Flat4x4-again

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My other, diesel car is in the garage being miserable so I took the turbo wagon up North and back.

I can only remember doing over 300 miles once when I had my Imprezas in the late 90s and early 00's.

Must be getting old, but did enjoy losing a couple of tailgaters by sticking to my 60mph round a couple of tightish bends.

Anyone done more miles ? My worst was 145 by the way...
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Scooby-doo97

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That's good going. Never managed more than 250ish in mine but I never let it go lower than the quarter mark.

Tidgy

i managed 35mpg once on a long run down to bristol late at night doing 55 all the way, but god dam was it boring haha

and 145miles on a tank isnt trying, you need to get it under 100

Flat4x4-again

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would love that !!

Shane

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4 laps of the Nurburgring nearly finishes off a tank, it's about 1/4 tank per lap which is about 12 miles

Vxr2010

i’ve managed 460 miles on a few occasions to one tank doing 70 mph , you have to concentrate but it’s very do able , car is an 05 forester sti , it’s about the same as my monaro 35 mpg out of a 5.7 quite heavily tuned and lower geared diff , 5.7 v8 with 440bhp and the same foot pound torque , it just has a fairly long 6 Th gear so that can do 580 miles to a tank , or 61 miles to a tank if you boot it 🤣🤣

ZANY

RSmatt comes to mind his wrx was/is unbelievable

i get 120 miles off £36.96 never let it go under quarter line ever as mentioned above and I also have a small tank on my widetrack for some reason

Andycat

345 miles a tank... only time ever boring as f-ck ......standard 03 wrx .......50mph A road A15 to lincoln zzz

Vxr2010

i don’t often drive that sensibly , but it’s nice to know on a long run that it can do decent mpg , i go to scotland every so often , my friend said lots of speed cameras and vans so not going to go very quick any way , plus it was great scenery on the way there

Vxr2010

Adding to the above , a good remap on a car makes a lot of difference , as at cruise rpm/speed it can be leaned off slightly , it’s worth the remap v the mpg improvement over a period of time , i expect within a couple of years what you spend on the map is got back in fuel costs , the only problem in a remap how often do you drive sensibly lol 🤣

Shane

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Noticed this on a trip to Germany, friend running a mapped V6 UK Classic with a bigger turbo needed less fuel at the first stop in Belgium than I did in an unmapped V5 UK Classic running a TD04 despite us both topping up in Folkestone before getting on the train.

Neilxr

Did manage 386 on stage 1 tuned classic till fuel light on

and 35 miles to half a tank Giving it beans properly

NOSSY_89

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool driving around the city and I barely get 70 miles out of a full tank. On a motorway run doing about 67mph will get more normally. Think I managed 250miles on a full tank once. I feel like counting in kilometres so the number look higher but then who buys these purely for the economy

Stuart Fordyce

Tempting! I live in South London and my elderly parents live in Glasgow. In the current climate I don't want them getting on a train to see their granddaughter - remap for motorway economy in 5th sounds intriguing...

Anyone ever experimented with low-drag aero?

Vxr2010

Aero , i’ve eaten a few of them , especially the mint one 🤣🤣 but no don’t know what you mean , Richard at FB tuning is not far from you . the further you travel and miles covered the quicker you would benefit by getting it mapped , one of my fsti was remapped by some one else i don’t know who , the other one was done by Richard , power delivery is smoother and better and mpg is a lot better on the Richard mapped car , the one mapped by some one else is going in for a remap/tweak , i’m fine with the power it produces just does not do it as well , secret with fuel economy , anticipate hills up or down , very light throttle and no boost , you just have to plan ahead so it makes a sometimes a boring journey a bit more of a challenge 😁

TECHNOPUG

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I used to do Bristol to Newcastle weekly for work which is ~ 300 miles and I could do it on a tank. It is all motorway but would be 80mph+ excluding roadworks. 330 miles probably max until down to fumes. That was in a high mileage WRX PPP.

I've done many full to full MPG calcs using petrol receipts and it's always 28mpg.

davoid

32mpg just now Lancaster to Edinburgh, TD04 hybrid V5 wagon mapped by Andrew Carr, 2 adults 2 kids plus luggage.

johno01

I’m on 170 miles now with a quarter of a tank left so will probably fill up soon. That’s a 2005 blobeye running 340bhp on vpower only. Not good but I don’t care