nik52wrx

I'm about to embark on a 500 mile round trip in the Impreza and am curious to know what its likely to cost. 95% of the journey will be cruising on motorways which is something i dont usually do.
I know my car isnt the most economical thing around town but that doesn't bother me, i just wondered how they performed at a constant 70

I don't know the offical figures so i'm guessing around 22mpg.

Nik.

scoobygez

i would say roughly £80 quid in fuel???

Palmo

Would say that the 22mpg is an average 'around town' figure with a mix of driving thrown in.

At a steady 70 cruising (constantly off boost) mine returns approx. 35mpg . Full throttle blasts in the mid range soon see this drop though. So, if you're after reasonable economy (or as reasonable as it gets in Scoobyland) then self restraint is needed!

Palmo

edited to delete duplicate post - don't know how that happened?

Palmo

That will more than cover it - if driving at a steady 70 I'd say £65 ish. If driven harder you could soon go way over though.

scoobygez

suppose it all depends on how your driving??

nik52wrx

Around 70 in top on a motorway

stevebt

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i think you will be lucky if you can do it on £80, i have just done an 800 mile drive in mine and i cruised at about 80 ish and i spent £170 on fuel

bob r

iTrader: (46)

i did around 310-320 miles around 70mph on a tank( i think about 55.00 )
so i estimate 85.00.max

cookstar

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Around £70-£80.

You will NOT manage 500 miles without playing at all

BlueSimon

Im averaging 25mph in my sti 05 with mixed driving. Also managing 1 bumper per 6k so far

Simon

simo

I did 550 miles the other week (Milton Keynes - Cardiff - Preston then back) over 2 days and most was motorway with the average speed 50 - 70 to Preston then 70ish home and the car did 25mpg total (the MK-Cardiff-Preston run saw 28mpg ) Never seen more than 21mpg before & will probullary never see more again

scoobymy01

i just done 400 mile round trip in mine and it cos me £80 ... i could have done the journey on a full tank if i took it easy on way home but no fun in that :-)

JPS3290

I rarely do Motorway journeys but when went to Alton Towers last year with a boot full of luggage and booze (for the weekend) and 3 passengers i sat at a steady 70mph all the way with one or 2 80-90 overtaking blasts and averaged 27mpg over the 500 mile round trip.

That was in a standard 02 STI Type UK. Normally i get about 20-25 on country lanes. Bit of a shock as my CTR would do 40+ on motorways