Miles to a Full Tank

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T77MTG wrote:First tank i got 200miles out of it! :P but now ive been getting about 250 consistently! :/ been averaging like 26MPG, but i do whizz it around everywhere etc haha! not as bad as my dad who costs him 120pounds to fill up and gets 200 miles out of his every time! :lol:
You must have money to burn :lol:
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Edi30 wrote:
T77MTG wrote:First tank i got 200miles out of it! :P but now ive been getting about 250 consistently! :/ been averaging like 26MPG, but i do whizz it around everywhere etc haha! not as bad as my dad who costs him 120pounds to fill up and gets 200 miles out of his every time! :lol:
You must have money to burn :lol:
nooo haha! just need to drive sensibly how can i get up to 40mpg!!!!!!! :0 not going to happen haha! im always accelerating fast etc :(
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I just got 360 miles out my 1.2 60 SE .... pathetic!! All I did was town driving too
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I usually get 490-520 miles out of a tank with a 1.4 SE. 75% of the driving is motorway/ fast A road. My avergae mpg per tank according to the trip comp is about 62-59mpg. Thats driving at a decent 60-65mph as I cant get much faster on that A road (A42) due the rush hour traffic. I use Shell Vpower and I have cruise control.
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Paul87 wrote:I usually get 490-520 miles out of a tank with a 1.4 SE. 75% of the driving is motorway/ fast A road. My avergae mpg per tank according to the trip comp is about 62-59mpg. Thats driving at a decent 60-65mph as I cant get much faster on that A road (A42) due the rush hour traffic. I use Shell Vpower and I have cruise control.
That sounds impressive what are the official figures?
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Offically they are 35.3mpg urban 60.1 extra urban and 47.9 combined. Im not sure why my car is so frugle, to be honest it was a shock to me when I started this new commute 2 months ago I expected a much lower figure.
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thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car :x
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daydotz wrote:thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car :x
Time to change then?
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daydotz wrote:thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car :x
Ok, so based on a UK Gallon, (4.55litres to the gallon) that's around the 8.4L /100km, based on you filling up 40 litres or 8.75 gallons. If you're not fanging it everywhere, thats a pretty high figure! Well, for the last tank anyway. I drive under the ISO standard test average speed (40kph average speed) apparently and give the car a bit on the odd traffic light get away or traffic gap, maybe once a week go for a 50% spirited drive and now, after 3200kms (2000 miles) I am generally averaging around 7.1-7.4 L/100kms, aka 39-38.1mpg.

I used to get slightly worse than that with my old Mk4 Golf which had the 1.6l AKL engine....
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daydotz wrote:thought id update this a bit

my gti's last few tanks
294.5 37.8mpg
349.2 39mpg
234.9 36mpg

todays figure 319.7 34mpg


i hate this car :x
That to me sounds pritty damn good. Im usually gettin around 280-290 miles to £50 of shell, which for a performace petrol i thinks pritty good. 1.8T 20v polo gti (stage 1 revo) used to struggle gettin 200 miles, and was set to run on shell vpower. :(

Think you need to buy a dirty diesel if you think thats bad. :D
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6R BM 2011 - 680 miles (35 left on MFD) £46.67 to fill up - Happy Days :D

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i would love another diesel 55mpg 500miles a tank cheap tax the problem is for the miles i do it was more expensive to run
it may not feel it but im no worse off or maybe even a bit better off overall

sometimes its best to stick with what you know id have been more happy in another clio :oops:
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It's a fine line between performance and economy, you need to remember you've opted for a high performance car. The MPG figures, to say it performs as it does are very very good. There aren't many cars out there that perform the same as a Polo 6R GTI and have the same or even similar mpg figures without getting a high powered diesel.
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AJ_7 wrote:It's a fine line between performance and economy, you need to remember you've opted for a high performance car. The MPG figures, to say it performs as it does are very very good. There aren't many cars out there that perform the same as a Polo 6R GTI and have the same or even similar mpg figures without getting a high powered diesel.
I agree, my GTI is averaging 42-45 MPG per fill up which is amazing considering the performance which does get used when required. To make a significant improvement over these new petrol engines the only model worth going for is the BlueMotion.
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Edi30 wrote:
AJ_7 wrote:It's a fine line between performance and economy, you need to remember you've opted for a high performance car. The MPG figures, to say it performs as it does are very very good. There aren't many cars out there that perform the same as a Polo 6R GTI and have the same or even similar mpg figures without getting a high powered diesel.
I agree, my GTI is averaging 42-45 MPG per fill up which is amazing considering the performance which does get used when required. To make a significant improvement over these new petrol engines the only model worth going for is the BlueMotion.
Definatley, I have a 1.2 TSi and on a combined cycle i'm averaging about 48 but I do tend to give it some stick every so often :D So for a GTi to produce those figures I think is amazing!
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