Maximum range on one fill?

aristotle25

550 miles in 535d e60.
But city driving brings that down to 400-450 easily.

davidjtaylor

lleyn wrote: »

1.9tdi Golf,last tank 662 miles /1065km 52.89ltr 57mpg.
All N road and R / back road driving no motorway. Fill to fill from the same pump.

57mpg is very good, especially for what some consider a large engine. Just goes to show.

I remember a guy in the eighties getting a small diesel Peugeot (can't remember the model) but he was getting 80mpg on motorways, delighted with it. All manufacturers should aspire to that.

cena

1.4 07 Astra 372 km each way on a full tank. Galway to Belfast via Dublin

CoBo55

cena wrote: »

1.4 07 Astra 372 km each way on a full tank. Galway to Belfast via Dublin

744 km? That wouldn't be great for that type of driving, those Astra's are very undergeared for motorway work.

1.4 so it is a petrol engine.

cena

Augeo wrote: »

1.4 so it is a petrol engine.

Yup petrol

Henry Ford III

I drove to Donegal and back recently. 500 miles and the fuel gauge hardly moved.

I was experimenting with advanced hypermiling and was able to leave the car coast along in neutral the whole time as it was downhill all the way. Funnily enough the return trip was the same.

Amazing really.

cena

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I drove to Donegal and back recently. 500 miles and the fuel gauge hardly moved.

I was experimenting with advanced hypermiling and was able to leave the car coast along in neutral the whole time as it was downhill all the way. Funnily enough the return trip was the same.

Amazing really.

Car?

Clareman

I drove from Ennis to Dublin today and tried to be as economical as possible, used cruise control for everything, no air con, etc. etc., according to the effective dynamics I was full stars for everything and saved 52.2km on the journey but by jesus it was an awful boring "drive"

Henry Ford III

cena wrote:

Car?

Yes in a car.

p.s. Read the list again please. It wasn't entirely serious.

Popoutman

1035km from Cherbourg to Briancon in a '07 Q7 tdi without visiting a diesel nozzle, autoroute cruising and some Paris traffic.
800 miles/tank in my old 90bhp 1.9 tdi Passat estate.

firstlight

Current tank
More city driving less motorway
From brim so far

johndaman66

2011 Avensis 2.0 D4D - 60 litre tank - 817 km range - mixed driving - mainly secondary roads stuck behind tractors and farmers counting their cattle in the fields (Tipperary)for many spells of that.

soundman45

johndaman66 wrote: »

2011 Avensis 2.0 D4D - 60 litre tank - 817 km range - mixed driving - mainly secondary roads stuck behind tractors and farmers counting their cattle in the fields (Tipperary)for many spells of that.

My avensis never takes 60l thoigh Usually when empty with about 80km left on the range it takes 45l to fill it. On motorway driving I habe got 900km on a fill of 45l which is good I think.

johndaman66

soundman45 wrote: »

My avensis never takes 60l thoigh Usually when empty with about 80km left on the range it takes 45l to fill it. On motorway driving I habe got 900km on a fill of 45l which is good I think.

I only have my yoke a couple of weeks so will need to do a few more runs with more motorway driving to build up an accurate picture. Mine is actually the same, doesn't seem to take near 50 litres for some reason. But then again I haven't let it run too low yet when filling stations aren't too close to each other and conscious of pulling dirt into the fuel pump if letting it go down too far. I was basing my figure of what was up on the trip computer and the range left (which seemed to be going down pretty accurately relative to the distance covered going up).

900km from 45 litres, that very good. I calculate that's approx. 56.5mpg. Is it the 2.0 d4d or 1.6d you have?

soundman45

Mine is the 2.0 D4D, the difference it makes doing motorway driving is massive, I find if I do local or stop start city driving I am lucky to get 720 km on a tank or typically the onboard computer will read approx 20km/l on motorway drives and that would drop to approx 16km/l on local runs. seems it built to be a cruiser as it does 120 kph on the motorway barely hitting 2000rpm, car has 250,000 kms on the clock as is as economical as it ever has been.

firstlight

1248kms to 63.75 litres
Brimmed
775 miles
Still over 6 litres in tank
55 mpg
No eco driving
Tongue out toe down

ofcork

soundman45 wrote: »

Mine is the 2.0 D4D, the difference it makes doing motorway driving is massive, I find if I do local or stop start city driving I am lucky to get 720 km on a tank or typically the onboard computer will read approx 20km/l on motorway drives and that would drop to approx 16km/l on local runs. seems it built to be a cruiser as it does 120 kph on the motorway barely hitting 2000rpm, car has 250,000 kms on the clock as is as economical as it ever has been.

