HOWS THIS THEN....
JUST BEEN DOWN TO WATFORD FOR THE WEEKEND AND CALLED AT A VILLAGE PUB ON THE WAY DOWN FOR SOME GRUB,ALL THE WAY BACK TO BRADFORD VIA KT GREENS IN LEEDS AND CLOCKED UP 397 MILES BEFORE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON (£38.95.TO FILLUP).HAVEN'T WORKED OUT EXACT MPG BUT MUST BE GOOD.
POWERMAN

 

Can't be a Scoob Turbo surely

 

YES IT IS
DBM MY00
POWERMAN

 

Get in it your turbo aint working or someone has stole your engine and put a diesel in.

I am lucky to get 400 out of two tankfuls

400 is very good going

[Edited by chrisp - 2/17/2003 8:28:56 PM]

 

98% MOTORWAY DRIVING AND YES THE TURBO DOES WORK BUT DROVE MOST OF THE WAY AT JUST BELOW TURBO KICK IN AT 2900RPM AND A VERY LIGHT FOOT,WHEN I DRIVE ON NORMAL A OR B ROADS FUEL CONSUMPTION IS BELOW 200MILES TO A TANK FULL.
POWERMAN

 

Your not driving hard enough!!!!!

Should be able to burn twice as much as that - easy!!

Stu..

 

Not bad at all!

I can't even do that in my Focus!

You do need to drive it harder though

 

I get about 185

 

I average about 250 sometimes getting to 275

but it's fun

cheers
Steve

 

That can be right are you using a big cone filter and running seriousl lean

MB

 

Best I've got was 330 miles off 50 litres - that's 30 to the gallon.

 

At current rates, you've got 40 to the gallon.

Are you sure no-one refilled it whilst you weren't looking?????? That's unheard of!

 

I get into more debt everytime I drive mine

Best I got 220 miles, usually 190 -200


Ricey

 

I think 300 mls MAX from a tank and that in itself is a miracle. Were you putting it in neutral to coast down hills or just forget to zero the milometer properly?? A few too many pints in the pub lunch I reckon otherwise get on the phone to Norris McWorter

 

i get at least 220 and at most 250-260 on 50ltrs or optimax + booster

 

Well, explain this:-

26mpg if I have Optimax or ESSO super in the tank AND have a very smooth drive with cool power delivery and very little 3000RPM hesitation

AND:-

20mpg on NUL and runs like a bag of nails, sounds rough, 3000RPM hesitation very noticable

Surely it shouldn't be THAT obvious - but it is with me!!

Pete

 

Are you sure you don't have an LPG tank in the boot...

 

LPG?

I ALWAYS have LPG!!!

Lower
Petrol
Gauge

Pete

 

when the lovely petrol crisis was on I drove my scoob like it was a sunday school transport angel and I got 385 to the tank, no turbo, it is a turbo, and no silly business, it was the most boring week of my life but it is true, if you are able to restrain yourself from using the power of your car give it a crack and see if you can beat it.........

 

oh, this was urban, not motorway driving!

 

I have got 340 miles from a tank and that was 60-70 on motorway/dual carriageway with no sudden acceleration.

Even then the light came on and cost me £42 to fill up. Obviously it wasnt Optimax that Powerman was using. Or if it was he gets it significantly cheaper than the 79.9p a litre I pay for it.

Usually hooning around and short trips see 200 or less from a tank but I bought the car knowing it would drink fuel faster than bestie used to drink pints.

Simon.

 

52 litres went back in when my local station got a delivery, for a benchmark

 

What powerman forgot to tell you is that he was on the back of a RAC wagon for 220 miles.

 

P1 Fanatic powerman is as tight as a ducks @rse it won't be SUL or optimax. Sorry powerman but it's true

 

Got 384 miles from one tank on a motorway jaunt from Watford to Harrogate and back in a day, average speed around 75-80 mph in an 02 bug-eye WRX, took 49.84 litres to fill up = 35 mpg

How shocked was I ???

Never done it before, or since. Usually around 230 - 250 per tank

Hooley

 

Just got back from a skiing trip - 4 up, full load of gear etc. Hammered (judiciously) at times (well OK, quite a bit), stop and go at others (), with very little plain old cruising and was ssssshocked to fill up and find a 10km/litre performance That's about 28mpg I believe

 

<Iceman style cough>
Bullsh!t



400!! The best I've managed is 280 from a tank. Good going that man

 

GENTS
THE SCOOBY WAS FILLED UP TO TOP OF THE NECK WITH STANDARD 95 RON UNLEADED FORM ASDA.THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT,NO WIND, +4 DEG,NO TRAFFIC JAMS.I AM SURE THERE WILL BE A FEW OTHER STANDARD SCOOBY TURBOS THAT CAN MATCH OR BEAT THIS, JUST BE GENTLE WITH THOSE SIZE 9'S.ROADRASH THIS APPLIES TO YOUR STILLETOS YOU F@GGOT..
POWERMAN

 

Best I've 400km to a tank of Shells finest optimax and I was seriously impressed, presumed it was cause I wasn't driving hard enough...yeah right... 400miles eh I don't dis believe it, i'll have to give that a go if I EVER get the patients to do it...

 

Haven't you got it yet? Powerman's economy comes from having his ignition and fuelling settings as the best possible as a freak by-product of his ECU being affected by the electrical field radiating from his computer's "Caps Lock On" light.