999.9 MPG!?!?!?!?

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 5:06 pm

Does that sound right to you?

My CC gave that reading when I was going down hill!!!! Seems very strange!

What fun

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 6:03 pm

down hill doesnt use much fuel, it was off the scale..... try with moving along above 20mph and put your foot on the clutch ... same effect

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 6:11 pm

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:22 pm

Tigger another good trick it to rag the nuts off the car, and see how many miles it is until you need fuel - when you drive sensibly again you will soon see that you have a greater range than before.

You can actually MAKE petrol!

LSainsbury · Post by **LSainsbury** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 9:16 am

Ha! Yeah - the fuel counter makes me laugh....the other day - 63 miles to next fill-up....drove for nearly 40 miles and it said 61 miles to next fill-up.....great!! What with that and the fuel gauge not reading correctly it's a wonder that I manage not to run out of petrol!

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 11:30 am

After my oil change last weekend, I'm now getting 350-400 miles per tank instead of 300-350.

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:30 pm

After my oil change last weekend, I'm now getting 350-400 miles per tank instead of 300-350.

Please tell me you've got a 1.6!! I have a 2.0 and am lucky to get 300 out of a tank. Car has done 7500 miles and I'm running Optimax which I thought would have in increased the miles per tank!

toot · Post by **toot** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 1:40 pm

After my oil change last weekend, I'm now getting 350-400 miles per tank instead of 300-350.
Please tell me you've got a 1.6!! I have a 2.0 and am lucky to get 300 out of a tank. Car has done 7500 miles and I'm running Optimax which I thought would have in increased the miles per tank!

I'm in a 1.6 and, at first, I was getting 270 miles out of each tank. Now I get about 300-310 before I fill up. Living in London, i spend a lot of time in traffic which is using more petrol and as long as you drive sensibly, you'll get more mileage on the motorway.

I get the 999mpg occasionally. Normally when I reach around 70mph then take my foot off the accelerator and let the car slow itself down.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:57 pm

After my oil change last weekend, I'm now getting 350-400 miles per tank instead of 300-350.
Please tell me you've got a 1.6!! I have a 2.0 and am lucky to get 300 out of a tank. Car has done 7500 miles and I'm running Optimax which I thought would have in increased the miles per tank!

2.0l using Optimax and Castrol RX (0W-40). Pretty good, I think

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 4:13 pm

2.0l using Optimax and Castrol RX (0W-40). Pretty good, I think

How do you manage that then??!?!! I don't even drive mine too hard most of the time... Reckon it's worth moaning at my dealership?

symisun · Post by **symisun** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:37 pm

MattB - I've got a 2.0, and up til recently I have also been getting less than 300 miles out of a tank of petrol (hasn't even lasted me a week of commuting - 65 miles a day) but the last couple of weeks its been better - averaging 325-350 miles. Ok so the fuel economy is probably better now that I've stopped doing the 70 miles an hour along the country road bit of my journey - too many speed traps have been popping up!! Had the car serviced a couple of weeks back as well and since then it seems to be more fuel efficient. Dread to think what the fuel economy will be like for the rest of the week though cos given the weather report for the weekend, I'm going to be driving everywhere with the roof down!

LSainsbury · Post by **LSainsbury** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:46 pm

Does having the roof down really make that much difference to the fuel economy?

How much in terms of knocking off miles per tank?

Lee

BTW - Some of you may recall that I was made redundant in Jan - well - update - last week I got myself a new job! I start on Wednesday....a nice 25 min drive from home....hopfully with the roof down!

CB · Post by CB » Tue Apr 15, 2003 1:22 am

Congrats matey....

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 6:31 pm

I've just been taking it easy the last week or so. If I hammer it, it will knock 50 miles off a tank easily.

BTW - I had my roof down all the way up to the match on Saturday - I managed 250 miles on 2/3 tank.