Fuel Costs

Vear

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have you ever had to get rid of a car becuase it drank too much? i dont like the twenty odd pounds a week i have to pay on my saxo and i can imagine it will only get more expensive (more global demand, me eventually getting a faster car) so what kind of mpg do you guys get? (i understand someone here has a V8 i bet that drinks lol)
 
They are all expensive to run - Government treasury sees to that. Fuel is not the biggest cost anyway. Good Ole' Rip Off Britain. Dontcha just love it
- I for one, don't.
 
My Rover cost more in repair bills than it drank in fuel and it only did 25 mpg round town! :shock: Since selling that car I've certainly felt better off financially!
 
Feul prices... maybe about a tenner to twenty a week.

TBH, you go into asda and get FOURTY bottles of carlsberg for £20. Go into A&E thurs, fri and sat there is many people in for drinking related stupidity. Go to Asda again and it will cost you about one quid for just ONE litre of petrol.

mmmh... and drivers are public enemy #1.....

/rant
 
I run a V8, and to be honest its not as bad as I expected. If I drive sensibly I can get around 25mpg from the beast. I thnk thats quite impressive from a 37 year old 5433cc car. Our 1989 Toyota SpaceCruiser does less mpg, that only returns 18, and thats on a good day. :shock:
 
i was quite surprised just how much of a difference city/town driving makes, i usually get around 250 to 300 miles from a tank, but recently me and 4 of ma mates went a trip to alton towers in the little polo and i got 440 miles give or take out of one tank, was well pleased.
 
i think i need a second mortgage for my car :shock: just to pay for the fuel ive got a mazda rx8 if i drive it sensibily i can get about 26 mpg but seem to have a problem , the car must have a mind of its own and just keeps going faster :lol:
 
My first sort of "Boy Racer" car when I got my first decent job, was a Carlton 3000 GSI, 3 litre 24 valve. It was an ex police car. I drove it like a maniac and suprise, suprise, it absolutely ate petrol. I had to get rid of it in the end.
Nice while it lasted though.

Colaboy.
 
i used to get good mileage from my last performance car

i used to get good mileage from my last performance car.
it was a golf mk4 tdi with 6speed box, and rolling road tuned to 150bhp but with more torque then an R32.

generally i would drive sensibleish until i got the first 250miles out of te tank (which would be th halfway marker on the fuel guage)
then drive like a twat, accelerating at EVERY strech of road. and i'd still get over 380miles to tank. and thats all town driving. i'd normally average 420miles. from my normal enthusiastic driving. an a car that left the mk3 gti & a tuned mk4 GTI eating my dust.

Motorway, i recon i could get at least 600miles out of it, i did get over 530miles was MY best tank of fuel, but i could have got more if i didnt cruise at 99mph where possible, and Maxin it a few times;
[if you get caught doin a 3figure speed you lose your licence automatically]

anyone see that Jeramy clarkson go from london 2 scotland and back on one tank of diesel in an AUDI?


now got a bmw 320d, the best i canmanage with carful driving is 390miles, but my exaust is blowing. i miss my Golf :rolleyes:
 
I saw the clarkson thing - on youtube of all places. It goes to show how much difference careful driving makes!
 
Too Thirsty

My 318i's too thirsty for my liking. I've ran a 1.0i, a 1.4i and 1.8TDi and they were all great for fuel, especially the 1.0i and special mention to the TDi which was an Escort for getting me about 50mpg.

At the moment i think i must get about 20, it just depends on how fast you like to go. I found £20 in my Escort 1.8TDi got me about 230 miles and in this it gets me about 100. lol. OOPS :shock:
 
okay,
All week i have driven past my local TOTAL garage, and diesel has
:!: constantly been 1p less then petrol.
What on earth is that about? :?

evryone's gonna copy me and buy a diesel.
 

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