54 miles from £10 petrol

30th May 2011, 17:26

im getting 54 miles from £10 petrol. is that rite or should i be getting more. its a mk 2 vtr on a 53 plate. green filter with enclosed induction and a custom ex

this is local mileage and not motorway. obviosuly i dont rag the crap outa mine.lol

my question is, is this ok

thanks

30th May 2011, 17:41

seems alright

30th May 2011, 17:43

Get a diesel... i get about 120

lol

But that sounds about right, my girlfriends 57 Corsa does about 50 on a tenner

30th May 2011, 17:45

don't forget your getting less petrol to a tenner now

30th May 2011, 17:53

£10 is about 7.8 Litres.

Your doing around 45MPG. Very good.

30th May 2011, 18:01

I get around 24mpg in my cammed vts and thats driving normally

30th May 2011, 18:41

Mine does about 50-55 round town and for a tenner its about 7.3 litres Round here

30th May 2011, 19:49

thats good u no. so mines ok then i guess

30th May 2011, 19:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by coleman258

I get around 24mpg in my cammed vts and thats driving normally

bloody hell man, id be screwing if i was getting that much.lol

30th May 2011, 19:57

that sounds fine to me, i get around 60 miles to a tenner, thats just normal driving and not putting my foot down to much

30th May 2011, 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by coleman258

I get around 24mpg in my cammed vts and thats driving normally

Thats less than i get on bodies and deffo isnt right!
I do around 23 mpg average and that spends 5 minutes idling to warm up every day twice just wasting petrol tbh

30th May 2011, 20:33

That's 33mpg by my reckoning. Ok for urban use

30th May 2011, 21:25

Not a bad MPG,

30th May 2011, 23:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexB

Thats less than i get on bodies and deffo isnt right!
I do around 23 mpg average and that spends 5 minutes idling to warm up every day twice just wasting petrol tbh

I know tell me about it. Any ideas on what it could be? Or is it a massive list of possibilities?

I do have an s1 box which doesn't help.

31st May 2011, 09:39

I get 70 to 75 mpg from a tenner in my 2001 posi blue vtr!, when i bought the car a month ago, i shoved 20quid in to get me back home and then i worked out it did amazing mileage to the gallon...around 180 miles before i put more fuel in!. So far ive done 600 in it and put 80 quid of fuel in so do the maths!, thats about 75 to the gallon!

31st May 2011, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by coleman258

I know tell me about it. Any ideas on what it could be? Or is it a massive list of possibilities?

I do have an s1 box which doesn't help.

ive got an xsi haha

31st May 2011, 10:01

i usually get about 200miles to £30 in mine if i drive sensibly. thats of vpower so less mpg as it costs more

31st May 2011, 10:11

Driven carefully you could get about 60 miles to a tenner at 133p a litre

31st May 2011, 10:12

i get about 17miles to the gallon in the m3 so think yourself lucky

31st May 2011, 10:25

lol at 17 i can get mine down below that if im not being relaxed on the loud pedal lmao!

fuel guage can down down about as fast as the pedal hits the stop

31st May 2011, 10:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by logic_guy

£10 is about 7.8 Litres.

Your doing around 45MPG. Very good.

i think your maths is out.

i make 54miles from 7.8 to be 31.47mpg

31st May 2011, 10:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by lee_saxo

i get about 17miles to the gallon in the m3 so think yourself lucky

But you have the luxury of driving a proper car, so it's not all bad.

31st May 2011, 10:42

I'm happy with mine. £45 got me 350 miles screwing around town.

My Audi s4 used to do 15mpg just chugging around town and 4 if you booted it

31st May 2011, 21:11

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Originally Posted by GurjSagoo

bloody hell man, id be screwing if i was getting that much.lol

If you wanna know for sure, the '10 quid' '50 mile' approach isnt accurate. (well unless you did what im about to say) do the following:

Fill the tank, zero the miles.
Drive say, 100-200 miles then fill the tank again the same as before.
Write down the number of miles you did and the amount of petrol you put in in litres, and the cost per litre.

Go here and enter in the details, will work it all out for you

.

Do it a few times for a good average.

If you want to know why im so sad, and why i actualy did this. I ran a business with the car as a bussiness car so had to keep receipts anyways, and tott down miles done on each fill just for records.

31st May 2011, 21:12

I get 47miles to £20.

31st May 2011, 21:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bikekid450

I get 47miles to £20.

On a VTR?

Something is seriously wrong.

31st May 2011, 21:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bikekid450

I get 47miles to £20.

you can use other gears than 1st by the way.

1st June 2011, 01:26

hi guys im geting around 55mpg just got them magnet fule savers off ebay ive got 4 inline and they realy do work cant belive it seeing is beliveing i guess

1st June 2011, 01:33

For reference my VTR used to get around 35-37mpg around town.

My bora diesel does 50mpg around town

It bores the pants off me though

1st June 2011, 10:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by logic_guy

On a VTR?

Something is seriously wrong.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabbastard

you can use other gears than 1st by the way.

Haha, yeh.

Everyone knows my VTR over fuels like a bitch.
Some days it'll be alright, 128 miles again last night to £20.

Like I said other days I'll fill up £20 3 or 4 times, getting 7-30ish miles to each refill.

People who know me know I don't drive fast either

I put it down to some sensors that are playing up, I do have a problem with the revs hanging at 4K if you rev it, but I think that's the Temp sensor again...

Who knows I'll have my new Engine in soon so I'm not fussed

2nd June 2011, 19:20

Petrol is getting expensive, sounds about right tho

6th June 2011, 17:17

that is 31 mpg. so about average.

6th June 2011, 17:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by lee_saxo

i get about 17miles to the gallon in the m3 so think yourself lucky

Ino, what are they moaning about lol

It costs me the same amount to go to the train station and back twice what it did in my 307 for a whole week.

You get 17mpg and I bet thats when you're really cruising it taking it easy too couse I get 19/21MPG when im taking it easy. If im putting my foot down abit it goes to about 9/10MPG

6th June 2011, 17:24

I get about 350-380 miles to a tank which i thinks quite good but its only 1.4 and its not fast enough!!! LOL

6th June 2011, 18:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by GurjSagoo

im getting 54 miles from £10 petrol. is that rite or should i be getting more. its a mk 2 vtr on a 53 plate. green filter with enclosed induction and a custom ex

this is local mileage and not motorway. obviosuly i dont rag the crap outa mine.lol

my question is, is this ok

thanks

I was wondering the same about a hour ago, i got 57 miles off £10, but.. that's running 4-2-1 de/cat manifold, supersprint 2" race system, raceland enclosed induction kit & green filter.

On average i get about 280/290 most out of a full tank

.

7th June 2011, 20:15

i get arond 50 miles for a tenner ,years ago i used to get that in my xr4x4 wouldnt like to know what it would be now .10 quid doesnt get it off the red in my evo

8th June 2011, 07:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by GurjSagoo

thats good u no. so mines ok then i guess

its very good. i only get that with very very careful driving!

8th June 2011, 07:42

costs me about £12-15 to do 75miles and thats ragging it as im usually late for work

8th June 2011, 11:16

im getting around 330 from my vtr from £50

8th June 2011, 11:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by ash_

get a diesel... I get about 120

Lol

but that sounds about right, my girlfriends 57 corsa does about 50 on a tenner

derv saxo lmfao

10th June 2011, 14:28

driven normally a vtr and vts about 25mpg if you're lucky. purely town driving.

11th June 2011, 14:51

After reading this thread, i put a 10a in the tank and drove how i normally drive which includes a few pedal to the metal moments other than that 60 mph on duel carriageways and sticking to the limits elsewhere...

That got me 75 miles, which i was frankly amazed at!

11th June 2011, 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by coleman258

I get around 24mpg in my cammed vts and thats driving normally

you've got some issues there. I was getting over 40mpg in a turbo'd vts...

my big jap crap gets better mpg than 24 too!

11th June 2011, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psycho18

driven normally a vtr and vts about 25mpg if you're lucky. purely town driving.

lol, if you can't drive maybe....

thats the economy I'd expect from a 2.6l twin turbo!

11th June 2011, 16:48

im averaging 30mpg in mine now, so ye something is up

11th June 2011, 16:48

Cost me about £6.50 to do 50 mile on a 2000 reg mk2 vtr
42mpg ish

12th June 2011, 11:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by maddison_vts

lol, if you can't drive maybe....

thats the economy I'd expect from a 2.6l twin turbo!

You guys must drive like absolute pussies!

