Petrol consumption ŁEEEK
20 April 2002, 09:47 PM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 47
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Quick Q. With normal average driving - not using the turbo too much, how many miles can you get on a tank of fuel?......and does the last quarter of the tank disappear quicker than the rest, as though some git is following you with a syphon tube? The car in question is 94 WRX (in silver - if that makes a difference)
20 April 2002, 10:35 PM
#2
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 770
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i have 94 wrx, from full (right up the filler tube aswell) i get about 380-400 km(230ish miles). the fuel gauge is not correct on the last 1/4 as when it reads empty (no low level light)it still has about 10 litres in
paul
(edited because i can't spell)
[Edited by ktm1974 - 4/20/2002 10:36:59 PM]
paul
(edited because i can't spell)
[Edited by ktm1974 - 4/20/2002 10:36:59 PM]
21 April 2002, 01:06 AM
#3
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: www.scoobyzone.co.uk
Posts: 2,082
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i have a 99 uk turbo and do around 200-230 miles per tank..
I've noticed urban traffic driving causes it to guzzle fuel and booting it guzzles fuel.
Doing 70mph on an M/Way (or Dual Carridgeway) it seems pretty good - the fuel gauge doesnt move for ages...
I've noticed urban traffic driving causes it to guzzle fuel and booting it guzzles fuel.
Doing 70mph on an M/Way (or Dual Carridgeway) it seems pretty good - the fuel gauge doesnt move for ages...
21 April 2002, 01:22 AM
#4
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 39
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Constant 56 mph=37 MPG
70 MPH= 34 MPG
90 MPH= 24 MPG (theoretical obviously) ;-)
Bad week at work=17 MPG.
I never go under the 1/4 tank mark 'cos I don't want to stir the crap that probably lurks down there.
190 miles down to quarter left sounds about right at average 23 MPG, for standard MY97 'average'.
70 MPH= 34 MPG
90 MPH= 24 MPG (theoretical obviously) ;-)
Bad week at work=17 MPG.
I never go under the 1/4 tank mark 'cos I don't want to stir the crap that probably lurks down there.
190 miles down to quarter left sounds about right at average 23 MPG, for standard MY97 'average'.
21 April 2002, 01:16 PM
#5
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 2,611
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm driving a 93WRX and I manage to get 300kms a tank on a good week..... although saying that I managed to get just over 400 from sitting on the motorway at 80 for hours...
But hey.. who buys a preza for fuel economy ? ?
But hey.. who buys a preza for fuel economy ? ?
22 April 2002, 03:08 PM
#7
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 128
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've been looking at this for a while with my 94 Sti, over the past few months I have managed from 26 to 29 MPG (round about 300 miles per tank).
Has improved lately, since I go four new tyres - must have had the wrong pressures.
I don't drive in cities/towns very often, mostly on national speedlimit roads this will probably help.
Hope this helps...
Has improved lately, since I go four new tyres - must have had the wrong pressures.
I don't drive in cities/towns very often, mostly on national speedlimit roads this will probably help.
Hope this helps...
Trending Topics
22 April 2002, 06:00 PM
#8
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 1,122
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Ha! 300 miles per tank?? I wish...
Wife uses my96 turbo for work every day, across the town, rush hour traffic..6 miles each way engine just getting hot (at least thats a small blessing) and we manage the lofty heights of 21 mpg.
200 miles or there abouts on 10 gallons. Still...gotta have one
Wife uses my96 turbo for work every day, across the town, rush hour traffic..6 miles each way engine just getting hot (at least thats a small blessing) and we manage the lofty heights of 21 mpg.
200 miles or there abouts on 10 gallons. Still...gotta have one
22 April 2002, 10:33 PM
#11
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Just far enough from sunny Liverpool
Posts: 6,963
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
MY01-
mixed driving- no motorway but loads of dual carriageway and roundabouts and a bit of x-country b roads and 'whites'
bloody appalling fuel consumption, between 12 and 19mpg.
big grin though
mixed driving- no motorway but loads of dual carriageway and roundabouts and a bit of x-country b roads and 'whites'
bloody appalling fuel consumption, between 12 and 19mpg.
big grin though
23 April 2002, 09:21 PM
#12
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: like it wet
Posts: 346
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Who gives a s**t what mpg you get think of the joy of speed and Splat i would be very worried with 26 + mpg something is definitley wrong i.e you need to put your foot on top of the throttle not under it
Regards
TIM
P.S. RRH what are whites ?
Regards
TIM
P.S. RRH what are whites ?
28 April 2002, 05:47 PM
#16
Average 260 mile per tank in my 97 UK scoob on normal unleaded. Driving like an old fart in a metro round town works out at about 24MPG, strangely driving like a loony also works out at 24MPG! 90MPH on on motorway gives 27MPG.
My advice. Get a cheap knacker to hack around town every day and use the scooby when your pay packet arrives! Mines a D-reg Nissan sunny (Ł250) and does 35MPG revving the nuts off it with the auto-choke stuck on (dodgy thermostat)!
My advice. Get a cheap knacker to hack around town every day and use the scooby when your pay packet arrives! Mines a D-reg Nissan sunny (Ł250) and does 35MPG revving the nuts off it with the auto-choke stuck on (dodgy thermostat)!
29 April 2002, 02:42 PM
#17
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Gosport, Hampshire
Posts: 498
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
With my 93MY WRX - RA ECU, Full DeCAT exhaust (287bhp) - I get around 200 miles to the tank - doesn't make much difference how I drive it except when I really give it a spanking the fuel consumption increases dramatically - however so does the size of the grin on my face :-)
And yes the last quarter on the guage drops much more quickly anytime I let the needle drop that low.
And yes the last quarter on the guage drops much more quickly anytime I let the needle drop that low.
30 April 2002, 02:22 PM
#18
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 226
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Never worse than 24mpg, and recently as high as 29 mpg !!! Check every tankful because I'm a bit of a stats anorak
Have been accused on this board of being a ***** with the accelerator, but all I can say is I don't get passed very often ! Can't understand road use leading to figs in the teens....these people must always be in the wrong gear and on the brakes as far as I can see.
Cheers,
Richie
MY01 wagon
Have been accused on this board of being a ***** with the accelerator, but all I can say is I don't get passed very often ! Can't understand road use leading to figs in the teens....these people must always be in the wrong gear and on the brakes as far as I can see.
Cheers,
Richie
MY01 wagon
30 April 2002, 05:30 PM
#19
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
aaron_ions
General Technical
1
17 September 2015 10:42 AM