fuel consumption?

**Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:36 am

cosmos1989 wrote:

I have a 16 mile round trip to work and a 2 mile drive to my missus nearly everyday, it's the drive to hers that canes my petrol...

Waaaaaaaaaah.

I have a 95 mile round trip to work everyday - now that canes my petrol!

Still cheaper than the train :roll:

**Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:00 am

karissabob wrote:

Still cheaper than the train :roll:

A yank V8 would work out cheaper than a bloody train!!

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**Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:01 am

I didn't say that!

**Posted:** Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:02 pm

marcrs wrote:

3 miles...walk ya lazy git :lol:

The walk down is very nice but as we live on a massive hill, the walk back is not so nice :lol:

**Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:22 pm

right guys,
on my trip upto santapod and kettering to meet matty.
i filled up with v-power from my local shell garage, plus i put a bottle of fuel injection cleener in there.

now:

price of v-power was £1.18.
total spent was £52.00 to fill her up.
and the distance i covered before the fuel light came on was 322miles.
this equates to a happy 33.22 mpg

im happy with this from a bg GT. and i should be getting more now, ive ran the fuel injector cleener and carried out a full service of all filters. etc. coooool

**Posted:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:51 pm

i get 250 miles round town a bit more at a steady 56mph.

**Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:54 pm

Hmmm I get 230 to 250 to a tank from my v6 I have the odd sprint everytime I'm in it lol sometimes over rev just to hear it roar too hehe (sad but I know I'm not the only 1)

**Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:04 am

I got 333miles from my ZXI a few weeks back when I went down to Aylesbury from North Wales, and I was travelling, first long trip with it and simply enjoyed the car. I was pleasantly surprised as my 1.8 was giving me about 400 with similar driving. So not a bad difference concidering the differance in in the power and evgine size. Sure I could get better that that tho.

**Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:52 pm

I can't get more than 230 - 250 miles at all from the V6, Maybe I have a sticky caliper ?

**Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:27 pm

I manage 330miles on a long trip but town driving 220miles

**Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:30 pm

_stuz_ wrote:

I can't get more than 230 - 250 miles at all from the V6, Maybe I have a sticky caliper ?

Or a heavy foot :laughing6:

**Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:03 am

DMS wrote:

_stuz_ wrote:

I can't get more than 230 - 250 miles at all from the V6, Maybe I have a sticky caliper ?

Or a heavy foot :laughing6:

I have tried not driving with a lead foot and it makes no difference, ah well. . . . .

**Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:21 am

_stuz_ wrote:

DMS wrote:

_stuz_ wrote:

I can't get more than 230 - 250 miles at all from the V6, Maybe I have a sticky caliper ?

Or a heavy foot :laughing6:

I have tried not driving with a lead foot and it makes no difference, ah well. . . . .

Dragging off the lights wont help

I dont know what I get out of a tank, dont want to know to be honest as its not much!!

**Posted:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:07 am

Well my little scrapper just put in 430 miles to 48 litres again.

I think most of you guys must drive everywhere with the needle near the red of the rev counter.

I don't take mine past 4k rpm, bugger all power there considering its a twin cam.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:54 am

I've worked out (using Excell) I could get about 480 miles out a tank. Haven't tried it though.

I'm still getting 38-40mpg and that's with booting it to the redline occasionaly, helps to clean the engine to.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:16 am

Full Tank last year driving from Fife to Download was about 350 miles as the needle just dropped below the quarter mark. I've never waited to refuel before the red light comes on... something to do with someone once telling me that on older cars you'd be burning shit from the pipes if you did so heh.

Normal town driving I get around 270 miles before I chicken out an refuel

I dont know how many litres she holds... but she's a ZXI if thats any help

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:02 pm

I filled up on friday in plymouth £45 at 124.9 so abit over 3/4s of a tank. fuel light didnt come on until i got to canterbury, about 280 miles. also had to go via taunton to pick up a mate, and drop him off in staplehurst just outside maidstone. i was quite impressed to be honest, thats on my little 1.5

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:06 pm

can still get 400 miles to tank out of mine with carefulll driving - not enough at these prices though!!

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:09 pm

hotstuffdave wrote:

I filled up on friday in plymouth £45 at 124.9 so abit over 3/4s of a tank. fuel light didnt come on until i got to canterbury, about 280 miles. also had to go via taunton to pick up a mate, and drop him off in staplehurst just outside maidstone. i was quite impressed to be honest, thats on my little 1.5

good stuff mate. you should be looking at around 320-350 miles out of a full tank then?

im suprised how economical my GT is, i get 320miles to a full tank. this is an 18 year old car

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:16 pm

Cruising on a long journey from the Isle of Harris to Glasgow I was able to get close to 50mpg. That was using BP Ultimate.

Haven't been able to get that on normal grade petrol, but still getting around the 40mph mark, although with petrol hitting £1.45 a litre here I don't think I'll be using the car much now.

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:30 pm

Christ, I think I'll never get a V6 the way fuel prices are going at the moment...

**Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:52 pm

personally if you are worried about fuel prices then dont want a car that will thrill you every time you get in it. fuel could double and it wouldnt take that feeling away from me.

As for all of you complaining about price of fuel going up, take it from someone that has had to que for petrol for over 72hours more than once just to fill his car up. Just be glad you can get it

**Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:23 am

Aytron, I was behind 3 cars at Asda a few weeks ago I know how I you feel mate :lol:

Neh joking aside, I love driving etc and like you say the price could never take that away but how much I earn and the need to pay the rent sure does!

**Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:56 pm

man you guys are so lucky to get 200 to 300 miles from your cars. my one gives me only 190miles on full tank and thats really squeezing it out of her.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:27 am

bugsy wrote:

man you guys are so lucky to get 200 to 300 miles from your cars. my one gives me only 190miles on full tank and thats really squeezing it out of her.

maybe you should do something about the trail of petrol behind your car

**Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:14 pm

MrKikker wrote:

bugsy wrote:

man you guys are so lucky to get 200 to 300 miles from your cars. my one gives me only 190miles on full tank and thats really squeezing it out of her.

maybe you should do something about the trail of petrol behind your car

I dont have a leak though?

**Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:22 pm

Automatic car, driven in London...never going to be good fuel economy

**Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:38 pm

i guess your right mark

**Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:40 pm

bugsy wrote:

MrKikker wrote:

bugsy wrote:

man you guys are so lucky to get 200 to 300 miles from your cars. my one gives me only 190miles on full tank and thats really squeezing it out of her.

maybe you should do something about the trail of petrol behind your car

I dont have a leak though?

was kidding

urban driving kill fuel economy

**Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:23 pm

oh sorry my bad :lol:

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