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)

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]

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...
:rolleyes:

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'.

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 ? ? :)

I get 280 urban with Optimax and 325+ at 90 on a motorway run,
my car is more economical at 90 mph than 70mph.MY01.

Zippy

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...

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 :)

it's a scooby, stop worrying about the MPG and drive it :)

I've got a 1992 Legacy Estate Turbo and driving very slow for about 240 miles (a full tank of petrol) it works out at about 22.7 MPG

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:D

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 :D

Regards
TIM

P.S. RRH what are whites ?

And how much does it cost to fill a tank with optimax then?

About 220 miles 93 WRX and its on Empty suspect theres a bit more in the tank but haven't had the B***s to take a risk/chance

TKH-
whites are roads without an 'a' or 'b' classification, but you knew that.
anyway, to what do we owe the pleasure???

simon:D

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 (£250) and does 35MPG revving the nuts off it with the auto-choke stuck on (dodgy thermostat)!

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.

Never worse than 24mpg, and recently as high as 29 mpg !!! Check every tankful because I'm a bit of a stats anorak :D

Have been accused on this board of being a pussy 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

Old MY99 around town 150miles 210 on a run (best ever 230) 50Ltrs
New STi7 around town 30miles 190 on a run 50Ltrs

Tony