jim16v

and ive seen how you drive the m3

not forgotten , will popround saturday afternoon if you are about, fitting my new brakes after work so will drop you a text when im done.

zs_phil

iTrader: (1)

i agree i love the way my car responds after v power but i live about 15 miles from the nearest shell and only about 5 miles from tesco so its easier ,but when i feel like a drive i go to shell

Blueblaster

Excellent, my favourite subject. Essentially you're screwed. 85 miles is spot on for £20. Don't for one minute think you're going to make any significant improvement to your fuel economy. There seems to be a noticable difference between the lighter classic and the newage models, but other than that the differences are all down to the type of driving you're doing.

I don't mean to be rude to other posters, but you have to take claims of 300+ miles to tank with a pinch of salt. If you are only putting in £20 a time then you obviously aren't doing long journeys. There is no way you're going to get the equivalent of 300 miles to a tank without sitting on the motorway at a steady 70 mph (ish).

I'm scoobynet's resident boring bugger when it comes to fuel economy and general running costs of cars. From the tone of your original post you sound like a regular guy that could really do without spending £20 on petrol every 85 miles. I would think very hard about how much more comfortable life would be if you could save a couple of hundred quid a month on running costs. Inexpensive to run does not have to mean boring.

Blueblaster

Think about this. I get 600 miles for 45 quid. I drive like an old grandad, but am richer and less stressed as a result.

pauld37

Averaged 26mpg on my last tank full

prestigesec

Fair enough mate, am lucky where i am i have 3 al within 5 miles of me and even better one of them has just reopened after being shut for months getting new tanks fitted so hopefully means no bad fuel with a bit of luck

Flaps

iTrader: (1)

I've an 04 WRX with exactly the same mods as you. During the week (when it's mainly just used to get to work) I get about the same as you do. I wouldn't worry about it mate.

Blueblaster

Or maybe he should