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Offline andykram

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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #40 on: 18 May 2010, 19:30 »
Quote from: nadlad on 17 May 2010, 23:01
Quote from: andykram on 17 May 2010, 22:53
Seen a couple of these GTDs now parked up in Leeds City Centre and I must say they look very nice. It'll still sound like a tractor though first thing in the morning which is why I abandoned diesel cars for the GTi.
I managed to just about scrape 400 miles out of the beast's last tankful but it's usually getting iffy around 360 ish. The fact that I might have got an extra 150 miles out of a GTD doesn't interest me in the slightest - I know which car I will have enjoyed more!!!

getting 150 more out a diesel doesnt intrest you? but driving your PETROL gti like a old fart to scrape 400 miles out does?

So **** off back to your **** Mk4!!!
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #41 on: 30 May 2010, 21:59 »
Time for me to eat some humble pie.... I've just got 441 on a full tank.
Long motorway drive Manchester to North London (just inside M25) - a little bit of town driving then back up north.
Set cruise control to 69 there and back - no jams but a couple of 50\60mph roadworks but easy drives!
Computer stated ave mpg was about the 44mpg mark.
Very impressed as no way thought i'd ever get above 400 miles for a tank - but wow 441 at 70mph is good!!!
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #42 on: 30 May 2010, 22:04 »
Quote from: JellyCat on 30 May 2010, 21:59
Time for me to eat some humble pie.... I've just got 441 on a full tank.
Long motorway drive Manchester to North London (just inside M25) - a little bit of town driving then back up north.
Set cruise control to 69 there and back - no jams but a couple of 50\60mph roadworks but easy drives! Computer stated ave mpg was about the 44mpg mark.
Very impressed as no way thought i'd ever get above 400 miles for a tank - but wow 441 at 70mph is good!!!

It would be nice to know what you are driving. :rolleyes:
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #43 on: 31 May 2010, 19:26 »
GTi mk6 manual - 5 door (also had air con switched on for the duration. For the m way drives - used cruise control for basically 99% of the time).
Had a fair bit of weight in the back (pram \ large case baby stuff etc etc) and had to fold down one of the rear seats to accomodate.
Thought we'd take the GTI to see how it was on a longish trip - very impressed fantastic drive, much better on m way than the mk5 was regarding noise levels etc.

It reinforced one thing to me - could never buy another car without cruise control.
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #44 on: 01 June 2010, 20:25 »
Huh.  I thought I was doing OK when I got 390 miles brim to brim this week.

Rolfe.
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #45 on: 02 June 2010, 16:15 »
filled up this morning, it went to 420.  10 miles later it was at 375  :laugh:
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #46 on: 02 June 2010, 18:35 »
Quote from: matchboy on 02 June 2010, 16:15
filled up this morning, it went to 420.  10 miles later it was at 375  :laugh:

The range means nothing!  It chops and changes depending how hard / light you press the pedal!
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #47 on: 02 June 2010, 18:52 »
Quote from: JellyCat on 30 May 2010, 21:59
Set cruise control to 69 there and back - no jams but a couple of 50\60mph roadworks but easy drives!
Computer stated ave mpg was about the 44mpg mark.
Very impressed as no way thought i'd ever get above 400 miles for a tank - but wow 441 at 70mph is good!!!

Could be wrong but guessing that 69 indicated on the speedo is nearer 66 mph. My speedo in the GTD over reads by around 3 mph based on TomTom.
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #48 on: 03 June 2010, 09:28 »
Quote from: p3eps on 02 June 2010, 18:35
Quote from: matchboy on 02 June 2010, 16:15
filled up this morning, it went to 420.  10 miles later it was at 375  :laugh:

The range means nothing!  It chops and changes depending how hard / light you press the pedal!

i know, i don't pay any attention to it really, i just find it amusing that within 10 miles according to the computer i've done 45 miles!  trouble with having a lead foot!!
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Re: Miles per tank?
« Reply #49 on: 07 June 2010, 12:49 »
I love it when the miles range goes up by 5 during a journey (using Tesco 99 Ron Super Unleaded and doing 70mph all the way); which means time for a quick blast on the roads.  :laugh: (Yeah, I know, with a GTI I shouldn't be worried about petrol consumption.)

From my experience, I've also found the onboard CPU miles range fairly accurate through sensible driving, even down to the last 15 miles in the tank.   
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