miles to a full tank of petrol

15th May 2007, 23:42

is it just my car or do all 1.4's miles to a full tank suck ass, im doing about 300 surely that cant be right?

or is it and im expecting too much ive owned my saxo for a good 8 months now and its never really bothered me until my brother pointed out that hes does 300 to a third of a tank (he does drive a diesel!) makes me want diesel or should i not be thinking such impure thoughts?!

just sucks to do such little mileage to filling up with £35 a time

is this right and can anything be done to improve this?

ps my right foot isn't that heavy i just drive my car pretty much average and don't rag it

thanks in advance

15th May 2007, 23:47

i got a 1.1 and £24 of petrol gets me 300 miles

15th May 2007, 23:50

not sure mate, i did a test the other day and got 85 miles on £10 in my vtr with full s/s system de-cat and 4-2-1 manifold, and i do rag it quite a bit, but compared to ur 300 miles on £35 in a 1.4, seems a bit strange? are you sure no Jippos are syphoning ya petrol?

15th May 2007, 23:53

i get around 320 in a 1.6 vtr, and i use the gears!!

15th May 2007, 23:58

i get about 320 in my 1.4. dont worry about it. where do you get your fuel from?

16th May 2007, 00:01

Don't worry about it buddy. In my 1.4 on a full tank, I get about 400 miles and that is if I drive very carefully. No ragging (well not too much) and not going fast around roundabouts makes my fuel guage drop (tis odd).

On £10 of petrol I can only get 100/130 miles, what does yours do?

16th May 2007, 00:08

i get 220 miles

16th May 2007, 00:14

I dont know about full tank cos I can never afford one but i get around 85 miles from a tenner from my 1.1 but that is town driving as i deliver chinese takeaway so constantly stopping and starting

16th May 2007, 00:30

I got 320 miles out of my VTS this week i am very happy with this.

16th May 2007, 00:45

my west gives me 110-120 miles to £10 and thats driving hard when i feel like it and mostly start stop driving delivering pizza's..

16th May 2007, 00:57

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Originally Posted by sambarker

I dont know about full tank cos I can never afford one but i get around 85 miles from a tenner from my 1.1 but that is town driving as i deliver chinese takeaway so constantly stopping and starting

it works out cheaper to fill up than keep putting little bits in at a time.

16th May 2007, 01:04

cheers for you're responses guys!!!

i fill up at sainsburys because i get nectar points might aswel cant even think of a use for them but they're free!!

i feel bit better knowing that its not TOO bad but do you think that servicing my car may help it ya know replacing old parts with new and all that (i dont know what happens in a service!!)
what do you think will it help?!

16th May 2007, 08:18

i can get bout 4-450 out of a tank in my vts

16th May 2007, 08:22

depending on the way I drive a full tank minus the filler neck I reckon I could squeeze 300miles or just over but thats being really carefull.

Im happy if I can get through the week with only filling up once so I just take it as it comes really. I can honestly say I think my mpg increased with the lack of interior ie rear seats and other plastic items in that general area. Reckon my Steelies will make a difference as well now as they are much lighter than my S rims

16th May 2007, 08:27

lately on shell unleaded am getting 390! 10 miles motorway a day and 20 raking it on the stage

Before was serviced i got 250ish then after service 290ish adjusted my driving a bit 340 and since used shell fuel i get 390 used it for last 4 weeks now, only started using it as was cheaper than tesco!

16th May 2007, 08:35

240 miles to 30 quid in the VTS.
some of it was accelerating hard though

16th May 2007, 08:36

sainsburys petrol is grade 2 fuel so u wll get lower mpg. i get bout 100-150 on a tenner in my 1.4 and thats not foot downall the time but i have got a little bit of a heavy football on big roads. and little tight roads

16th May 2007, 10:23

ok you really are going to need to spend a bit of time working out if there is an issue. Forget monitoring your car on miles per tenner as its not really accurate. You need to work out your mpg and monitor the type of driving you are doing. I fill up every week and fill to the same point (two clicks on pump) By filling up to the top I know how much I used then work out the mpg from the odometer.

To see whether you should use a diesel you will need to do a bit of guessing but first you need to work out how much you are roughly spending a year.

Then you will need to guess an mpg for a diesel but 45mpg + is not too bad for town driving for a small engined diesel. Then you need to work out how much you would pay at 1 or 2pence per litre more than petrol, but also find out how much insurance and tax will be. Big engined diesels are usually more expensive.

You will find that you will probably need to do do a lot of miles to break even. I runa diesel as I am doing 30k+ a year. I spend £50 a week!!
Currently I am using V-power diesel at 99.9p a litre! because I can get better mpg that ofsets the price difference between regular and v-power

16th May 2007, 10:29

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...ight=mpg+guide

maybe of some help.

16th May 2007, 11:59

cheers everyone! i think ill change the air filter and oil filter give the engine bay a bit of tlc must admit i have been neglecting it over the winter cheers guys

much appreciated!

16th May 2007, 12:22

i get 200 mile to a 40 pound full tank if i flog it all the time, although if i drive sensible i get around 350

16th May 2007, 14:08

lucky you, i used a tank in 160 mile last weekend!!!!!!!

16th May 2007, 14:13

ive had 320 miles to 30 quid in the VTS before.

16th May 2007, 14:16

iv had 350 but was driving like a granny lol

16th May 2007, 14:21

i use v-power and get 350miles to 40quid

16th May 2007, 14:35

i used safeway petrol and used to get 400+ miles to a tank from my vtr and record was 472miles.

16th May 2007, 14:50

Fook!! How do you drive then mate??? Can anyone top that?

16th May 2007, 22:00

I get around 600 miles out of my 1.1 saxo !! thats a full tank

16th May 2007, 22:07

how the hell do you manage that?

16th May 2007, 22:09

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Originally Posted by Saxoboiiiiiiiii

i use v-power and get 350miles to 40quid

thats poor, do you have a furio aswel?? unless you rake it all the time

16th May 2007, 22:10

Driving mainly on country roads and ragging it a bit I did 300 miles on half a tank driving to skegness and back. And then the traffic came and it was all downhill from there.

16th May 2007, 22:12

well let me tell you a story its like this,
for the first 100 miles i go down hill, for the 2nd 100 miles i coast the vehicle, the the 3rd ,4th ,5th and 6th hundredth miles i start my baby up and run her like normal.
its bloody handy living at the top of the hill. LOL

16th May 2007, 22:14

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for the first 100 miles i go down hill

Where you live? everest?

16th May 2007, 22:17

Only joking its good to have a laugh

I get around 420 miles when i drive normally and wen i kane the arse outa her i get about 380

LOL
PS any one live round bournemouth area ??

16th May 2007, 23:56

even when i take my time in my vtr the best i have had is 320 ish !!