alessandro Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Just come back from the petrol station, before I filled up the fuel gauge was just below the 1/4 tank line, filled up £ 40 of Octane 99 and the indicator went up between the half and 2/3 of a tank line, after 5 min drive I got home and the indicator went up a bit more towards the 2/3 of a tank line. Is this normall? but more importantly, is that all I get with £ 40? I tought that because I stiil had 1/3 of a tank £40 would have filled up the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 ha ha yes thats all you get for £40 i filled up from empty and that costs £75 it aint cheap and that will only do about 400 miles as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Just come back from the petrol station, before I filled up the fuel gauge was just below the 1/4 tank line, filled up £ 40 of Octane 99 and the indicator went up between the half and 2/3 of a tank line, after 5 min drive I got home and the indicator went up a bit more towards the 2/3 of a tank line.Is this normall? but more importantly, is that all I get with £ 40? I tought that because I stiil had 1/3 of a tank £40 would have filled up the tank If you had just less than 1/4 of a tank, that's not a 1/3rd left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nurrish Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 This is one of the main reasons i brought a cheap run around. Haven't to to cringe every time i got to the pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 i only really fill up once a month, my milage is quite low, so its not so bad. plus last year i got used to putting in a tank of diesel a week with my old car doing 500 miles a week. so this is reletivley cheap now compared to the £240 a month i was spending on fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun1982 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Normal fuel cost me £53.50 to fill up & that was from just under the last quarter.On 3/4s of a tank i did 290 odd miles.Dont know if thats good or not though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 So..........what is the differenc in the tank sizes between the JDMs and the UK specs - Jay informed me today the JDM tank is smaller but none of us knew just how much smaller it is...................? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 uk spec is 70 litres i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 according to the manual, my 313 has an 80 litre tank. I know I put £71 in last week and it hadn't got so low as to set off the low fuel light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 according to the manual, my 313 has an 80 litre tank. I know I put £71 in last week and it hadn't got so low as to set off the low fuel light. Yup it is 80L - just interested how much the JDM holds.............anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Coops Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 My mates BMW E36 M3 EVO has covered 137K and is on an R plate but it is just as quick as my Z but so so much better on fuel than the Z why is this? coops p.s. £75 is the norm for me too The z does sound good tho lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I think the JDM holds 70 litres and the UK car 80 litres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I think the JDM holds 70 litres and the UK car 80 litres. think you might be right, might have got my models mixed up. forgot that on the pumps it usually shows about 74 litres on the pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokedog Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Normal fuel cost me £53.50 to fill up & that was from just under the last quarter.On 3/4s of a tank i did 290 odd miles.Dont know if thats good or not though 290 miles from a 80 litre tank That's 16mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 i average 25mpg, when on north weald airfield day i got 10 mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun1982 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Normal fuel cost me £53.50 to fill up & that was from just under the last quarter.On 3/4s of a tank i did 290 odd miles.Dont know if thats good or not though 290 miles from a 80 litre tank That's 16mpg. Mines a JDM,might of helped to add that .lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic-39 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 you got 10mpg--last track day i managed 8.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 you got 10mpg--last track day i managed 8.3 it was only an airfield day, so the car probably only did about 15 runs in the day, each just over a minute, so say about 20 mins worth of hard driving 8.3 is impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 My mates BMW E36 M3 EVO has covered 137K and is on an R plate but it is just as quick as my Z but so so much better on fuel than the Z why is this? Weighs about 7 tonnes less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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