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Like Richards Davies, I like Citr�en diesels, I'm on my 3rd BX
diesel. 1:BX19DTR; 2:BX DTR Turbo and now BX TZD Turbo.
Earlier this year, whilst in a very great hurry, I held 116.5 MPH for
about 10 miles on the "new" M40 extension. I was holding 4,500 RPM,
which was just below the red line. I was surprised to notice that the
Speedo and Tachometers tally'd so closely too. The road test top speed
is 112 MPH and the MPH/thousand RPM is 25.9.
One must remember that the top speed quoted in road tests is over a
Quarter mile one mile from rest. This means that most cars will build
up to a higher speed than that quoted.
Malcolm.
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| re the last couple . .
when I got my previous BX DTR Turbo, I drove it over to Belgium & Germany
and gave it a good blast for about 30 minutes, running absolutely
flat out. I concur with .36; I timed it against the kilometre posts, and
it was doing a true 115, with the speedo indicating about 117.
That was the only journey I've ever done where I got under 40 mpg from it;
It did about 39 mpg for the dash to Calais...
Peter.
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