Thirst For Fuel - Or Not In This Case

[ianv5]

Might be worth checking your actual speed as well, you will probably find you are driving slower than your speedo is indicating! Tried this yesterday using the readout on my Satnav, speedo was reading 80mph and GPS reading which I suggest is more accurate was reading 72mph!

 

[Cherie]

That's normal. Speedos always over-state your speed.

 

[crystalpuma]

Why do you hit the rev limiter? :?

Because it's fun!!

 

[yippeekiay]

Might be worth checking your actual speed as well, you will probably find you are driving slower than your speedo is indicating! Tried this yesterday using the readout on my Satnav, speedo was reading 80mph and GPS reading which I suggest is more accurate was reading 72mph!

That's well out, mines a lot more accurate but gets slightly worse the faster I go but to give you an idea....mine read 131 in Germany and my sat nav said 127
Nice to be able to say that legally....lol

Think my wheels & tyres are actually slightly bigger than standard 15's which may help towards my speedo being more accurate.

 

[pumapilot]

At an indicated 70mph, my sat-nav says i'm doing 67mph

 

[Shimmyhill]

I set an all time record in mine of 260 when light came on, when i filled up a few miles later it was still only 35 litres. That had one decent run, my normal drives are 11 miles max and many only a few miles so i accept lower MPG.

End of august i have 220 miles each way trip so im hoping to see a big jump in MPG on those runs !!!

 

[yippeekiay]

You'll do it easily on a tank at around 60 if you can be arsed to drive that slow for so long...lol

 

[nc-duke-alike]

went away last week in devon so its 250 miles from me had a full car of stuff and a 4x3 trailer on here at did 60 all the way and used only half a tank. managed to get £39 of fuel to do 398 miles before the light come on. and thats towing so i wonder what it would do empty lol

 

[yippeekiay]

Good man - glad to see someone else getting great mileage from their tanks as I'm sure people don't believe me....lol

 

[pumapilot]

I managed 335 miles on my last tank of petrol, and still the light never came on, this tank lasted 326 miles, last 10 with the low fuel light on, and that was after driving 150 miles to Devon, then driving around for 2 days as well.

 

[nc-duke-alike]

I managed 335 miles on my last tank of petrol, and still the light never came on, this tank lasted 326 miles, last 10 with the low fuel light on, and that was after driving 150 miles to Devon, then driving around for 2 days as well.

not bad

 

[pumapilot]

not bad.

Mostly A road driving, 70-75mph indicated, also following Devon drivers, eg flat cap/hat and 40mph regardless of speed limit