How far does your petrol go?

Re: How far does your petrol go.............

1992 Toyota Starlet 1.0

35 litre tank - does 300+ miles of country driving in
summer time.
Drops to 270 in winter - longer choke period I guess.
 
Re: How far does your petrol go.............

I just bought a 2002 Honda Civic Type R and on the 1st tank of petrol i only got 160 miles! However I took it easy and got 320 on the next one.
 
92 Toyota Camry 2.0l TD Auto(Jap import)
50litre tank, about 52-54 quid to fill
490-530 miles to the tank depending on how hard i drive it.
 
I had an 04 Renault Laguna 1.8 petrol and was onoly getting 28-30mpg. The car litterallly pulled itself into every petrol station it passed!!!

Have changed to an 06 Focus 1.6 diesel and am doing about 50mpg. This includes sittng in some city traffic but mainly country driving. Huge difference
 
Surely a big factor here will be the style of driving - e.g. stop/starting around town versus out on the open road?
 
My Renault Megane Classic 1.6, 99, 130,000 km's seems to be improving with age!

I can normally drive 800km's before the lamp for the 50L tank starts blinking, so basically 800km's/ 47L or so.

17km's/ Litre

I normally drive easy on a 40-50km stretch of 70-90 km/h zones
 
Parker said:
Hello ,

I posted this earlier but I posted a reply and it dissapeared ?

My query was Im only getting 200-250 mpg out of a full tank in my mitsubishi lancer 1.3 but during a conversation my neighbour is getting 350+ out of his 1.6 toyota avensis

Im just interested to know in what other posters drive and how many miles there covering on a full tank ? Ive been interested in looking at a diesel toyota aygo just for the commute to work that does 600 + miles to a full tank.....

I drive 1.3 lancer.........250mpg to a full tank.....40 quid
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The problem with that is you both have different tanks sizes, different weight in the car, different journeys and different styles of driving. Some cars are designed for more performance, others for comfort, and some for economy.

We've a 2L petrol saloon that does 44mpg on a long run but usually 20~25mpg in traffic. It can go much lower if traffic is really heavy. But its consider a sports model so theres a more economical 2L and smaller engines available.

Also the cost of some diesels (purchase and running costs other than fuel) is far far higher then a petrol car. So you have to do the maths to see if its worthwhile. Some diesels are pretty much the same cost as the petrol.

Also consider that if petrol cost is a big burden a smaller car can be cheaper to run, service and repair, insure, tax, parts labour, simply because its smaller. They are usually simplier and thus less to go wrong. Less money to lose in depreciation etc.

Basically consider the whole cost of running a car, fuel is only a part of it.
 
1998 Skoda Octavia 1.9tdi
About €50/tank (so assuming 40l tank?)
550 mpt = 62 mpg
 
I have an 07 BMW 116 (petrol) and I get about 500km in the city and about 650-700km on the open road out of 55l tank.
 
To get an accurate idea of how far your petrol/diesel is taking you, you need to fill the tank to the brim, reset the trip meter and driave away. Then, next time you re-fuel, again fill it to the brim and take note of how much was required to fill the tank and the mileage since the previous fill.

Saying you get X miles from a Y litre tank isn't accurate unless you start from full and drive until you run out, which is not a good idea on a number of fronts. The empty mark on the fuel guage does not correspond to the tank being empty, they all have a reserve.
Leo
 
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