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Offline johnboy07

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whats the most miles had per tank?
« on: April 02, 2011, 05:24:51 pm »
im just up at alton towers and come from bournemouth and thought id see how far a tank could take me if i was carefull. im on 285miles with the range still sayin 205miles. half a tank left. was well happy with that but will report back when im home with what it actually achieved. got 43mpg on the way here and im stage 2+. :signLOL:
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2011, 07:19:47 pm »
I think 42-43mpg is the highest I've ever achieved and that was doing 60mph over something like 150 miles with the occasional overtake of vehicles going slower than 59mph.

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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2011, 07:22:12 pm »
330 is the most ive had from a tank  :sad1:
 
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 07:36:16 pm »
Mine is stage 2+ and does loads more miles over when the car was standard iv had 400 once. But iv also only got 200 when I was only doing lots of varying speeds.
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2011, 07:38:34 pm »
I was under the impression mapped cars achieved greater mpg?

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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2011, 07:54:03 pm »
Lowest ive had is 145 miles at the nurburgring.  brimmed to empty in 10 laps isnt funny.

Highest i had was on a journey from plymouth to hannover in germany and i managed 485 miles to a tank.  Cruise control @ 80mph with no traffic the entire way. was impressed with that as  it was with 3 people and a full boot, and the octavia boot is twice the size of the golf.


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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2011, 09:42:20 pm »
yeh mapped cars are meant to achieve higher mpg but with the additional power comes the un controllable urge to go alot faster than u should. lol. yeh i was also doin 60 - 70mph the whole way so not fun but was surprised it got to that mpg. makes a nice change as usually i get 250-300 per tank and this is gna be more like 450ish but will post up tomorow when im back, always so tempting to have a play now and again. Was happy with myself not rising to a chaved up older s3 that wanted to play.  :fighting:
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2011, 04:00:20 am »
I managed my personal best of 38.3mpg from Wolverhampton to Leicester on Thursday just gone. Was a very nice warm day and the engine was still warm from the wife taking it to work that morning.

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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2011, 02:46:35 pm »
right home now and got 495miles from the tank. well impressed although i almost ran out of petrol  :rolleye:
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2011, 04:25:51 pm »
beat me, most I've ever managed is 473 :happy2:

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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2011, 04:27:39 pm »
I never get more than 300.. Heavy right foot and lots of short trips!!  :signLOL:

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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2011, 04:30:14 pm »
The most when I made a point of recording was 341 miles I think. That was with the majority of motorway cruising on a 300mile round trip, clawing in 43.2mpg.

Usually I touch just under 300 miles per tank with all the mixed driving before the ping of the petrol light....  :ashamed:
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2011, 05:43:20 pm »
I've seen over 400 on a couple of occasions, possibly 410.

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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2011, 06:06:48 pm »
I get on average 430+ but I do mostly motorway miles  :happy2:

When I'm driving on little local roads, it goes under 400 miles.
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Re: whats the most miles had per tank?
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2011, 06:32:49 pm »
Managed 430 once, which isn't bad for a Stage 2+ Ed30..  :wink: