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Been a couple of months since I was last on here, very very hectic change in circumstances with a new job 90 miles away from my front door and a JCW to do the near daily commute in......
So Parrpy the JCW isn't quite as clean as it used to be, frankly I've given up. He got a proper waxing at Christmas and he'll have to wait until Easter really before he gets another. He was waxed properly with some Dodo Juice stuff (smells lovely) so it should keep him shiney and protected underneath. No longer working from my home office means time is just two tight at the weekends to justify a 2 - 3 hour wash routine. Anyway, I think he looks meaner when he's dirty.
Fuel..... well, you've seen my MPG posts before no doubt, but it has been BRILLIANT. I leave early to miss the traffic, I cruise at 70mph for about 80 miles and there is about 5 miles of traffic / A / B roads either end of the motorway bit. And a about 8 miles of 50mph roadworks on the M5, so around 65mph average.
Get this - I'm getting around 48mpg in a 2.0 Turbo JCW. Hit 52.9mpg last night on the way home. And that was with a bit of 6pm traffic at Bristol M4/M5 interchange. Weird, it seems to get better and better, does the ECU somehow adapt to a different driving style over time?
Anyway, I'm forecasting about 30k/miles per year and the thought has crossed my mind to swap over to a good old Diesel 220d or even go with a second hand Ford Focus 'Station Car' or something, but at 50mpg, it will not make enough difference to warrant it. And the seats are so comfortable, the stereo (HK) running Spotify keeps me awake and as its only ever me in it, it still absolutely hits the spot.
PCP is going to take a bashing (at 30k miles a year!!!), but hey ho, and the fuel tank is annoyingly small, filling up nearly twice a week and only getting 420 - 440 miles.
But he still gives me goose bumps with the exhaust flaps open in sport for a thrashing at the weekend to blow the cobwebs out >
So Parrpy the JCW isn't quite as clean as it used to be, frankly I've given up. He got a proper waxing at Christmas and he'll have to wait until Easter really before he gets another. He was waxed properly with some Dodo Juice stuff (smells lovely) so it should keep him shiney and protected underneath. No longer working from my home office means time is just two tight at the weekends to justify a 2 - 3 hour wash routine. Anyway, I think he looks meaner when he's dirty.
Fuel..... well, you've seen my MPG posts before no doubt, but it has been BRILLIANT. I leave early to miss the traffic, I cruise at 70mph for about 80 miles and there is about 5 miles of traffic / A / B roads either end of the motorway bit. And a about 8 miles of 50mph roadworks on the M5, so around 65mph average.
Get this - I'm getting around 48mpg in a 2.0 Turbo JCW. Hit 52.9mpg last night on the way home. And that was with a bit of 6pm traffic at Bristol M4/M5 interchange. Weird, it seems to get better and better, does the ECU somehow adapt to a different driving style over time?
Anyway, I'm forecasting about 30k/miles per year and the thought has crossed my mind to swap over to a good old Diesel 220d or even go with a second hand Ford Focus 'Station Car' or something, but at 50mpg, it will not make enough difference to warrant it. And the seats are so comfortable, the stereo (HK) running Spotify keeps me awake and as its only ever me in it, it still absolutely hits the spot.
PCP is going to take a bashing (at 30k miles a year!!!), but hey ho, and the fuel tank is annoyingly small, filling up nearly twice a week and only getting 420 - 440 miles.
But he still gives me goose bumps with the exhaust flaps open in sport for a thrashing at the weekend to blow the cobwebs out >
