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Old 28 August 2013 | 11:35 AM
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From a full tank, gotta love it!
Old 28 August 2013 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by winston69
From a full tank, gotta love it!
On a recent trip to Euro Disney, 65mpg.....gotta love that too...
Old 28 August 2013 | 11:42 AM
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Mines more like 22mpg... How the hell you manage that, guess France is downhill from here
Old 28 August 2013 | 11:49 AM
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Its not all bad tho, my bro in law has some jap congo camper van thing, for him to do 380 miles or so it cost him £100 in diesel LOL so were not that bad
Old 28 August 2013 | 12:06 PM
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If I run mine about town with a heavy right foot here and there I can get as little as 160-180 per tank!!
Old 28 August 2013 | 04:04 PM
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Can get 350 miles or thereabouts if I behave. Current tank's hit empty after 170...the north of Scotland has a lot to answer for, including 149ppl for regular!!!
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Its not all bad tho, my bro in law has some jap congo camper van thing, for him to do 380 miles or so it cost him £100 in diesel LOL so were not that bad
Yeah but a tank full, 49 litres cost me £72
So 245miles cost £72, so based on that I'd only get 340miles from £100!

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Old 28 August 2013 | 06:15 PM
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Mines more like 22mpg... How the hell you manage that, guess France is downhill from here
I drove the wifes soot chucker...
Old 28 August 2013 | 06:53 PM
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Well, a couple of weeks ago, I drove from watford to Bournemouth, had the car mapped (race Dynamix), and drove back to watford on three quarters of a tank. I was well impressed.
Old 28 August 2013 | 07:04 PM
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Mmm i went from london to andover last week. 70 miles each way. Did around 10 miles while i was there. Total 150ish miles. Full tank when left home. Had to put a tenner in on the way back to be sure i made it. Lol. Gotta love a meth map
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how much does it cost to fill the tank?
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Originally Posted by angel1368
how much does it cost to fill the tank?
Mines a 60 litre tank its alledged. Ive never got more than 50 in it.
Old 29 August 2013 | 12:57 AM
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Obviously driving like a fairy as I can't get that on a run.

160 around town and 220 on a run

I did a trip to Nurburgring two weeks ago and used £320 of fuel there, a few laps and back

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Ps who buys a SCOOB and talks economy
Old 29 August 2013 | 07:34 AM
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doesn,t matter how i drive mine about 180ish a tank ...

thank god its not my daily
Old 29 August 2013 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by T5NYW
Ps who buys a SCOOB and talks economy
Exactly. It's the same when people complain about high insurance costs .
Old 29 August 2013 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbotits
Mines a 60 litre tank its alledged. Ive never got more than 50 in it.


It's ironic.
The less mpg a car does the smaller they make the tank.

PS by the end of the day I'll know if I've reached the holy grail - 250 miles between fill-ups !
Old 29 August 2013 | 11:19 AM
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Best I've ever had was 275-280 in my spec-c with a 50lt tank, only just made it to fill up and managed to get 49.somethin in it so was very very close to running out, Average 200 to a tank usually and a bit less when playing
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Originally Posted by GAZ2293
Best I've ever had was 275-280 in my spec-c with a 50lt tank, only just made it to fill up and managed to get 49.somethin in it so was very very close to running out, Average 200 to a tank usually and a bit less when playing
I know what you mean.
I'm making a leap of faith today !

The first time I filled up I went manic as soon as the light came on but as I've used it I'm now confident that 'E' = about 4l left (most of my fill-ups have been 46-47 litres).

With rough mpg using Momentum and following a remap I'm getting 5.something per litre, so it should do 260-ish.
I'll probably bottle it and put some in from the can I carry ( ) (which is more often for the benefit of others - think I've only ever run out once).
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Just for info the light usually comes on with approx 10-12L left in the tank and pipes.
Old 29 August 2013 | 02:19 PM
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351.4 miles is the best i've managed! Took 48.78 liters which works out at a rather good 32.7mpg

If you want big numbers can't beat my daily driver, 601.4 miles on 40.52 liters of the black stuff! 67.5mpg
Old 29 August 2013 | 03:08 PM
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This is not my saying, I read it on an RS6 thread but it applies the same for Subarus.
Buying an Impreza and worrying about fuel consumption is like buying a boat and worrying about getting it wet.
Old 29 August 2013 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by winston69
From a full tank, gotta love it!
Show off!
Old 29 August 2013 | 03:50 PM
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I went to the nurburgring a few weeks back. i did there 9 laps and back. So 1300 miles and £320 in fuel. So probably averaged 20mpg or 25p a mile LOL

it was noticeable that I was filling up 3 times compared to everyone else's twice


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Originally Posted by LuckyWelshchap
I know what you mean.
I'm making a leap of faith today !

The first time I filled up I went manic as soon as the light came on but as I've used it I'm now confident that 'E' = about 4l left (most of my fill-ups have been 46-47 litres).

With rough mpg using Momentum and following a remap I'm getting 5.something per litre, so it should do 260-ish.
I'll probably bottle it and put some in from the can I carry ( ) (which is more often for the benefit of others - think I've only ever run out once).
Phew !
254 miles at a cost of 48.2 litres.

Lower than average consumption (for me/it) but it's been mostly 9 mile commutes, a part of which is on a nice B road rat run and a part on a couple of long straight bits

Helps with route planning.

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Originally Posted by GAZ2293
Just for info the light usually comes on with approx 10-12L left in the tank and pipes.
Useful to know. Thanks
Old 29 August 2013 | 08:54 PM
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280 miles on my last tank, motorway driving in my version 5 type r, mixed speeds from 50 to 70ish.
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Originally Posted by T5NYW
I went to the nurburgring a few weeks back. i did there 9 laps and back. So 1300 miles and £320 in fuel. So probably averaged 20mpg or 25p a mile LOL

it was noticeable that I was filling up 3 times compared to everyone else's twice


Tony
Interesting to know as I'm off to Wurthsee next year with my old VR6 lot and was wondering how much I'd need for fuel roughly!
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I went to the 'ring a month or so ago in my 2005 STi, towing a trailer with 2 sports bikes on it and still managed over 30mpg.
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Done a 500 mile round trip the other day and it cost me £100 ,, driving at around 70-80 in my hawk 2.5 and the head gasket is still fine

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I get 250 per tank on my my00 classic turbo for the last 13years


Fast short blasts for that

Once got 300 to the tank on a long boring motorway drive at a constant 60/70



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