I get around 730 from mine mostly city and national road driving good to know what others are getting.

soundman45

ofcork wrote: »

I get around 730 from mine mostly city and national road driving good to know what others are getting.

Cant remember exactly but I have got just slightly over 900 km on a tank but that was completly motorway driving but still impressive allowing for the smallish tank.

ofcork

Saw the trip showing 3.8l/100km on a good trip so you would definitely do 900km at least on a tank maybe more.

soundman45

ofcork wrote: »

Saw the trip showing 3.8l/100km on a good trip so you would definitely do 900km at least on a tank maybe more.

I never push it to far though once the range drops to 90km I have 1 fuel bar left then I fill up.

ofcork

Fantastic reliability from them just go forever with no problems.

CoBo55

ofcork wrote: »

Fantastic reliability from them just go forever with no problems.

Ha ha, yea right...

Larbre34

Best ever 1,150 kms Volvo V60 D3 60L tank

sk8board

1,200 kms in a 420d Gran Coupe isn’t too difficult, on occasions where I’m up and down the relatively quiet m9 on my own, driving in a fairly Christian manner.

57 litre tank. That’s an average just over 60 mpg, and it can do more, but it’s pretty draining to hyper mile, and I rarely do it.

A normal tank of city and country driving returns 900kms with absolute ease, with cruise control on the motorway etc and not trying at all to save fuel.

ofcork

CoBo55 wrote: »

Ha ha, yea right...

Going on my own experience yes.

CoBo55

ofcork wrote: »

Saw the trip showing 3.8l/100km on a good trip so you would definitely do 900km at least on a tank maybe more.

The Avensis is a dinosaur at this stage and the readings from the on board computer are laughable. Low 40's at best.

firstlight

All the defo talk,run the car from full and you will know your tank range
If buts and maybes
My car does same consistently
I take no notice of that dash display

antodeco

This week I got 140 miles out of a 50l tank, so 13MPG, 22l/100km

soundman45

CoBo55 wrote: »

The Avensis is a dinosaur at this stage and the readings from the on board computer are laughable. Low 40's at best.

900km for 45l diesel, do the maths and trip computer is bang on.
Yes its a dinosaur, but after 10yrs its never given trouble, original clutch,turbo,injectors, that will do fine for me thanks im not in any hurry to change it.

CoBo55

antodeco wrote: »

This week I got 140 miles out of a 50l tank, so 13MPG, 22l/100km

That's what I was getting out my Aul Cortina with a knackered engine, 0-60 in two days.

CoBo55

firstlight wrote: »

All the defo talk,run the car from full and you will know your tank range
If buts and maybes
My car does same consistently
I take no notice of that dash display

Exactly, saying that the display on the superb is surprisingly accurate, prefer de aul arithmetic myself.

Leonard Hofstadter

Usually get around 370-400 miles on a tank. Got 430 recently. Would normally take 55-60 litres on a fill, so 30-32 mpg is usual for me. 63 litre tank, 2.5 litre naturally aspirated straight six so it's very good on fuel for what it is.

The one thing I've noticed is how much more economical it is when I do motorway or out of town driving, especially on long journeys when the cruise control can be engaged. I find its a lot more relaxing plus it uses a uses a good bit less fuel when I put it on. Doesn't really use any more fuel doing say 120 than 100, maybe 1 or 2 mpg at most.

Leonard Hofstadter

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

Usually get around 370-400 miles on a tank. Got 430 recently. Would normally take 55-60 litres on a fill, so 30-32 mpg is usual for me. 63 litre tank, 2.5 litre naturally aspirated straight six so it's very good on fuel for what it is.

