Big Jase Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) went on a decent drive today...over 300 miles...the lupo gti did rather wellon the motorway i sat at 80 all the way (sat nav reading 75mph)then on a roads just at the 60 limit...car did 310 miles until the red light! a good 70-80 miles more than i usually get.... i thought the fuel gauge had broken worked it out and it seems around 43-44mpg well chuffed with that... think i might have got high 40's or maybe 50 if id cooled my jets on the Mway and sat at an indicated 70mph... around 65mph in real terms Edited February 18, 2011 by Big Jase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper_GTI Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) I drove from coventry to Wales (130 miles) last week at 60mph the whole way.I still had OVER a quarter of a tank in it when i arrived! Normally i sit at 90mph and it takes just over a half tank. It makes a huge difference just changing your speed by 20mph or so.My 4 branch manifold/decat seems to have improved fuel economy! Edited February 18, 2011 by Cooper_GTI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethlloyd Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 That's mint.Off to Lincoln in a bit (118miles) so I might see how frugal I can be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 351 was the most i saw from my Arosa, that was the day i got my new custom gearbox fitted. 5th gear all the way from Kent to cumbria 70-75mph at 2500 revs.Custom gearbox sounds exciting, did it set you back a lot?I really wish my GTI revved lower in 6th or had a 7th gear to be used on motorways only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 You can judge how good its going to be by the half tank mark!!I hit 200 miles at half a tank yesterdayFrom the half to the red its about 100 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 £495 plus my old gearbox. Worth every penny, old gearbox had a very hard life realy. Survived 93k somehow though. That's very interesting, I may well consider talking to whoever did yours about getting a custom 'box for mine, seems a reasonable price!Do you mind me asking who did yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jase Posted February 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 At 80mph in 6th its nearly touching 4k revs lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 At 80mph in 6th its nearly touching 4k revs lolI know, it's mental, I'm sure there's room for an 'overdrive' 7th gear to bring it down to 3000 or less.The 1.4 75BHP models rev at exactly 3000rpm at 70mph and I thought that was spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 GTI's are pretty good if you just cruise steadily.A few times I've had 97 miles before the needle moved off full. Really annoyed it didn't quite make it to the 100 mile mark. And I'm sure I've had about 350 miles til the light came on.Just sit at a constant 70mph on a long drive and it's surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I constantly hit 300+ on motorway trips. So long as Mr ColinG isn't pushing up my "bum"!!! ...makes up for the 180 I see more regularly on my road trips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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