Motorway Performance

[TheSnape]

I live in the UK here, I use my Micra a lot for motorway driving.

It sometimes struggles at power at the 90mph mark, but otherwise it's fine, and fine at 90mph.

I can usually cruise in the right-hand lane of the motorway overtaking most traffic, and I mostly drive at a similar pace with Audis being driven quickly. I've also driven it to Droitwich, and am planning to take it to London.

I think the reputation of Micras being slow is really erroneous.

What about you guys? Any stories to share on motorway performance?

 

[skymera]

I only ever do 70

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[MicraPRO]

I only ever do 70

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Agree

 

[karlj]

I only ever do 70

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Sometimes 56 if cruising behind a lorry

 

[skymera]

From my experiences with a 1.0, higher speeds were achievable given time.

With a 1.3 on a 1.0 box those speeds were easily achievable however I wasn't happy sitting at very high revs to maintain it. Fuel, wear and tear, noise, bump steer, traffic cops etc

But generally, I find averaging just 70mph is the best. You're only going to save a few minutes speeding

 

[Jen319]

I tend to cruise between 55 and 65, keeps my mpg ridiculous
(Currently 68mpg)

Of course with my dci I have the torque for easier overtaking, something my 1.0 k11 did struggle with sometimes ^_^

My k10 never got past 56, foot to the floor, downhill, with a run up LOL

 

[milkie]

Lol,I do 60 in my 1.0 and that's at 3500 rpm bless it don't want to push it too hard

 

[infinity]

You could always shift the cams for better/ easier top speed

 

[milkie]

I got it for economic reason,lol,not speed..good job saving 15pound's a week

 

[skymera]

I got it for economic reason,lol,not speed..good job saving 15pound's a week

I found sitting behind lorries cruising at 55-60mph gave around 48MPG

 

[milkie]

Last time I done that boom stone chip to windscreen lol

 

[skymera]

Last time I done that boom stone chip to windscreen lol

I think that's just down to bad luck