The one thing I've noticed is how much more economical it is when I do motorway or out of town driving, especially on long journeys when the cruise control can be engaged. I find its a lot more relaxing plus it uses a uses a good bit less fuel when I put it on. Doesn't really use any more fuel doing say 120 than 100, maybe 1 or 2 mpg at most.

What are you driving though?

Dartz

640k is *possible*. Car Throttle made a big deal of doing it - even if it took holding something like 80kph in top gear which doesn't feel comfy.

Normal Rmax seems to be 530-550k at 100- 120kph.

On the morning commute, Rmax drops to around 300k.

That's from a 6o litre tank

firstlight

CoBo55 wrote: »

Exactly, saying that the display on the superb is surprisingly accurate, prefer de aul arithmetic myself.

As is the one on my Audi but I still take no notice of it
02 car and drives like a new one
I love the old vag pd units

I had an unusual two weeks driving insofar as I wasn't on a motorway..... Fuel light came on 200m before a service station.....880kms covered and it took 62.24l to fill it.
That's 40mpg.

Not bad, 181 Kia sorento, 2.2 awd. Not far off size of a landcruiser but doesn't have near the road clearance or the 4WD bits.

25 x 30km trips that are half n7 and half rural roads....some stop start on the n7 too.....in morning rush hour. Not optimum for a range test just real world stuff.

antodeco

CoBo55 wrote: »

That's what I was getting out my Aul Cortina with a knackered engine, 0-60 in two days.

Ah thankfully mine does it a bit quicker than that, so only have myself to blame!

rizzee

1100-1250km '14 Megane 1.4

biko

300 miles according to the car computer but as per normal this will change drastically depending on how the car is driven.

CoBo55

rizzee wrote: »

1100-1250km '14 Megane 1.4

How many litres?

CoBo55

firstlight wrote: »

As is the one on my Audi but I still take no notice of it
02 car and drives like a new one
I love the old vag pd units

Same as that, I was just flicking through the screens when I spotted it.

CoBo55

Dartz wrote: »

640k is *possible*. Car Throttle made a big deal of doing it - even if it took holding something like 80kph in top gear which doesn't feel comfy.

Normal Rmax seems to be 530-550k at 100- 120kph.

On the morning commute, Rmax drops to around 300k.

That's from a 6o litre tank

Is that the RX 7? Lumbering in high gears as you know is detrimental to the rotary.

Dartz

RX8.

It'll tolerate it on a steady throttle. The torque curve is fairly flat so it does have some torque down there. It's far happier when you let it spin though. It's happiest cruising at 3-4k revs. That seems to be the best for engine.

padd b1975

CoBo55 wrote: »

That's what I was getting out my Aul Cortina with a knackered engine, 0-60 in two days.

I remember those bad boys!

Bits used to fall off on a weekly basis.

dodzy

2012 5 series m-sport 520d
70ltr tank
1050kms with a heavy right foot. Could definitely do more but no fun in that.

z0oT

I usually get about 750 - 800km out of a fill from when the fuel light comes on until it's full at the pump which is ~35 litres. The best I've ever seen is 820km. Works out at about 4.2-4.5l/100km. It drops a bit in winter.

Car is a Toyota Auris Hybrid.

CoBo55

z0oT wrote: »

I usually get about 750 - 800km out of a fill from when the fuel light comes on until it's full at the pump which is ~35 litres. The best I've ever seen is 820km. Works out at about 4.2-4.5l/100km. It drops a bit in winter.

Car is a Toyota Auris Hybrid.

First hybrid, great figures. What sort of driving? I was so close to buying a beautiful 141 one with all the extras but was let down by the buyer for my car.

Secret Seven

650 km from my old 06 Fiat Idea diesel. That was just tootling around town! Tank size was 47. Miss it

z0oT

CoBo55 wrote: »

First hybrid, great figures. What sort of driving? I was so close to buying a beautiful 141 one with all the extras but was let down by the buyer for my car.

My commute to work is about 30km on an N road at speeds of up to 100kph, and then a further 10km or so through town which is at speeds of up to 60kph usually.

I'm quite gentle with my right foot.

I like the Hybrid to be honest. I'd probably be driving an electric if it made sense for us, but as a one car household, the hybrid is probably the best solution for now.