miles per tank of fuel

[JeffC]

watching the top gear programme with the kids last night and before hamster pulled up in the polo, I said I would have used a 1.4 pd tdi polo or A2 for the journey.Dont think anything else in the vag group would manage it    

Cant say ive ever owned a car that would cover 750 miles on a tank    

my beemer 335d would do 550 miles nursing it which for the performance I thought was staggering      

sooooo.... what does your tintop do on a full tank of fuel        

[Matt Seabrook]

L200 will do almost 500 miles before the tank runs out. Road Westy will do 240mile to a tank sprint car will do about 10 mins

[peterg]

I've done 590 miles in a Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDi with DSG, I reckon I could get 650 or more if I drove like my Granny    

[Norman Verona]

My cateringvan will do 120 miles before the gauge stops moving. I can see it has a litre or two left in the tank at that point.

Do I get a prize?

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

tbh it was more about the size of the tank in the case of the jag

[dombanks]

clio gets about 10 miles to the litre so 450 ish on the tank.

I was mostly impressed with the jag. like clarkson said he wasnt driving like a saint, tests like those are great for showing what can be done given good even conditions like motorways (remember clarskon doing london-Edinburgh-london in the A6) but he drove around like he didnt care, so perhaps was a little more akin to real life? Some one i know has the s-type with that engine in and they swear by it.

still have to ask tho with diesel costing 14p a litre more is it not better to just get a petrol at the mo?

[Mike H]

Passat 1.9tdi pd130  - I could get 750 / tank out of that.

Usually manage anywhere between 670 and 710 per tank with another 30 miles range left on the trip computer.

One particularly frugal day I managed 63mpg on a 100 mile trip.

Mike

[DAVE O]

We drove from Home (North Notts) to Abingdon, Oxford at the wk end - wasn't in any particualr rush so set the trip computer when leaving home and checked at the end of the journey. Route was A roads and Motorway all the way and averaged 56mph with 41.2 mpg

BM 523 with kids n loaded boot. Didn't think that was too bad. Normally would have doen about 34mpg I think

[Bean]

Golf 1.9 TDI PD 150 - Around 500 miles before it starts beeping at me!

[Captain Colonial]

If I brim it and keep to 70ish, my Volvo S60 D5 will go 750+ miles (50 mpg), probably another 50 in the tank but not brave enough to risk it!

[V8grunt]

On the run back from the south coast I managed 75MPG with VW Bora according to the trip computer! mostly motorway and I kept it to 60/65 mph.

It has had the computer re written before I became the owner, which the dino read out confirmed 137 BHP, and I have also had it chipped so, I have no idea what the BHP is now?

Only problem now is I cannot afford to fill it!    

[scooby]

Fill mine up and i get about 220 miles

3.2 V6 VX

[RichP]

QUOTE

Matt Seabrook, Nov. 24 2008,15:48

Road Westy will do 240mile to a tank

How the heck do you manage that?

[higgsti]

subaru sti 60 l tank from memory super unleaded 220 to the tank     but love every mile.mind you ive had it from new and its now 6 years old and only done 46k

[Tom Frankland (T3OMF)]

The best Iv managed is 82 MPG in my Skoda Fabia VRS.      

Must admit, that was sitting with the 18 wheelers do about 50-55mph from Swindon to Central London