One decides that after 9 months now is the time to see what the ECO setting does.
And what are my findings you may ask? Not that anybody here really cares but my findings are that the ECO button makes the car crap to drive and the thing still didn't make 30mpg for the journey (computer figures, not measured).
Great. That was a waste of about six quid's worth of fuel and an hour of my life.
Well, Mr Ex, I'm glad you took the time (in addition to the wasted hour of your life) to post this info. Because I have never tried Eco, and now I never will. You've saved me wasting several minutes of my life and a few £'s of fuel.
How's your holiday going?
Seriously, if there was ever a way to disguise any latent hidden horsepower this was it.
It's like wheeling out a race winning carbon fibre bicycle, letting a few too many PSI out of the tyres, slacking off the chain set and loosening the gear cables before heading out for a Sunday ride.
The fuel economy was still crap and the only way I can think it could be justified as an "economical" setting is in that you'd rather leave it at home and drive something else!!
Holiday ok - arrived last night - bloody freezing it is, lol. Well ok, it's warmer than UK but a chilly wind off the ocean!
Haha, the carbon bike analogy is a good one and has an added relevance to me. We have a very nice carbon fibre road bike which me and my better half share. Coming from a cycling background, I am incapable of riding a bike unless my feet are clipped in to the pedals. HWMBO on the other hand came late to the joys of cycling and can't get on with clipless pedals so he insists on swapping them for bog standard ones.
How to ruin a good bike! And this is why he's not allowed to drive the R.
I think you've hit the nail on the head with your reasoning behind the description of Eco - you can't get much more economical than never turning the ignition on, lol. On the other hand it's a bit of a waste of £30k plus!