down the M1 for 200 miles. I had the cruise set to 75mph, the road was nice and quiet so apart from the sections that are set to 50mph through roadworks the cruise stayed on pretty much the whole way.
On the way down i put the car in green mode and acheived 48mpg avg (its a cooper s auto). On the trip home i stayed in mid mode the whole way with the same cruise set and yep, you guessed it, acheived 48mpg.
Like i say, pretty obvious that if you're not accelerating it really makes no difference but it does go to show that without the coasting feature available (its not legal in the uk apparently), green mode doesnt make a whole lot of sense.
Thats my excuse anyway
On the way down i put the car in green mode and acheived 48mpg avg (its a cooper s auto). On the trip home i stayed in mid mode the whole way with the same cruise set and yep, you guessed it, acheived 48mpg.
Like i say, pretty obvious that if you're not accelerating it really makes no difference but it does go to show that without the coasting feature available (its not legal in the uk apparently), green mode doesnt make a whole lot of sense.
Thats my excuse anyway