chatelot16 wrote:At the time when the gendarme went to bed like the hens, and where there was no automatic radar I crossed France at 150km / h with GS 1220cm3 then at 180km / h with GSA 1300cm3 ... it held up well without weakening up to 300 km ... they are in my garden because of too rusty bodywork but the engines still work.
180kmh on the odometer ...
The fastest of the GS, the GSA X3 topped out at 163kmh ...
At these speeds, the GS was a fuel sinkhole.
Obamot I too have been the subject of similar acts of road violence comparable to those you describe. I refuse to react by changing my way of driving, that would be to prove them right. Foreign heavyweights are also often guilty of such behavior.
I don't think downsizing is a good solution and I share your point of view on the mechanical wear of small engines, unless they equip light vehicles.
A naturally aspirated 2-liter petrol engine running between 1500 and 3000rpm is a relevant choice in that it allows the fuel to be more completely burned if heavy throttles as well as under and high revs are avoided.
My old 260.000 km petrol MPV thus consumed an average of 9.33 lites during my last vacation in the Alps and in Italy on 2200 km of motorway and mountain journeys, fully loaded and air conditioning on the move.
The "co-financing" allows us to travel at a reasonable price by dividing the costs per household, i.e. 4.67l / 100km and 6.30 € / 100km for each family as well as the toll costs divided by 2.