rangerblue

just wanted to see what everyone else thinks of continusly putting fuel in!

Pete

Not compared to my old 430 bhp cossie they`re not no....

rangerblue

do you use it as a every day car?

dan83590

Very. I'm struggling to keep mine on the road at the mo. Just moved house and starting a new business so it may have to go until I can afford it again. £10 worth sees me okay for only 50 miles. Time to put my sensible head on for a few months/years me thinks. Gutted.

scoobynewbie72

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might be worth giving the Maf a quick clean with carb cleaner and reset the ecu,
I cleaned the maf and its made a huge difference.

silent running

It's crap getting 250 miles out of a £50-£60 tankfull. Of course that kind of 20mpg fuel economy comes with the territory. It's not that I expect a fast car to be thrifty. It's just that I'd like to be able to take it easy and get better fuel economy e.g. 30mpg. But it's impossible. No matter how you drive it you do low 20's. Although the flip side of this is you can cruise for mile after mile at 110 on the autobahn and still see 20mpg!

dan83590

Exactly, if you own a scoob just expect low MPG and drive it.

And: Autobahn??!!!??

funkyspider

Surely a lot depends on the mapping. I doubt you said to the mapper that you were interested in MPG. If you have ecutek cant u run dual maps - or is this just boost ? Dual maps is hardly 'fancy technology' these days. My parents Zafira diesel has a 'sport' button which switches maps etc.

swtmerce

A lot depends on the mileage you do each time you drive it. For example, my 98 STI is a weekend car so each time I take it out it goes at least 30 miles. I definitely don't drive like Miss Daisy but I still get an average of 24 mpg. If you do short trips all the time I think the mpg gets hit very hard.

BTW my best is over 30 when I do runs up to Cheshire. My worst was 13 on a trackday.

wrxsti280

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dont buy a scoob then!!!!!!!

rossyboy

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Yeah, that really gets on my **** aswell Except that if I drive around town, its more like 15 or less

james-wrx

Well i have got used to it, after my first week with the car i thought i had a serious leak!
I get 22-25 mpg commuting, more like 15 driving it as nature intended!

thewitt61

my last car was an RX7 so my wrx is fine on fuel to me i get 125 miles to £20 which i think is good for the type of car and the power of it

dan83590

So is the RX7 even worse??

funkyspider

Bloke at work had an RX7. That used to throw fuel into the combustion chambers by the bucket, regardless whether it was going to be efficiently burned or not - made some superb pops and real bangs on the exhaust

Jam Performance

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i use my wrx as a everyday car, its been moderately tuned, i get 260miles to a full tank and thats all off boost driving

dan83590

260? Thats well good..

Jam Performance

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its been remapped and im using a apexi power fc, on the standard w6 ecu i used to get about 240 off boost miles per tank

bec010801

I wish I could get 260 out of mine, the best I've done is just a tad over 200 and that is on a very long run.

dan83590

Tell me bout it. A full tank, £40, see's me good for 200 miles ish..
Normal driving, I can't see the point in owning a scoob if you don't 'drive' it.

silent running

LOL yes I do honestly drive on autobahns occasionally. I'm not one of these people who talk about maxing out their Scoobs on a 'private road'. Just go to Germany instead. A 28 day ban a few years ago for 104mph slowed me right down on motorways and duals in the UK.

ex-webby

With 480bhp on a built 2.5L engine I can still get 240miles...... out of a 50L fuel tank on my Spec C. Must be in the mapping.

Bailey73

I managed to get all the way to Cornwall (210miles) from Swindon on less than half a tank. I got to see 370 miles out of that tank of fuel over the holiday. My car is a 2002 Bugeye and the journey did have some hard driving as well.

Sonic'

I heard you put a block of wood under the loud pedal

I wouldnt advise cleaning the MAF, if you damage it, you can end up potentially losing your engine

andy97

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I can get 300 miles per tank with 380bhp

Sonic'

I have had just over 400 miles from 55 litres, when the car was fairly standard, I think I used the same block of wood that Webby used

The Rig

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i put £20 in eaxh week of optimax and get about 180 kilometeres at £1.01 litre

i coul push it to about 190-200 but id be running on fumes then

RedScoob

"arn`t scoobys juicy!!!! "

Really? I hadn't noticed.......

tezza43

i drive quite hard all time and i get 120 from thirty squid and thats fine by me got 135 from my cav gsi and lets face it for the drive quality whats a few miles lol

no1nutter

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my trip gauge doesnt have a 200 lol never see more than about 170 from a full tank