428 miles to a tank!

[ATTAK Z]

I've done 440 miles on a tank, but that was pushing it a bit

I hope that was down hill Andrew

[evest]

On my joyous weekend commute, I usually get 200 miles on half a tank with a bit left to spare. I only fill up what I need for each trip.

 

Strange thing is - fuel economy is always better on the return trip, which is North to South. Pretty sure I drive similar speeds in both directions though.

 

[scottsoulby]

i took a picture of my mpg gauge reading 6.8 the other day, i kind of liked it but then realised that its a bit expensive

[ATTAK Z]

On my joyous weekend commute, I usually get 200 miles on half a tank with a bit left to spare. I only fill up what I need for each trip.

 

Strange thing is - fuel economy is always better on the return trip, which is North to South. Pretty sure I drive similar speeds in both directions though.

 

uphill/downhill ?

[evest]

Never really looked into it in detail to be honest; I assumed it would be fairly even over the length of the journey, but perhaps it is something like that.

 

Or maybe I do just drive faster when heading home on a Friday night!

[sasha@lazytrips]

You must be driving really slow to get 500 from a tank. Even on motorway with cruise control on I struggle to clear 300 to a tank filled to the brim

 

Not really. I've got an '04 plate and my commute is 95% motorway. The commute is just shy of 60 miles each way. I frequently get 4 commutes + a bit of evening driving + go somewhere local on Sunday/Saturday out of a tank. I never use Cruise Control and we're talking 90-ish (percent of speed limit obviously) on the way there and whatever the traffic dictates on the way back.

[bronzee]

Strange thing is - fuel economy is always better on the return trip, which is North to South. Pretty sure I drive similar speeds in both directions though.

It weighs less, ie less petrol in the tank on the return trip.

[evest]

It weighs less, ie less petrol in the tank on the return trip.

 

I only fill up half tank each way to save on weight.

[Dene8]

I've never filled my tank........

[James B]

60 to a tank?! WTF were you doing, driving at 100 in first gear?!

 

You're clearly not driving hard enough

 

 

The least I've had was 60 to a tank, the most was 422 on a very dull motorway cruise.

[Dene8]

60 to a tank?! WTF were you doing, driving at 100 in first gear?!

 

He was on a track day dude

[Ekona]

That was just the morning session too, I did the same again in the afternoon!

[Hillheaddemon]

I get around 600 km in a tank (372 miles) and average around 11 litres / 100 km (21 mpg) and that's with driving on autobahns everyday and cruising at 180 - 200 km/h.

 

No idea how you get 500 miles or 33 mpg Thought I drove fairly smoothly as well ! with weekends for blasts through twisties

[sasha@lazytrips]

I'm beginning to think that maybe my car has some kind of a stealth mod which I had no idea about judging by the posts of the majority on here.

[Dene8]

I'm beginning to think that maybe my car has some kind of a stealth mod which I had no idea about judging by the posts of the majority on here.

 

It's called your right foot

[MattMe]

I get between 300 and 350 miles per tank on average. HAven't really been keeping an eye on it recently.

 

What I did keep my eye on was the cost to fill it - £77.77!

 

[Dene8]

What I did keep my eye on was the cost to fill it - £77.77!

 

That's why i only fill up in little amounts every other day, don't seem as much......... & i get to see the lovely Bev on the checkout wotsit

[rtbiscuit]

What I did keep my eye on was the cost to fill it - £77.77!

 

That's why i only fill up in little amounts every other day, don't seem as much......... & i get to see the lovely Bev on the checkout wotsit

 

you big tart

[sally]

I get 19 -21 mpg.

 

I did make a post ages ago saying how impressed i was that it had gone up to 27mpg. The 27 was referring to my average speed not my mpg. Oopsie.

[Dene8]

I get 19 -21 mpg

 

Do you have your foot permanently planted to the floor...........?

 

I've never seen mine drop below 25mpg........

[jimbadman]

400+ on a tank is incredible, very impressive. Although when I had mine I was surprised on long drives with a friend who had a EP3 Civic Type R I achieved a better MPG. Smiles all around!

[CMR]

I do 5 miles each way to work and back, then mixed town / A roads driving for the rest of my journeys, average speed is about 25 according to the computer. Get 360 miles to a tank. Could easily see over 400 if even 30% of my journey included motorway driving.

For a 3.5 litre I dont think its bad at all, before I bought the car I was budgeting for 18mpg so the 24mpg I average over the tank is

[spursmaddave]

I don't brim mne and check but about £40 a week does me 250 miles. I recently drove from London to Newcastle and the trip computer went up to over 32mpg, which was nice.

[sasha@lazytrips]

What I did keep my eye on was the cost to fill it - £77.77!

 

 

Last 5 visits to Shell all cost >£90 for me and we're talking 124.9 or less.

[bodyboarder]

I just put in £80 and it didnt fill it up! Money well spent i think