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stan_the_man
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14th Apr 09 at 18:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Im looking to move out of the sticks and into town, so the Cavalier has to go Shameless linking: http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=492748 )

I have the chance of a 1.2 8v Corsa for a reasonable fee...

What are they like on fuel?

Ive had a few 1.2 Novas but cant remember what they were like on fuel

Cheers all
Jambo
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14th Apr 09 at 18:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
crap on fuel considering its a 1.2 8v, well my old one was
unionjack30
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14th Apr 09 at 18:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
35MPG ISH
stan_the_man
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Hmmm the Cav is returning 25mpg ish (if my maths is correct)

340 miles to a 60 litre tank....
lee2004_
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14th Apr 09 at 18:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i had a temporary nova 1.2 8v, and it was Dreadful! worse than my corsa gsi, and maybe even my Astra gsi! used to get about 25mpg in the nova!!!!
wakey1512
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Want good fuel consumption get yourself a 1.0 12v.. faster and more powerful than the 1.2 8v and returns better fuel consumption
14LS
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14th Apr 09 at 19:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My mate can eek out 50mpg with his K plater 1.28V on 150k miles, and im not joking. Im getting mid40s with my 1400 8V as i drive like a miser.
Mark.W
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14th Apr 09 at 19:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Utter crap mate i get around 65-70 miles to £10 or 90-100 miles out of £15
pow
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14th Apr 09 at 19:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bad, very very bad in my experiance.

Mike (Neos) old one used to do no more than 30MPG and one I borrowed recently to do a few miles managed 60 miles on a tenner - at 87.9 so more like 11 litres.

Dan295 seems to get OK miles out of his thogu
Firestate88
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14th Apr 09 at 19:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they have shit fuel consumption, simple as
my 1.4 16v is better on fuel then my 1.2 8v was
pow
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14th Apr 09 at 20:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You want MPG?

106 1.5D

Faster than a 1.2 8v and do 60MPG round town all day

[Edited on 14-04-2009 by pow]
stan_the_man
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
106 1.5D


Hmm Peugeot ay.........
pow
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14th Apr 09 at 20:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Honestly mate, I cannot fault it.

Yes it's slow and yes it's boring, but you can do all the work yourself, does 600 miles to a 45 litre tank easy peasy, costs £125 to tax and fuck all to insure.
JM_16v
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14th Apr 09 at 20:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i get about 35mpg
jamez_zz
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14th Apr 09 at 20:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Didnt you pay £200 for that Cavvy?
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14th Apr 09 at 20:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Utter wank on fuel consumption.
Cheese Man Chris
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I've just stared driving a 1.2 8v and so far ive had 225 miles exaclty to half a tank....not to bad i dont think
Chris x
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14th Apr 09 at 21:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Use to get around 280-300miles to a tank in my old one. But that was with 17s and a massive sub so I had to thrash it to get anywhere.

Now have a 1.6sport with same sub and 16s and get around 300-350 to a tank. Thats not exactly driving like a granny either lol

[Edited on 14-04-2009 by Chris Corsa B]
mike r
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Like anything depends how you drive them, if i change up before 3000 around town i easily get 45 mpg and i travel 80 mile round trip to work at 70 mph on the motorway and can easily get 50ish mpg , but yeh there not that quick and obviously with more people in and thrashing it will have shit mpg
Matt L
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I used to get about 250miles to a tank around town.

best i got was 350 all motorway driving.
richc
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I think its how you drive them.
14LS
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
I think its how you drive them.


Deffo
Kurt
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15th Apr 09 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
terrible.. even worse if you do engine mods and make it spit flames
sand-eel
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15th Apr 09 at 12:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The best I ever got was 55 miles to £5 back in the days with my 1.2 8v nova.
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It didn't matter how I drove mine

Like a granny or like it was stolen, it was still shite!

 
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