Litre/mile

Chally_Rai · Post by **Chally_Rai** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:25 pm

I've tried googling this to no avail...

Does anyone know on average how much petrol a 1 litre MK3 uses?

Now im driving i need to budget...

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:29 pm

35-45mpg depending on your driving style.

Chally_Rai · Post by **Chally_Rai** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:52 pm

omicron wrote:35-45mpg depending on your driving style.

hmmmm 4.55 litres in a gallon...

40/4.55 = 8.8 miles

8.8miles per litre....litre costs about 85p here...

So.. its near enough 10p a mile in petrol....

If my maths serves me correctly...hmmm

Chally_Rai · Post by **Chally_Rai** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:01 pm

I dont think my driving style is quite right

i could almost see the meter going down as i was driving! it was painful!

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:23 pm

tell me about it, my petrol light came on once so i went home to get some money to get some petrol, when i got in the car the needle was like half full. was well confused, so wasted about 4 pounds of petrol going home lol

Chally_Rai · Post by **Chally_Rai** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:28 am

haha oh dear!

the problem with mine being that i think it was telling the truth!

is it true that you use up tp 60% more petrol going 80ish than you do going 70mph?

i think that may have been my problem? I have also since heard that old VWs are renound for fuel guzzling....?

vdubit · Post by **vdubit** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:22 pm

My gt does 410 miles on Â£33 (full tank). Although this is probably no comparison to a 1litre. 10p a mile nowadays is quite hard to acheive, so i was well impressed by the gt. My gti does 28mpg!

edjohnson · Post by **edjohnson** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:36 pm

blimey, im lucky to get 275 miles out of my 1043cc mk3 on Â£30!! thats if im driving enthusiastically between leicester and birmingham, but on country lanes.

410 miles on 33 quid seems a bit steep. thats like 47.5mpg, in a gt? you must have been going very steady.

and you can get 45 quids worth of petrol in a mk3 tank if your empty, very empty

Jackman · Post by **Jackman** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:46 pm

I get between 250 - 300 miles to a tank (between Â£27-Â£33 depending where i fill up) in my gt, been chipped and de-catted.

Got a injection fault though.

minis84 · Post by **minis84** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:37 pm

After finally getting my GT running properly, and on the last fuel fill up, I got 41mpg - which is exactly 10p to the mile. Mind you, that was with V-Power, so with normal fuel it'd be even cheaper!

edjohnson · Post by **edjohnson** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:59 pm

yeh, i still think nearly 48 mpg in a gt is a bit too good to be true

PoloLover1990 · Post by **PoloLover1990** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:59 pm

it'll do 45 to the gallon EASY, but watch out for the head gasket, mines just blown! they tend to go at 80k on the mk3!