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 Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:03 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: rochdale
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| Jay794 wrote: |
| 300 miles out of a full tank....I drive way to fast lol |
god knows what your doing in your hdi then, i get about 500 easy out of mine
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:04 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: England
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I get 400 out of my HDi when driving normally, get less if im in a rush
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:38 pm |
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Joined: Jun 06, 2010
Posts: 612
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Location: Colchester
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i can get about 400 ish from my 2.0 hdi with abit of weight in the boot, dunno if that will change once i get it decated lol. thats always on boost aswell lol
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:42 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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always get >600miles on full tank
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:18 am |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2010
Posts: 84
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Location: Paignton Devon
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Whats the cost of diesel where you are? travelling down the A30/303 from north Somerset boxing day I saw one forecourt at £1.31 a litre and a few others approaching £1.30? Here in Torbay, Morrisons currently do it for £1.24 and I paid slightly less than that at the local Jet station last week. I wonder if they all hiked the price up for the holidays because the A30/303 is a major road out of the west country.
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:40 am |
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Joined: Feb 14, 2010
Posts: 137
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Location: Paignton, Devon
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We went around the gillingham/ shaftesbury area for christmas and saw fuel at £1.31 a litre for diesel. Morrisons in Totnes has been round £1.24/5 mark for a while now
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:44 am |
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Joined: Oct 21, 2010
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Location: At my desk
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Gti: 22mpg 
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:14 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Reading
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| continentalgt wrote: |
| Only reason I been checking mpg is that this is my first diesel and I wanted to see just how good it was. Now I know, I'm gonna drive it normally and yes I probably wont fill her right up anymore. Like I said brim to brim fill ups were the only way to accurately determine mpg. Obviously there are people here who don't care about how much it costs to fuel their cars, fair enough but with frequently rising fuel costs and the VAT rise about to hit us I was curious. |
You do know that on the receipt you get when you pay for fuel it says how much you have put in. Reset the trip once before you leave the forecourt and note the mileage when you fill up, you can do this for whatever amount of fuel you like.
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:53 am |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2010
Posts: 84
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Location: Paignton Devon
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| t1mmy wrote: |
| continentalgt wrote: |
| Only reason I been checking mpg is that this is my first diesel and I wanted to see just how good it was. Now I know, I'm gonna drive it normally and yes I probably wont fill her right up anymore. Like I said brim to brim fill ups were the only way to accurately determine mpg. Obviously there are people here who don't care about how much it costs to fuel their cars, fair enough but with frequently rising fuel costs and the VAT rise about to hit us I was curious. |
You do know that on the receipt you get when you pay for fuel it says how much you have put in. Reset the trip once before you leave the forecourt and note the mileage when you fill up, you can do this for whatever amount of fuel you like. |
Yes but it's only accurate if you fill it brim to brim in other words you start with a known full tank, reset the trip or make a note of the miles, do the journey then fill up to the brim again and note the amount of fuel added. Then you take note of the miles covered and do the calculations. Like the meerkat said Seemples
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:56 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Reading
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| continentalgt wrote: |
| t1mmy wrote: |
| continentalgt wrote: |
| Only reason I been checking mpg is that this is my first diesel and I wanted to see just how good it was. Now I know, I'm gonna drive it normally and yes I probably wont fill her right up anymore. Like I said brim to brim fill ups were the only way to accurately determine mpg. Obviously there are people here who don't care about how much it costs to fuel their cars, fair enough but with frequently rising fuel costs and the VAT rise about to hit us I was curious. |
You do know that on the receipt you get when you pay for fuel it says how much you have put in. Reset the trip once before you leave the forecourt and note the mileage when you fill up, you can do this for whatever amount of fuel you like. |
Yes but it's only accurate if you fill it brim to brim in other words you start with a known full tank, reset the trip or make a note of the miles, do the journey then fill up to the brim again and note the amount of fuel added. Then you take note of the miles covered and do the calculations. Like the meerkat said Seemples |
What if you get a couple extra squirts in (so to speak) when filling brim to brim? I can't see how that is more accurate than working it out from an exact mileage figure and exact fuel volume figure 
I'm not saying how you are doing it is wrong, but to doubt the accuracy of the method I suggested seems a bit odd.
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:10 am |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2010
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Location: Paignton Devon
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| t1mmy wrote: |
| continentalgt wrote: |
| t1mmy wrote: |
| continentalgt wrote: |
| Only reason I been checking mpg is that this is my first diesel and I wanted to see just how good it was. Now I know, I'm gonna drive it normally and yes I probably wont fill her right up anymore. Like I said brim to brim fill ups were the only way to accurately determine mpg. Obviously there are people here who don't care about how much it costs to fuel their cars, fair enough but with frequently rising fuel costs and the VAT rise about to hit us I was curious. |
You do know that on the receipt you get when you pay for fuel it says how much you have put in. Reset the trip once before you leave the forecourt and note the mileage when you fill up, you can do this for whatever amount of fuel you like. |
Yes but it's only accurate if you fill it brim to brim in other words you start with a known full tank, reset the trip or make a note of the miles, do the journey then fill up to the brim again and note the amount of fuel added. Then you take note of the miles covered and do the calculations. Like the meerkat said Seemples |
What if you get a couple extra squirts in (so to speak) when filling brim to brim? I can't see how that is more accurate than working it out from an exact mileage figure and exact fuel volume figure
I'm not saying how you are doing it is wrong, but to doubt the accuracy of the method I suggested seems a bit odd. |
OK so you know accurately how much fuel you put in but how do you know accurately how much the car has used?
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:30 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Wiltshire
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That amount you put back in is the amount you used?
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:35 am |
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Joined: Nov 28, 2010
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Location: south wales
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i dont think you'll get a accurite measurement, but a good average either way
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| Mark
03 206 1.4 hdi 3 door 187k
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04 renault Laguna 80k
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:48 pm |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2010
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Location: Paignton Devon
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| EdCherry wrote: |
| That amount you put back in is the amount you used? |
Not unless you filled up to brim at the start and then again at the end of the trial otherwise you wouldn't know when to stop filling.
Also It's not accurate to use the fuel gauge as a guide as you couldn't hope to get better than within half a gallon or more which would screw the results. Don't forget I was after an accurate figure.
Anyone wanting to do an accurate check on mpg should try to do a distance of at least 150 miles, the higher the mileage done the greater the accuracy will be.
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:08 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Wiltshire
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| continentalgt wrote: |
| EdCherry wrote: |
| That amount you put back in is the amount you used? |
Not unless you filled up to brim at the start and then again at the end of the trial otherwise you wouldn't know when to stop filling.
Also It's not accurate to use the fuel gauge as a guide as you couldn't hope to get better than within half a gallon or more which would screw the results. Don't forget I was after an accurate figure.
Anyone wanting to do an accurate check on mpg should try to do a distance of at least 150 miles, the higher the mileage done the greater the accuracy will be. |
The first bit is obvious, of course you have to brim it twice.
How does doing more mileage give a more accurate MPG, all it actually does is give you an average.
I do fuel load calculations pretty often at work, my method is pretty accurate but this is because its taken over the same road over and over again in the same conditions. How accurate do you want to get, just fuel the bloody thing, work out a rough mpg and drive it, its not that critical.
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| 206 1400 8v HDi, Battle Bus - More Radical than Peugeot
205 1600 8v GTi, Track Toy Trauma, PatcHes - Driving again after 10 years since it was last on the road!
205 1600 8v GTi, The One and Only, FuDGe - Off the road again. Need to finish PatcHes first!
307 2000 16v XSi HDi - Comfy Cruiser
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. | |
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