OMG.... 35mpg I can't believe it !
26 July 2002, 07:08 PM
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Ok check this out.....
This morning had to go into the office (80ish miles up the M6) so I stopped at my Local shell station and topped up with optimax (Oh no not another Skoda top trump) and I set off....
This evening I stopped at the same Shell on the way back some 167.9 miles later and topped up again 21.7 litres.
Calculation = 21.7 x 0.219969 = 4.77 gallons
167.9 miles / 4.77 gallons = 35.17
I am currently sitting down scatching my head... could someone check the figures for me please.
Oh yeah.... MY99 UK Turbo keeping it between 60 - 70mph Although this was a little hard on the M6 with the stop and start nature of the traffic. I did intentionally start out to see just how good MPG I could get but I was not expecting this, anyone else had similar figures, I didn't crawl along but I was very carfull not to let it go over 3k rpm.
And before you start.... Yes I am just on my way out to burn some fuel and make up for all that sesible driving today.
Ian
This morning had to go into the office (80ish miles up the M6) so I stopped at my Local shell station and topped up with optimax (Oh no not another Skoda top trump) and I set off....
This evening I stopped at the same Shell on the way back some 167.9 miles later and topped up again 21.7 litres.
Calculation = 21.7 x 0.219969 = 4.77 gallons
167.9 miles / 4.77 gallons = 35.17
I am currently sitting down scatching my head... could someone check the figures for me please.
Oh yeah.... MY99 UK Turbo keeping it between 60 - 70mph Although this was a little hard on the M6 with the stop and start nature of the traffic. I did intentionally start out to see just how good MPG I could get but I was not expecting this, anyone else had similar figures, I didn't crawl along but I was very carfull not to let it go over 3k rpm.
And before you start.... Yes I am just on my way out to burn some fuel and make up for all that sesible driving today.
Ian
26 July 2002, 07:25 PM
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My standard MY02 is still tight (under 2.5k miles). I've had 30mpg on a tank, and that was generally going along at 80-85 on SUL, with a bit of A road cruising at 65ish - all along a very long private road, of course 
26 July 2002, 07:30 PM
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never been anywhere near the magic 30 number
i must be doin something right then!
must have something to do with, goin to a job on the motorway and then plotting the best A & B road trip back. It just has to be done;D
i must be doin something right then!
must have something to do with, goin to a job on the motorway and then plotting the best A & B road trip back. It just has to be done
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27 July 2002, 12:59 AM
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Your maths is spot on 
If you didn't fill up to exactly the same level, e.g. rely on pump cutoff which could trigger at a different level, then you might have used 5 gallons which gives 33.5mpg not as impressive but still pretty good.
This is too small a sample to be really accurate. However motorway driving these days at constant (max possible
) 60 gives some of the best figures I've ever had.
If you didn't fill up to exactly the same level, e.g. rely on pump cutoff which could trigger at a different level, then you might have used 5 gallons which gives 33.5mpg not as impressive but still pretty good.
This is too small a sample to be really accurate. However motorway driving these days at constant (max possible
) 60 gives some of the best figures I've ever had.
27 July 2002, 01:19 AM
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27 July 2002, 01:29 AM
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I did 160 miles on 55 litres on my way back from the ring last weekend in the Germany/Belgium part of the run. 12.8 MPG 
I did 260 miles on 50 litres on the same journey once in the UK. 22MPG
Thats the only good thing about our lower motorway speed limits.
I did 260 miles on 50 litres on the same journey once in the UK. 22MPG
Thats the only good thing about our lower motorway speed limits.
27 July 2002, 03:25 PM
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I thought all along that one gallon is 3,78 liters. From my calculation your mileage would be 29,4 mpg. That is still pretty good and would be consistent with staying around 2900 rpm.
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27 July 2002, 03:29 PM
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I generally get about 300 miles on a full £37 tank of Optimax....... I think that equates to about 29.7mpg.......
Thats driven "averagely" Mostly about 4000rpm (80mph) on the way to work with the occasional blast....
Scott
In a Type R
Thats driven "averagely" Mostly about 4000rpm (80mph) on the way to work with the occasional blast....
Scott
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30 July 2002, 04:33 PM
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Best I've seen from my MY00 with PPP on SUL is 260 off a full tank. Normally average around 220. I don't want to know what the MPG as it will make me cry.
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