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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: jkp on 04 July 2011, 21:10
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Just had a jaunt up to the Orkney Islands this weekend in the GTD. Filled the tank before I left on the way up, then got off the ferry today and just wanted to get home.
I was going to stop for fuel but kept going, thinking I'll stop at the next one, so now I'm showing 640 miles on the trip, and a range of 0 miles showed for the last 30 miles home. Fuel needle is below the line and wondering if I will make it to the fuel station tomorrow :laugh:
Anyone else ever try to see how low you can go?
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Nah they have short arms and long pockets in Scotland , :grin:
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^^ just like us Yorkshire folk ;)
That is some going though - most I've ever dard to go is around the 550 mark - I think my run on "0" miles was around the same though - got up the next morning and thought will it start <gulp> it did and then when I filled it up I think the tank holds 55 litres and I got something like 54.7 in!!
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^^ just like us Yorkshire folk ;)
That is some going though - most I've ever dard to go is around the 550 mark - I think my run on "0" miles was around the same though - got up the next morning and thought will it start <gulp> it did and then when I filled it up I think the tank holds 55 litres and I got something like 54.7 in!!
On average I get 250 miles to a £70 tank, but I look better and get there faster :evil:
Funny because it's true.......
Jim
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Was trying to balance by miles to go on SatNav and range on display, but that all went south when I decided to get home a bit quicker. From Edinburgh to Gills Bay nr John O'Groats (return) on a mixture of A and B roads, Dual carriageway and motorway. i think as I passed Aviemore I was balanced on miles to go and range and by Pitlochry I was -10 :undecided:
Although it's all downhill to the shell station tomorrow :grin:
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7 litres left from fuel light on. Managed to get a nice 59.3 mpg on a 90odd mile trip one way and 58.8mpg on the way back today, its loving the warm weather.
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I was on 0 when I go home but I've only done 528 miles on this tank - :evil:
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I was on 0 when I go home but I've only done 528 miles on this tank - :evil:
Not even half yet and it has 365 on the clock, the max I have ever had is exactly 400 to half a tank.
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I was on 0 when I go home but I've only done 528 miles on this tank - :evil:
Not even half yet and it has 365 on the clock, the max I have ever had is exactly 400 to half a tank.
the second half goes alot quicker :wink:
i can often sqeeze 57ltrs into mine and its not even been on 0 miles
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Zzzzzzzz - it's all about MPH's really folks :smug:
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Zzzzzzzz - it's all about MPH's really folks :smug:
Tis with a GTI except one of you..... :lipsrsealed:
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Zzzzzzzz - it's all about MPH's really folks :smug:
Tis with a GTI except one of you..... :lipsrsealed:
Got to be Asker :grin:
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110 miles to half a tank ;)
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I've got my eye on you Miss Tiggy. :grin:
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Mine seems to get about 350 - 380 miles to a tank (full to 0 miles remaining on comp)
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I usually get 34.7215482486283 mpg on the way to work and about 32.2936426349 on the way back :laugh:
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I usually get 34.7215482486283 mpg on the way to work and about 32.2936426349 on the way back :laugh:
thats amazing... i get exactly between those 2 numbers! We must live and work at the same place!!!
or you live where I work and I live where you work :smiley:
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I usually get 34.7215482486283 mpg on the way to work and about 32.2936426349 on the way back :laugh:
I know who that's aimed at
:grin:
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All of you drive like grannies. I average 22 mpg. Just imagine how fast I drive. :laugh:
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62mpg and a 750 mile range with my Mrs at the helm of the GT TDI :smiley:
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62mpg and a 750 mile range with my Mrs at the helm of the GT TDI :smiley:
that is a seriously good return :shocked:
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62mpg and a 750 mile range with my Mrs at the helm of the GT TDI :smiley:
that is a seriously good return :shocked:
We're lucky enough to live in the sticks, so virually every journey is unhindered, therefore good for fuel consumption as long as we avoid the rush ten minutes in the morning and afternoon.
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Just had a jaunt up to the Orkney Islands this weekend in the GTD. Filled the tank before I left on the way up, then got off the ferry today and just wanted to get home.
I was going to stop for fuel but kept going, thinking I'll stop at the next one, so now I'm showing 640 miles on the trip, and a range of 0 miles showed for the last 30 miles home. Fuel needle is below the line and wondering if I will make it to the fuel station tomorrow :laugh:
Anyone else ever try to see how low you can go?
Its always a good game, but peeps remember that the law might/could do you for it. Enough of my sensible head.....
.....I gave it a go on the M1 and got a further 15 miles after the 0 trip but then chickened out !!
Red
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I've had an extra 50 miles out the Audi, think it arrived at the petrol station on but mere vapors of diesel.
Did a splat on the continent this weekend, some speeds well in excess of 90mph and still over 48mpg, can;t wait to get the Golf.
Red's right though, can get you into trouble!
Once saw a a matrix display with "Check your fuel" just seconds before a corner on the A42 before I see a guy walking up the off ramp with a petrol can walking away from his car. Guess he knew it might happen, who else carries a petrol can in their boot?!?
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not sure how many miles you can actually get after the range hits zero... but i once left it at the dealers with 0miles on the display to find out.
3 days later I collected the car... and surprise surprise they hadnt put any fuel in. It hiccuped on start up (so i got one of them to follow me to the petrol station 2 miles away) I made it.... although the car hiccuped its last breath as we pulled onto the forecourt. I dont think you can get any closer than that.
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who else carries a petrol can in their boot?!?
Not since the 90's !
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Filled up today showing 0 miles left.
51 litres so if the 55 litres tank capacity is accurate then 4 litres/30 miles to go.
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Filled up today showing 0 miles left.
51 litres so if the 55 litres tank capacity is accurate then 4 litres/30 miles to go.
that sounds about right. Im quite sure you can sqeeeeze in 57-58 ltrs though :undecided: