Surpised by mpg!

Was a little shocked after I got back after a trip out at the weekend.. for the better!

Now this isnt of course massively accurate or scientific or anything like that but,..

I was dead on half a tank of petrol, drove to local shell garage (2 mins away) filled up £10.00 of petrol (standard 95)

Drove to lakeside (26.6 miles) when went Rayleigh Hight Street (18.3 miles) then back home from there (42.5 miles) Reset my clock before heading off and it read 89 miles when pulling up outside my flat, glanced at the petrol gauge and sat whack back on half a tank again, thought that pretty good going ;p

That's great! I normally get 50 miles per quarter

and when you go out to it in the morning it will have mysteriously gone down to a quarter of a tank

alexwilliams840 said:

That's great! I normally get 50 miles per quarter

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I wish I got 50 miles to a qtr tank. Mines ore like 35-40. Full tank gone at about 160-170miles. My driving style and the fact it runs decat might have a part to play in that though :lol:

I haven't had to fill up since September!!!

Mind you it hasn't come out of the garage either

Normally get about 33 35 mpg.Did a round trip about 300 miles awhile back and drove like a granny.Got an impressive 46 mpg tank brimmed to tank brimmed.

Yea I agree about accuracy with the gauge, first half always goes slower than second on mine and I guess with many others too. And as puma babe said it did dip below the halfway mark pretty soon after driving it again, not pretending to be all like 'this is fact' 'mines most fuel efficient'.. main thing is it surprised me esp as I weren't driving slow or trying to save money, plus had passenger, radio and air con on.

The most I got out of a tank was 580 kms. On average I get about 500 (during winter) -540 kms (rest of the year)

500+ miles out of a single tank, that was my record, think it was 506 or 7 but can't remember now :lol:

Normally got around 50+ to the gallon out of mine but of course living in Scotland there is no traffic so only use 5th gear.

I can beat Blue3...not filled up since last April :grin: