LG John

I recently got 320 miles out of a tank from my modded MY99 and I used the right foot a fair bit too! I tend to get about 260 miles though

Jolly Green Monster 2

Simmo2,

No problem, whether it works I dunno..

I think the best place for the wire is a stereo system shop as you want it pretty thick wire.

JGM

LB4

Had the car for 2 months now, MY00 Wagon and have had 24 to 25 mpg every week, i usually do around 250 miles each week and the guage normally gets down to 1/8 left.
Try not to think about how much more i'm spending on fuel compared to last car!! ..... have always used Optimax but today for the first time had to fill up with Esso SUL, which is 2p a litre more round here than Optimax!!!

Simmo2

Phil

You have red lights!!!!LOL

Sorry mine is a 95 don't think they had thought of red lights then

When i fill mine up it tends to be just above line for empty and i guarantee it 45 litres.

Pete

Dave_A

I've not had mine long, but I seem to be getting between 250 and 275 miles to a tank full. It really depends on how you drive it, if you tend to only give it some welly on a few occasions during a journey, and the rest of the time drive it gently then it's not too bad. Certainly seems more economical to run it on optimax, to the tune of about 20 extra miles out of the tank full. Oh, and I fill up when the needle drops to just below a quarter, not when its resting on the bottom

MY99 (standard)

Cheers
Dave

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

dont know about exact milage as cant be bothered to work out but i did 480 motorway miles last weekend on round trip to alton towers and i just managed it with £80 worth of super unleaded
the moral is if you want good mileage buy a cinqucento as youll be too embarassed to drive it

4wdrifta

Sorry chaps but why on earth are you all discussing who got the most mpg out of their scoobies??? If its such a concern why did you buy one in the first place? To get "good" mpg out of one you either have to drive on the motorway (boring straight stuff) or drive like the proverbial grandma. I say be happy with the icon of a car you guys own cos people like me who arent quite there yet (Clio 1.8 16V) are quietly destroyed every time one of you drives past. By the way i'm 28 and in the process of buying a new house. Once me and the missus have moved its Autotrader/Top Marques time.

Jolly Green Monster 2

4wdrifta,

Because if I drive it like a loon all the time and get really crap MPG then it will cost me more than I can afford and I'll have to sell it you muppet..

and some of us have to travel 600miles a week so have to use motorways..

Or did I not realise that because I have a scooby I have to use an A/B road all the time?

I'd rather drive like I have Miss Daisy in the car most of the week and like a loon one day a week than run a Clio..

JGM
JGM

4wdrifta

Sorry I spoke

Jolly Green Monster 2

Sorry but I thought you were having a go..

JGM

4wdrifta

No way was I having a go.

Theres nothing more I'd like than a set of Scoobie keys in my pocket but what with imminent house move its been put on hold for a while. Oh well, one day soon.

Dave_A

I think for a number of people, the sheer joy of owning a scoob more than compensates for the running costs. For those of us that do have to use the cars daily to get to work we don't really want to drive at 10/tenths all the time and suffer the extra running costs. I for one would prefer to pootle off to work at a lesiurly and cost effective pace, and save the juice for times when the roads are quieter....

Just my opinion....

Cheers
Dave

4wdrifta

I really didnt set out to offend anyone.

I'd better watch what I say from now on. Signing off!!!

Again, sorry chaps.

chrisp

4wdrifta I agree with you mate if you want economy buy a diesel .

Everyone wants the power, sorry but no pain no gain.

If you think I am having a go, well tough .

Cheers

ChrisP

18mpg and a permanent smile every mile

scoobyfella

Hi lads

I get about 300miles to a tank driven steady out of me MYOO.

UHF

we've missed the point of this conversation now, the point was, i DO own a scooby, and was feeling the bad consumption in my pocket and wondering if anyone had any ideas as to how I might improve this from any angle. Dont moan at me for buying a scoob and then moaning about it because i'm NOT! i'm just asking if I can get a little better economy!

Phil Harrison

UHF

If you look at the first two or three replies, you'll see there's a couple of ideas - namely oxygen sensor and right foot! But, as I've pointed out "210 miles to a tank" isn't a measure which you can reasonably compare with others, so you can't tell whether your consumption is out of line or not!

Fill it to the cut out, zero the tripometer, run it for a week, refill to the cut out, divide the number of miles by the number of litres. The answer ought to be close to 5.5 in my considerable experience with two "classics", frequently (but not always) backed by others' posts when they've done the conversion to mpg (or miles per litre as I've offered it here)

You speak of "commuting".... Clearly, if there's lots of heavy traffic work in high gears this will affect your consumption. However, my figures are for relatively free running and I've no feel for how "commuting" might affect things.

"210 miles per tank" might actually be about right for your circumstances.... but I agree it sounds on the low side!

I respectfully suggest you conduct the exercise set out above, and then take your view.....

Cheers

Phil

UHF

yes, going to start up my spreadsheet again, I forgot to mention there was a lot of good advice amongst all of the stupid replies, sorry!

Jolly Green Monster 2

Hello,

Did the earthing mod last night..

Stopped at Halfords and bought three battery leads..

A 24inch one for 3pounds something and two 18inch for 2.79..

Took all of 10minutes to bolt them on..

Car seems much more responsive off boost and ran alot smoother when cold this morning and once warm.. no difference when on boost..

I shall see how the fuel economy is altered although that wasn't really the main reason for doing it..

JGM

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

This always comes up. If u do alot of commuting in heavy traffic with lots of stops and starts, it kills the consumption! 210miles per tank is fine UHF dont worry about it. This is exactly what I get with the same type of trips.

GAZZ SCOOBY

..Nothing to do with scooby economy but just showing you the other end of the scale 4 fuel economy.

I sold my scooby a year ago and i purchased a Peugeot 306 HDi 3 weeks ago and wow.. bloody fuel it doesn't use it.
I've done 700 miles in it and it still has 1/4 of a tank left in it, I dont drive all that slow either. The car is fairly fast and reasonably nice to drive.

I DO MISS THE SCOOBY BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE TRIPS TO THE PETROL STATION !!



Gazza

GAZZ SCOOBY

..Nothing to do with scooby economy but just showing you the other end of the scale 4 fuel economy.

I sold my scooby a year ago and i purchased a Peugeot 306 HDi 3 weeks ago and wow.. bloody fuel it doesn't use it.
I've done 700 miles in it and it still has 1/4 of a tank left in it, I dont drive all that slow either. The car is fairly fast and reasonably nice to drive.

I DO MISS THE SCOOBY BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE TRIPS TO THE PETROL STATION !!



Gazza

majhaar

Over the 2 months ive owned my MY95WRX i try to get about 250 miles per 40 (never seem to be able to get any more than 40 litres in it even when it appears nearlly empty) litres of optimax and thats mostly back roads around berkshire.

I have found myself driving slower than i used to in my nova but im happy to drive slowly and listen to the sweet burble from the HKS hiper muffler, safe in the knowledge i can easily shake the car trying to get in my boot if i want to.

Mark

JonDBM

I have an mpg spreadsheet covering the 10 months since I bought my
MY99. 99% of time when I put fuel in I fill up to the top and can therefore work out reasonably accurately the mpg.

I have got pretty much 29mpg on long motorway runs which last for 200 miles or so, but usually I get 24mpg with combined driving and 18mpg with mostly urban.

From completely full to the 3/4 full mark, I get about 55-60 miles with urban driving and 90-100 miles with motorway driving.

My overall average from the day I bought it up until today is 23.4mpg

Apart from 1st month, I have run it entirely on Optimax.

As a guide, when my fuel light comes on it takes about 51 litres to fill the tank up to the top.

A few of my "xx miles to the tank" findings:

51.99 litres fill-up after doing 324 miles = 28.3 mpg.
51.05 litres fill-up after doing 228 miles = 20.3 mpg.

Having said all of the above - I do not alter my driving style one bit to try and gain any mpg, this is just data I can easily collect with minimal effort everytime I fill up.

Cheers,
Jon.