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Offline AlanD

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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #30 on: 24 July 2007, 18:32 »
lol I think thats for the best.

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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #31 on: 24 July 2007, 18:37 »
Rhyso, you can join Ridge with Satan.

LMAO

Out of interest, what's the yearly tax on the 1.8T?

according to parkers the 150 is 192 and the 180 is 204 guess the 20 valves help it to burn more effecently

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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #32 on: 27 August 2007, 10:49 »
Allreet, no other fecker has answered this point, so here goes:

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Overall got 385miles with 15 miles to go on the Fuel trip.

Took 51 Litres to fill her back up

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Another thing I've noticed is that I'm usually getting the computer to add up to 400 miles

e.g

Fill the Tank up and reset...(comp shows 360 - 410?)
Drive a while and that figure will level out to around 380
When the trip comp shows 100miles, usually 300 miles left
When the trip comp shows 200miles, usually 200 miles left and so on...

I do drive smoothly but I also, once in a while, put my foot to the floor, good to let the car know what it was designed for!

Righty, the fuel "range" in the trip 'puter works by calculating only the last 20-30 miles of "useage".  So if you wait until the fuel warning pings, and drive a few more miles before finding a filling station with the correct brew, you will naturally find yourself "backing off" and driving more economically (to prevent running dry in your quest for V-Power or Tesco 99).

When you eventually fill up, the puter now knows you have a full tank, and calculates the range based on your "good boy" economical style.  However, when "normal service resumes", ie pedal to the metal, the range will start to recalculate downwards at a more rapid rate.  :nerd:
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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #33 on: 27 August 2007, 10:57 »
perhaps the people in the flood hit area's ,might like that comment just at this time! :smiley:

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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #34 on: 27 August 2007, 11:03 »

Righty, the fuel "range" in the trip 'puter works by calculating only the last 20-30 miles of "useage".  So if you wait until the fuel warning pings, and drive a few more miles before finding a filling station with the correct brew, you will naturally find yourself "backing off" and driving more economically (to prevent running dry in your quest for V-Power or Tesco 99).

When you eventually fill up, the puter now knows you have a full tank, and calculates the range based on your "good boy" economical style.  However, when "normal service resumes", ie pedal to the metal, the range will start to recalculate downwards at a more rapid rate.  :nerd:

....That explains everything! I never run my tank much less than a quarter full before filling up, only see 300 miles on the display when full, and never seem to display better mpg than about 29 if I'm lucky!
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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #35 on: 27 August 2007, 13:26 »
On really fast highway runs (speed most of the time 170-190, going up to 230 at times), my 30 drinks 13l/100km.

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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #36 on: 27 August 2007, 15:49 »
....Nurnberg > Munich A9 autobahn: Overall average speed displayed as 90 mph and mpg as 22.
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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #37 on: 27 August 2007, 15:53 »
....Nurnberg > Munich A9 autobahn: Overall average speed displayed as 90 mph and mpg as 22.

13l = 18mpg. How is 22 possible???

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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #38 on: 27 August 2007, 15:56 »
....Nurnberg > Munich A9 autobahn: Overall average speed displayed as 90 mph and mpg as 22.

13l = 18mpg. How is 22 possible???

....Sorry but I don't quite understand. Where's the "13l = 18mpg" info come from? (not from me).
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Re: Fuel consumption............
« Reply #39 on: 27 August 2007, 15:57 »
....Nurnberg > Munich A9 autobahn: Overall average speed displayed as 90 mph and mpg as 22.

13l = 18mpg. How is 22 possible???

....Sorry but I don't quite understand. Where's the "13l = 18mpg" info come from? (not from me).

I used some kind of Internet conversion tool. It gave me 13l = 18 mpg.  :undecided: Is it american mpg then?