Myles

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.......is what I achieved on a 400 mile run up to Scotland on Friday. 29.1 mpg back down today, which is strange as its downhill from Scotland to Oxon!

madmerlin

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still avg 30+ m8... got to be happy with that

Big 'D'

Hi mate hope you are well, surprising the return in mpg you get even from modded scoobs, I managed an average of 31mpg in my 3.0R Outback returning from Scotland the other day and made it from West Glasgow to the Asda wallmart in Swindon 380miles in one tank with fuel to spare, was well chuffed with that.

Cheers Iain

p1kris

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WOW! What's your secret? What power are you running?

bioforger

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This post means nothing without stating car model, any mods, type of driving. I'm guessing you used low to no boost n staying off the brakes as much as possible

Dave-W-

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well done on the mpg

but can't of been much fun

rolexwrx

Have had my 54 plate blobeye standard wrx for 6 weeks and love it
have given it the odd blast and do 34 mile round trip to work and back
and have got 30 mpg every week so far

i have never filled the tank but do put 45.4 liters (10 gallons) every fill up
and have got to 300 miles every time (30 mpg) 310 last week

Myles

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I dont think it means nothing, it is an Impreza after all. In any case, for your viewing pleasure, its a bug wrx runing a vf35 with about 310bhp, I stuck at round 80 and the M6 was busy for about 30 miles only so as you guessed it, no brakes mostly.

Iain and DaveW, the drive was ok really, as I say 80mph, and got a tad lost round Glasgow (could have been dangerous!!). The last 20 miles or so to Loch Lomond were stunning, and I opened the car up a little.

bioforger

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yup no boost, congrats

Myles

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So, in your infinite wisdom, should I be averaging 40mpg off boost? No, didnt think so.

jaygsi

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24mpg classic impreza putting me foot down now and then.

bioforger

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eh??

No, you sbe averaging about 30mpg off boost, on a motorway, trip which is what you did. All I'm saying is, I don't see why you are surprised and making a post of it, when its been done and said before.

...seamus...

I remember learning at school that due to the weight of glacial ice in the north the uk is sloping upwards from north to south - so you'll always average more fuel over a long distance from north to south regardless of what hills you drive up and down on both journeys

brendy76

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Just over 32mpg for me doing 240 miles last weekend to Donegal including some brisk driving on the way up. not bad for a self mapped 300+bhp wrx.
Should we make a club?

Myles

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I have never seen 32mpg before, and I was rightly surprised for that very reason. That is why I made a post of it.

To the mods, if I am being wasteful with bandwidth with my post please feel free to remove it.

chocolate_o_brian

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I averaged just over 34mpg when taking a trip from Scunthorpe to Lancashire and back which I was chuffed with Sat at 65 there and back like which was boring but it's a decent drive over the Pennines.

BoozyDave

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i got 36mpg when i led the convoy to remembering richard and 35mpg when i went to brighton last year

anything over 30mpg is good going. the way i usually drive i get about 22mpg

we are going to brighton this month again, i might try to get 40mpg

Carlh

Wow, thats great.

How many weeks did it take ?

bioforger

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and more to the point, what is the point?

Myles

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Why do you come back to comment? On a long lazy journey it is not imperative to average 17mpg is it?

BoozyDave

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It took about 1 hour longer than if I was doing 100mph all the way. Or would you Cain it all the way there with your wife and kids in the car?

bustaMOVEs

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Shoot me if I'm being thick, but how do you calculate mpg as my 55 plate has no mpg on dash just a&b mileage trip.
Regards

Terminator X

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Fill up, reset trip computer, fill again (when empty ish) + note mileage from trip ... you then know how many gallons used vs miles so can calc the mpg

TX.

bustaMOVEs

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Cheers fella
Seems like a long task and probably forget by then lol.
For 2 years now of owning my car I've never calculated mpg or miles on full tank. But it should be good as my mate with 450 vs my 301hp he had half a tank and I had more than 3/4 on a drive together.

mikeWR1

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Shame on you, hand in your keys and walk to the nearest KIA garage....

mikeWR1

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If you got an I phone or Android get the "Fuel Log" app it does it all for you and you can keep an eye on your average mpg. Works well for me

bioforger

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Coz I can, got a problem with that? Its a public forum, you should know that by now.

Obviously not, that would be stupid, but trying to get 30+ each trip would send me into a deep coma each to their own.

Myles

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Who is trying on every trip? I'm sure if you are a Le Mans 24hr driver you can gun it all the way to Scotland with no issues, as can MikeWR1, but I am but a mere mortal who would like to get to my destination with my wife, safely, and without popping into each and every service station on the way.

Crashing because Im giving it some would send me into a deep coma too. Sure you understand.

Oh, and Mike, if I went to a KIA garage, not even they would dare paint a car in as ghey a colour as the WR1!! (note the smiley thing which indicates you don't need to have a hissy fit! (oh and note the second smiley too))

mikeWR1

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no hissy fits here, just plenty of light hearted comments, well it was untill you started the insults.

Myles

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NOTE THE NOT ONE, BUT TWO SMILEYS, THEY GO SOME WAY TO INDICATE NO MALICE.

(WR1 owners are so funny about the colour of their cars )