Where 40mpg is coming from i don't know!? Citroen themselves put the vtr and vts at around 25mpg for urban driving. Your calculations must be seriously out. I'd expect 15mpg as max for that engine size.

12th June 2011, 15:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psycho18

You guys must drive like absolute pussies!

Where 40mpg is coming from i don't know!? Citroen themselves put the vtr and vts at around 25mpg for urban driving. Your calculations must be seriously out. I'd expect 15mpg as max for that engine size.

drive like pussies or drive properly?

i get 25mpg round town in my 200sx running over 300bhp and that involves a fair bit of 'black line painting'
my saxo gets 28mpg when driven around town with quite a lot of on boost fun

on a run my saxo does 44mpg and the s14 does 38mpg.

my calculations are definitely not out

adz said above he gets 30mpg and i'm pretty sure the saxo gets used mainly as a toy for him so if he's getting 30mpg and so am i and both of us have over double the power saxo than you do then it only points at either your car is in very poor health or you need to take a good look at your driving!

my friend gets 30mpg in a 650bhp 2.6l twin turbo gtr driving to work and back, round town he's still getting what your saxo gets! beginning to see a pattern here?

12th June 2011, 18:27

Can't see how you're getting mpg's on par with diesel engines. Must be something i'm missing here, but my sax has fsh and is deffo not in poor health.

12th June 2011, 18:57

well i am as are many other people, change your driving style and you'll see the same! i don't see how you could get 25mpg unless you are driving flat out everwhere!

19th June 2011, 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psycho18

Can't see how you're getting mpg's on par with diesel engines. Must be something i'm missing here, but my sax has fsh and is deffo not in poor health.

On par with diesels? 1.9 tdi fabia can return 60-70 mpg. Sisters 1.6 diesel clio can get upto 94mpg average, although that was with some very boring driving i must admit.

I get 42 mpg and definatley dont drive 'like a pussy'. Even if i just do my comute to work (nice wide back roads on early mornings, dont have to drop below 85 if i wanted to) i can still return 38 mpg. Hell i got 40 mpg with one long journey at around 95-105 mph (Private race track, going in circles...)

Definatley somthing up with your calcs, as i go by what is used not 'i put ten quid in and the needle got to half a tank'

25th June 2011, 18:19

you boys should get a little 1.1 can get well over 60 mpg in the town not so great on motorways tho

25th June 2011, 19:52

Howv many liters are a gallon???

25th June 2011, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swampthing

Howv many liters are a gallon???

5....

Normally get about 120ish miles from £20 of fuel and I only really boot it on the dual.

25th June 2011, 20:03

Drove 500 miles on about £70 with of petrol. I was very happy with the return!

25th June 2011, 20:28

i drove like a semi cunt... i got 55 miles to 50 quid.

25th June 2011, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heftydanielson

5....

5 liters to a gallon, - that means i'm running around 53 mpg in average...

26th June 2011, 02:42

without being picky and this is off the top of my head, i'm 99% sure its 4.54 litres per gallon.

26th June 2011, 03:14

remember the old days when i would get 330 miles on £30 petrol in my VTR! (2006-2007)

Some of the figures are crazy on this thread, i'd say around 50 miles on £10 is average to expect from a VTR with slight mods..

My civic type r is lucky to touch 40 miles for £10..

26th June 2011, 07:55

I have just got a cammed Vts and I can deffo tell the difference big time to my vtr... Sure it's less than 40 miles to a £10

26th June 2011, 09:50

That sounds about right

27th June 2011, 02:09

People who are saying that 60+ mpg in a 1.1 around town are being slightly optimistic. I drive mine with as little right foot as I can, and return between 65 and 75 miles per £10. Equates to something around the 40-45 mpg mark, which is about what Citroen themselves say anyway.

27th June 2011, 21:21

I get anything frm 45-55miles per 10£

27th June 2011, 21:27

what sort of millage am i suppose to be getting from my s lump, i do notice if i start taking it above 3-4000 rpm my petrol tank starts to get raiped, so rarely do this.
cheers

28th June 2011, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tc24

People who are saying that 60+ mpg in a 1.1 around town are being slightly optimistic. I drive mine with as little right foot as I can, and return between 65 and 75 miles per £10. Equates to something around the 40-45 mpg mark, which is about what Citroen themselves say anyway.

i wasnt being exact but i wont be far off being a student im pretty decent at economical driving, boring as hell like driving like a granny tho