ABOO
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I realise that this differs greatly depending on where you are doing most of your journeys, and how heavy your right foot is! Generally short journeys(less than 5 miles), with a few motorway journeys of about 30 miles. Usually steady driving with the odd blow-out. What sort of miles are you guys getting to a tank? Car is 1999 t 1.6 sport.
Cheers, Aboo............
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Scotty C
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Bout 80 miles to £10 @ 98.9p a litre.
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Monster
Bout 80 miles to £10 @ 98.9p a litre.
wouldnt it be easier just saying how many miles you get to how many litres of fuel, rather than cost of fuel
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ABOO
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Going by that I should be looking at approx.320 miles to a tank, as it costs roughly £40 to fill up. Cheers.........
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dan-h
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no because people generally go to the petrol station and stick £20 in rather than 21.37 litres.
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abdus
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Originally posted by dan-h
no because people generally go to the petrol station and stick £20 in rather than 21.37 litres.
yeah, but fuel consumption was never calcualted as miles per £
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Dave A
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Originally posted by abdus
yeah, but fuel consumption was never calcualted as miles per £
until now
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dannymccann
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i always calculate miles to the £, much more important these days  
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abdus
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Originally posted by dannymccann
i always calculate miles to the £, much more important these days
 how is it more important?
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Scotty C
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote:
Originally posted by Monster
Bout 80 miles to £10 @ 98.9p a litre.
wouldnt it be easier just saying how many miles you get to how many litres of fuel, rather than cost of fuel
I don't know how to work my MPG out 
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abdus
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http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/trol/scol/ccfuel.htm
http://www.torquecars.co.uk/Tuning/uk-mpg-calculator.php
[Edited on 28-08-2006 by abdus]
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Scotty C
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Leg-end 
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dannymccann
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went on holiday last week, filled it up to the top, cost me £40 from pretty much empty at 97.9ppl, got down to 1/4 of a tank because to fill it back up cost £30 and had covered at most 350 and at least 320 miles.
in the calculator on the second link i put in 335 miles done, 25 litres used @ 97.9p and it came out with 60.9MPG?! Can anyone confirm that for me?? For 200 odd miles of the 335 ish covered i was doing 60 - 80.
Or am i just being stupid?
Dan
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abdus
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you did 335 miles with only 25litres? or 335km?
25/4,54= 5.5 Gallons
5.5g=335m
1g= 335/5.5= ~60.9mpg
[Edited on 28-08-2006 by abdus]
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Cybermonkey
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a constant 61mpg is an impossibility with this engine
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dannymccann
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i know its an impossibility, but yea, 330 odd miles and 1/4 of a tank left, it only took £30 to fill it back up again.
im sure its miles, its a standard set of gauges and it 'turns by the mile' on the trip counter, and no i didnt forget to reset the counter, everytime i fill up the car i reset it (cos it dont get filled very often)
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Rob B
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about 80 miles to a tenner
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Dave A
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remember, when you use those mpg calculators a lot of them convert it by using US gallons which are different to uk gallons.
I always use this calculator:
http://www.robinwhite.fsnet.co.uk/conv/mpg.htm
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dannymccann
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i improvised a little with that calc and put my miles as 335 again, and i put i filled up with 30 litres (cos thats the max i used to get those miles)
comes up with 50.7mpg
anyone else confirm?
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Rob B
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31.1 MPG.
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