Wednesday, 11 March 2009

ed30 19k miles MPG / run out of fuel! / 74% Metroid completed

Well I didnt intend to do so but I managed to find out the point at which my car dies due to lack of the amber nectar......

First pic is my normal refuel point (0 miles left to go but still some left), however I decided to leave it (as I was going on holiday).
Funnily I also reset the trip just for fun!
Then the sun must have got to me, as we arrived back late the day before work and Id forgotten .......
cue jump in car 6.30am and I head to work, reckon I can make it to Manchester (just) and refill there.

Indeed I did, but I as attempted to restart for my return journey that day, it immediately fired then died AHA
I was soooo lucky I hadnt made it into the rush hr traffic by that point.

So for my car with gentle driving I got 24 miles from 0 estimated to empty. (ED30 + remap)

Funnily enough many a time on the the motorway etc I have been at around 20 miles past 0 and not been aware how close Ive been to stopping dead in my tracks...

for the more observant among you , yes thats 30 MPG and 390 + miles on a tank for a remapped car that I dont exactly hang about in sometimes

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for those sad Wii people out there the last pick is my progress in Metroid Prime on the Wii 74%

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Ford Focus RS 2009 : 300bhp

Its getting awesome reviews and looks to be the new king of FWD cars
300bhp

Times Focus RS review

Download Ford focus RS 2009 ebrochure HERE

we all await with baited breath to see how much tuning headroom the engine has, as Im sure the chassis can handle 400+ ........

Monday, 23 February 2009

18500 miles gti edition 30 mpg update

lots of miles so another quick update.
85 km/h(;-)) average speed on mway.

390+miles @ 32.2 MPG is just insane !
Reckon the different fuel (bp or shell ) seems to give better mpg than Tesco 99.
The peak boost on WOT is def less though.

Saturday, 21 February 2009

18k miles edition 30 mpg / 2nd service due / Metroid Prime Wii 50% complete

365 miles @ avg 30.1MPG must be driving too slow, this tank was on Optimax btw
longer commute driving into work def helps to increase mpg average

55% complete on Metroid Prime 3 Corruption on the Wii.
Awesome game thats got me hooked. Great gameplay and graphics.
Although I have to admit Im using the guide/walkthrough to help sometimes.

Some new releases on the Wii (Madworld etc) may mean I buy a few more of this genre.

Started up the car the other day too and Im greeted by the next service schedule message! In line with the first but it doesnt have come around quickly :-(
Probably a while u wait oil change (of note it appears that VW ONLY use the longlife oil now on your car irrespective of service schedule!)

succumbed to the twitter frenzy!

yep , registered , and added the RSS feed to this blog.
My username is "edition30"

my twitter (edition30) homepage

not sure how much Im gonna use it as its this blog where most of my content ends up.
Twitter is supposedly smaller more freq text updates.......

Sunday, 15 February 2009

Google Latitude

Check out the new GoogleMaps add on : Latitude

http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

Allows you to track where your mobile phone is, and where all your friends are !
Can restrict it to certain groups too.
Just be careful you dont pay for the data on your mobile call plan