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Offline tweed

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #10 on: 24 July 2012, 17:23 »
They use same amount of fuel.
16v just burns better because it turns it into vapour better than the 8v due to the extra valve.

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #11 on: 24 July 2012, 21:46 »
My 8v was crap on fuel, 8v has to be worked harder hence why they are not brill on fuel.

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #12 on: 24 July 2012, 22:01 »
Hmmm, so the 8v's are not that good, I thought they would be very good. As for type of journey.......50 miles A roads 20 miles town per day. A Honda Accord can get 289 miles to £64 doing this and they are 210bhp and capable of 150mph.....Saying that an E36 BMW 328i 6 cylinder which gives 194bhp as standard can do 400 miles to £78, this is A roads and town driving.

My old 328 would get 44mpg on a 65mph run.. tried and tested. And will leave a vr for dust when required

My 328i was good on petrol and was definitely faster than my VR6.  Although my 328i was a handful in the wet.....Some enjoy the back end stepping out, I didn't mind if I was in a large car park but on open busy roads the boxers had a few marks left in them  :grin:

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #13 on: 24 July 2012, 22:12 »
I can get up to about 48mpg according to the trip if I really really try to be smooth, but that's averaging about 40mph!!!
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Offline patryk92

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #14 on: 24 July 2012, 23:38 »
i've done 400 miles on a full tank in my 16v, that was on motorway though

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #15 on: 25 July 2012, 18:06 »
Just got under 39 mpg on my 8v with a car FULL to bursting with camping gear, roof rack full with about 50kg of stuff too, 2 adults & 2 kids. Motorway & a roads.

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #16 on: 26 July 2012, 08:50 »
200 miles to £30  :cool:

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #17 on: 26 July 2012, 12:40 »
full tank in my old 2.0 8v and I would get 320 miles  :shocked:
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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #18 on: 26 July 2012, 12:57 »
150 :angry:

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Re: How many miles to a full tank?
« Reply #19 on: 26 July 2012, 15:26 »
150 :angry:

I regularly saw 350+ miles from a tank in my old 8v.