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coskev

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coskev wrote:

Anyone that gets over 35mpg out one of these cars must drive like Miss.Daisy

bo***cks

Your like one of my m8's,allways adds extra MPG to real figures Thumbs up

Went to Stoneleigh other weekend,just over 200 miles round trip on m/way from me,£50 of fuel and got 270 miles out of it,34 mpg REAL WORLD FIGURES Roll eyes

Don't know why people make out there cars are better on fuel than they really are Dunno

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 21:22

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I get good returns on mine as I drive sensibly 90% of the time. No point wasting fuel and risking getting caught speeding to shave 5mins off my trip home. Wink

Why you no live for 306 EHH!??

I've owned 306's since 1999... I would say I live for the 306. LOL

Mine gets a fair amount of abuse but just not on work runs and that. There simply is no point imo. Smile

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 21:34

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how many litres did that 394 miles take to fill back up?

I didnt fill her up after i only put like £30 back in.

But i generally only fill her up when the red light is on and she normally takes around 48-52 litres. I guess i have a few litres left in her yet but i dont run around with a jerry can in the boot so id rather not run it to empty Dunno

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 21:37

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do about 250 to work and back every week and about a further 30 during the week and every single time i'm getting 280-310 miles to a tank. What's that in mpg? never bothered working it out

just done 320 miles in the v6 coupe and that was £77 to fill it

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 21:38

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honestly3k wrote:

welshpug! wrote:

how many litres did that 394 miles take to fill back up?

without filling back up you never know how much is left so going by the light is a bit pointless, as you've said it can vary up to a gallon which would affect that MPG figure, 394m to 48 litres is about 36.9 mpg, 394m to 52L is 34.2

Kev, I have no reason to add to mpg figures, maybe youre just a s**t driver? LOL

I regularly get 34 from my 8 valve 205 with a cam, its still on winter tyres at the moment and I don't sit on the motorway at 56 all the time, more like 75-80 and plenty of roundabouts and slip roads on my way to and from work.

The same driving from my Cammed ZX gave around 34.

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 21:58

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Kev, I have no reason to add to mpg figures, maybe youre just a s**t driver? LOL

I regularly get 34 from my 8 valve 205 with a cam,

At those figures for the prehistoric old 8v with a cam too!!! Yes

Confirms my suspicions you don't like admitting to yourself your true fuel consumption Thumbs up

Its nothing to be embarrased about,really Smile

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 23:08

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what the f**k are you on?!

why is it so hard to accept those figures?

last tankfull, 42 litres 320 miles, I make that 34.5 mpg.

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 23:21

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kev your car sounds fuxxed mate.

I used to get 30-35, around town, on a bodied gti6 engine...

heck, I get 30-32 out of my disco! LOL

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Posted 15th May 2012 at 23:24

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As I've stated before I can get 380 miles from a full tank running over 450bhp...

I can drive it swiftly and record this fuel consumption. Obviously, if I redline every gear then the car will drink it much faster, however it is possible to drive these cars at good pace and still record decent MPG.

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 06:40

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welshpug! wrote:

why is it so hard to accept those figures?

Because I've owned a prehistoric old 8v,with a fully re-built eng,re-con injectors,refurbed AFM and no way would it do that MPG Roll eyes

dcc wrote:

I used to get 30-35, around town, on a bodied gti6 engine...

Did you do maths in school? Whistle

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 09:53

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my m3 did 7mpg sometimes without much effort. fact. that's why i now live in a box

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That really is impressive. I get anywhere between 320-360 on my LB SC-6.

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 10:00

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coskev wrote:

welshpug! wrote:

why is it so hard to accept those figures?

Because I've owned a prehistoric old 8v,with a fully re-built eng,re-con injectors,refurbed AFM and no way would it do that MPG Roll eyes

dcc wrote:

I used to get 30-35, around town, on a bodied gti6 engine...

Did you do maths in school? Whistle

Keep on dreaming Thumbs up

Why is it so hard to understand the figures?

If only one person was going on about good MPG and everybody else disagreed then it's probably likely that they are not getting that MPG in reality.

However, if the majority are backing up the claims that good MPG is being recorded on a daily basis, then perhaps it's your car/driving style that needs adjusting? Dunno

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 10:08

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On the trip to yours and back stan mine did it on just under half a tank. that is a400 plus mile tank. And rachel want hanging about. Smile

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 10:12

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simple maths;

42 litres, divide with 4.54 (litres per UK gallon) is 9.25 gallons.

320 miles divided with 9.25 gallons is 34.594 mpg.

Hell, I've had 39 out of this beast on a long A-road and motorway run!

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 10:18

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On the trip to yours and back stan mine did it on just under half a tank. that is a400 plus mile tank. And rachel want hanging about. Smile

I wonder if Coskev will believe you though Aaron? Whistle

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 10:59

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welshpug! wrote:

Using this I will give you the exact figure...

55 litres, divide with 4.554 (just to be picky Razz

) is 12.1 imperial gallons.

380 miles divided with 12.1 gallons is 31.4mpg. Yes

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 11:03

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Went to Stoneleigh other weekend,just over 200 miles round trip on m/way from me,£50 of fuel and got 270 miles out of it,34 mpg REAL WORLD FIGURES Roll eyes

Hang on, forget about 'real world figures', let's stick to physics and mathematics. They can be trusted to be correct.

If a volume of a liquid (X) is consumed over a measured distance (Y), then the MPG is worked out using maths: not how much £ you put in first, or when the red light comes on.

It's not negotiable and it's not based on opinion. Whether anyone likes it or not, the maths do not lie.

Therefore, providing the primary school level of mathematics were carried out correctly, the figures are right for these cars in this thread.

The conversion factor is 4.546 (4 SF).

X / 4.546 = UK Gallons
Y / UK Gallons = MPG

Posted 16th May 2012 at 11:30

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^^Good post. Thumbs up

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 13:48

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my m3 did 7mpg sometimes without much effort. fact. that's why i ~~now~~ live in ~~a box~~Manchester

EFA

Posted 16th May 2012 at 13:52

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sold everything i owned and worked hard to get a nice place you spunknugget Razz

we're not all bums here LOL

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M3 + Manchester in the same sentence...

Weren't you *slightly* worried about security? LOL

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 15:11

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stan_306gti6 wrote:

coskev wrote:

welshpug! wrote:

why is it so hard to accept those figures?

Because I've owned a prehistoric old 8v,with a fully re-built eng,re-con injectors,refurbed AFM and no way would it do that MPG Roll eyes

dcc wrote:

I used to get 30-35, around town, on a bodied gti6 engine...

Did you do maths in school? Whistle

Keep on dreaming Thumbs up

Who said anything about not understanding Roll eyes

Fairdos to you if you get 31 mpg out of your SC car Thumbs up

but the SC conversion is wasted on you really,you might aswell drive a HDI for the amount of throttle you must be using Yes

I'm happy with my MPG,I'm not moaning,so why would I want to adjust my driving? Thumbs up

Why have a car you love driving and not drive it Wink

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 19:19

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tompaltridge wrote:

If a volume of a liquid (X) is consumed over a measured distance (Y), then the MPG is worked out using maths: not how much £ you put in first, or when the red light comes on.

No s**t Sherlock! Big grin

Take £50 and divide it by the price per ltr and low and behold you get the amount of ltrs Roll eyes

Not rocket science Thumbs up

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 19:58

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coskev wrote:

Who said anything about not understanding Roll eyes

Fairdos to you if you get 31 mpg out of your SC car Thumbs up

but the SC conversion is wasted on you really,you might aswell drive a HDI for the amount of throttle you must be using Yes

I'm happy with my MPG,I'm not moaning,so why would I want to adjust my driving? Thumbs up

Why have a car you love driving and not drive it Wink

To be fair, you've probably got a point there. I don't really need to use the full range of the throttle to get where I need to be going, except in the odd circumstance. Yes

As for why have a car that you love to drive and not drive it, that's another good point. LOL

Not sure why I took it off the road really, I guess I just fancied a change of scene for a while... Smile

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Posted 16th May 2012 at 20:25

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