19-05-2020, 02:16 PM
Ambient temperature yesterday was 26°C. Journey there and back was about 145 miles. I did quite a bit of 3rd gear running, due to both gradient and the state of some of the minor roads, but I don't over thrash the car these days just let it run at around 25mph on the climbs. Three climbs to around 800m on the way and then a long 28km climb to the summit from Vallerauges to the Observatory at 1576 metres. No overheating whatsoever. (Export fan helps down here). Fuel consumtion was three gallons (48mpg) and no oil.