Mike Hoxbig
Honorary Master
But they're grouped according to class
-
Join the MyBroadband community
South Africa’s biggest forum. Discuss, discover, and connect with thousands of members.
-
Question of the Day: Will you be watching the FIFA World Cup Final?
TOTAL Economy Run
- Thread starter Fazda
- Start date
F
Fudzy
Guest
But they're grouped according to class
Sorry, I should have elaborated. You can download the full results from here:
http://www.totalmotorsport.co.za/Os...46B6B59939C9974CC12574BF004187F8?OpenDocument
It gives the details of the other competitors. What's interesting is the difference between the two Golf TDIs, amazing what a difference the driver can make.
Fazda
Honorary Master
Absolutely - just as you will get a variation of consumption figures from 2 people driving the same car in day to day stuff. People seldom realise just how much difference there is between drivers.
You must also realise that the cars entered on the Economy Run are tuned for exceptional consumption. Would probably not be a nice day to day drive at all, and very different from the car you are going to drive off the showroom floor.
rrh
Expert Member
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2005
- Messages
- 4,059
- Reaction score
- 522
For a history of the Total Economy run see http://www.total.co.za/Os/ossouthafrica.nsf/VS_OPM/1528A077DC41B6D9C1257465003B03B3?OpenDocument
Many people think that the Total Economy Run is an afternoon's doddle. Far from it ...
I assisted a friend on two Runs in the late 70's. The course was set by well-known racing driver Jan Hettema who - at the best of times - drove like a lunatic
In those days it was a three-day event, half of which was on dirt roads. Jan had a Kombi, which he used to survey the routes. Setting the average speed for a stage was pretty simple: if the stage was on tar then the average speed was set at 90% of the legal speed limit; if the stage was on dirt it was 80 or 90% (can't remember which) of Jan's time over the stage. As a result simply to finish a stage without time penalties (for being late) was considered a major achievement.
NB: The roads were never closed off for the rally. So if you were caught in traffic - tough!
The last year that I was there rally champion Sarel van der Merwe announced (in the pub, the night before the start) that the rally was for old ladies (or something similar). The next day both he - and cricketer Clive Rice - managed to roll their cars ..
Sarel immediately humphed off, whilst Clive - now christened 'Roll-over Rice' - stayed and with a smile handled the nick-name and good-natured jokes for the rest of the week-end.
Great fun, but certainly not for sissies !!
Re the cars: all were (are ?) standard off-the-showroom-floor models, i.e. no factory specials. One could (for instance) change tyres, but the tyres had to be the size for the car. No body-work changes etc. The cars all carried three people - driver, navigator and observer. All cars were filled from the same pumps, then had their filler caps sealed.
Many people think that the Total Economy Run is an afternoon's doddle. Far from it ...
I assisted a friend on two Runs in the late 70's. The course was set by well-known racing driver Jan Hettema who - at the best of times - drove like a lunatic
In those days it was a three-day event, half of which was on dirt roads. Jan had a Kombi, which he used to survey the routes. Setting the average speed for a stage was pretty simple: if the stage was on tar then the average speed was set at 90% of the legal speed limit; if the stage was on dirt it was 80 or 90% (can't remember which) of Jan's time over the stage. As a result simply to finish a stage without time penalties (for being late) was considered a major achievement.
NB: The roads were never closed off for the rally. So if you were caught in traffic - tough!
The last year that I was there rally champion Sarel van der Merwe announced (in the pub, the night before the start) that the rally was for old ladies (or something similar). The next day both he - and cricketer Clive Rice - managed to roll their cars ..
Sarel immediately humphed off, whilst Clive - now christened 'Roll-over Rice' - stayed and with a smile handled the nick-name and good-natured jokes for the rest of the week-end.Great fun, but certainly not for sissies !!
Re the cars: all were (are ?) standard off-the-showroom-floor models, i.e. no factory specials. One could (for instance) change tyres, but the tyres had to be the size for the car. No body-work changes etc. The cars all carried three people - driver, navigator and observer. All cars were filled from the same pumps, then had their filler caps sealed.
F
Fudzy
Guest
The problem is that people see these results as the vehicles being the better option when in actual fact it's the driver/conditions. To get a better reflection of general car consumptions it would be cool to see a report from Stannic/other petrol card people who note mileage.
Fazda
Honorary Master
AHA! Someone else who has done the whole regularity thing!! Welcome to the discussion rrh!!