mpg / miles per tank (boring I know)

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mpg / miles per tank (boring I know)

Postby Dave G » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:37 am

I know this isn't the most exciting subject, but I'm thinking of buying a sol, probably SiR or maybe a VTi. I travel about 65 miles a day getting to work and back so economy is also important to me as it soon adds up over a month. Could you please tell me what mpg you are averaging or how many miles you get to a tank (been told it costs about £31 to fill up) so I can get an idea of what to expect.

I used to own a CRX V-tec a few years ago and seem to remember that it was quite good on petrol.

The more replies I get the better.

Thanks in advance, and hopefully you will help me decide to get a sol!!
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Postby saxman » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:43 am

I get 30-32 mpg in my car


but it's not quite stock ;)
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Postby allymcmurdo » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:47 am

ive got a Sol SiR......do a lot of motorway travelling, but on average i can get 350 miles to a tank. Thats sitting at 70-80mph (honest officer)
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Postby HoopR » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:57 am

about 250 miles per tank :shock:

We've played this game before :evil:
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Postby Dave G » Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:02 am

Thanks for the quick replies!! Is £31 about right for a tank then?
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Postby allymcmurdo » Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:54 am

Yeah, obviously depending on what fuel you use and where you live. Super unleaded is fairly cheap here in S.Wales, dunno if it has any thing to do with the number of refineries here. Ive never put more than £33 in my tank
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Postby HoopR » Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:51 am

£34 of optimax for me :evil:

I'll let you know if my new o2 sensor makes a difference...it fcukin better do :twisted:
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Postby Wizadora » Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:51 am

Approximately £35 to fill up with Optimax down here.

Im getting 250 to 300 miles a tank, on average around 30ish MPG i think, depending on how i drive :)
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Postby Camile » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:38 am

i've paid £37 or £38 for a fill up on optimax. i must have run it dry, and been charged over the odds.

anyways, i used to get almost 300miles to a full tank every time...but now it is more like 250-280.

i changed my fuel filter, filled up with £30 and got 200miles...i was gutted, but i think i was putting my foot down a bit more than usual...that might explain it. i just put £34 in and i've done 170 and its a few mm below the halw-way mark....which is more like it!
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Postby the_rhino_uk » Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:32 pm

Man, my car was rubbish!

I used to fill up about £33-£35 worth of optimax and I was getting about 210 - 220 miles out of her before filling up again!

Was going to swap the PCV valve before I crashed so that may have helped, but I dont do any motorway driving.

Are you guys emptying the tank, I just used to fill up when it was getting low (or every two weeks, what ever came first) as I dont do many miles and I dont like running a car dry before filling again.
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Postby Curtis » Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:34 pm

if i drive the car reall nicley i can get 300 but i usually get about 220

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Postby datman » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:32 pm

I do 60 mile m'way journey daily

£32.00 on Sainsburys top grade stuff

Do 360 on the tank ...but keep it topped us with Cataclean 3 times a year....o/wise 320 mile per tank...
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Postby LucBIGBOY » Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:13 am

allymcmurdo wrote:Yeah, obviously depending on what fuel you use and where you live. Super unleaded is fairly cheap here in S.Wales, dunno if it has any thing to do with the number of refineries here. Ive never put more than £33 in my tank


Well were i used to live in Milford Haven, there was loads of refineries, but you couldnt bloody get super unleaded at any garage there.
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Postby Camile » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:26 pm

the_rhino_uk wrote:Man, my car was rubbish!

I was getting about 210 - 220 miles out of her before filling up again!

Are you guys emptying the tank, I just used to fill up when it was getting low


then its not a full tank is it...... :lol:

strangely enough, after doing 200 on my first fill up after changing the fuel filter, i filled up again and went to pammy's, got home last night with 290 miles on my trip meter and got a bit of fuel starvation after taking a roundabout at speed in the rain :twisted: it was 1.30am and i didnt wanna find an open petrol station...just wanted to get home :lol:
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Postby Satty » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:46 pm

How cool is the fuel economy on these... I left work and the light came on, so i carefully drove it another 15 miles from leeds to huddersfield to my nearest Shell garage to fill up on optimax. Anyway from a basically empty tank to a max fill on otimax cost me £31.06... How cool is that. Its only another £4 more than my crappy 900cc cinq. Otimax around my way is 82.6p a litre.
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