Alex-Bone94 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) I drive a 1.4s 16v lupo and I put £21 in on Tuesday and I've done 84.7 mile, it's Friday today and I'm almost on red! Is that low or is it just me? I hear people getting 120 mile plus with £20? Advise? Edited March 23, 2012 by Alex-Bone94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Dont waste your time putting pence in, brim it and then see how much you get to a tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex-Bone94 Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Only had that on me at time and was on read haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim8 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) I drive a 1.4s 16v lupo and I put £21 in on Tuesday and I've done 84.7 mile, it's Friday today and I'm almost on red! Is that low or is it just me? I hear people getting 120 mile plus with £20? Advise?I take it this is your first car? Most of the time MPG is all about how you drive a car, Trashing it or driving without reading the road properly will always give you bad MPG. I'm not saying you do drive badly but i know when i first passed my test i had lead feet. Edited March 23, 2012 by jim8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusgrant Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 the only way to really tell is fill it to the brim, do as many miles as you wish, fill it up again. from the amount of fuel you put back in, together with the amount of miles you do, you will be able to work out an actuate MPG figure once you've worked out the MPG, if it is terrible then there probably is something wrong with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggled Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 My bro in law is still only getting 10mpg 6 months after passing his test. He says his driving instructor told him it was better to over rev than to labour the engine as at least he wouldn't stall that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 I cant think of any of the usual 'first car' choices that would return 10mpg on a public road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom3112 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 I know this is irrelevant because I have a 1L but 20 quid can get me about 150 miles, 37 quid to brim my tank from red and get about 290/310 from a full tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim8 Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 My bro in law is still only getting 10mpg 6 months after passing his test. He says his driving instructor told him it was better to over rev than to labour the engine as at least he wouldn't stall that way Whats he driving to only get 10mpg, I've had a few sports cars lancer evo 4 , MX5 1.8s and a couple more but all did more than that even when driving quickly, so he must be driving a hell of a car or his has something wrong with it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blister Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 i was getting 10mpg out of my turbo supercharger 1430 190bhp a series running a dizzy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max West-York Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 10?! I struggle to drop below 15mpg in the VR, probably because its too low to drive spiritedly enough to drop my mpgusually sits around 24-26mpg daily use and as high as 32.5 and thats out of a 2.9L running roughly 200bhp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkle G'sif Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I know this is irrelevant because I have a 1L but 20 quid can get me about 150 miles, 37 quid to brim my tank from red and get about 290/310 from a full tankA 30litre fill on my SDi gets me over 400miles... thats pushing 70mpg.... and I dont even try! (altho I dont rag it everywhere)I'm sure if I could be arsed, and had the time to take an extra 10minutes for every journey, I would break the 70mpg barrierHowever its true that driving style has more impact on fuel efficiency than most other factors (excluding a bloody great hole in your tank )G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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