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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #75 on: January 24, 2013, 04:06:37 pm »
Can you not trick the fuel computer anyway.... Get the engine up to temp sit at 55mph or so the instant fuel economy reading is very good then hit the re set button on both of the 1 and 2 settings... I think this alter's the computers tank range figure...  :wink:

Haha, yeah but you don't actually get any more miles to the tank!

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #76 on: January 24, 2013, 04:37:03 pm »
Not really alot worse than an Edition 30 really .. That is good to know.

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #77 on: January 24, 2013, 05:21:28 pm »
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About 300 miles per tank - Calculated on a 460 mile journey taking in all types of roads but averaging at a speed I won't publish. Worth every £ in terms of driving enjoyment.

I usually get about 28 mpg on most journeys and very very rarely over 30 mpg. I use the gears a lot (DSG M-mode) and don't practice any fuel economy techniques.

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #78 on: January 24, 2013, 07:33:50 pm »
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About 300 miles per tank - Calculated on a 460 mile journey taking in all types of roads but averaging at a speed I won't publish. Worth every £ in terms of driving enjoyment.

I usually get about 28 mpg on most journeys and very very rarely over 30 mpg. I use the gears a lot (DSG M-mode) and don't practice any fuel economy techniques.

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #79 on: January 24, 2013, 07:46:54 pm »
230 miles!! thats low

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #80 on: January 24, 2013, 07:47:32 pm »
Can you not trick the fuel computer anyway.... Get the engine up to temp sit at 55mph or so the instant fuel economy reading is very good then hit the re set button on both of the 1 and 2 settings... I think this alter's the computers tank range figure...  :wink:

Haha, yeah but you don't actually get any more miles to the tank!

Really... LOL... not what I was getting at... But if you have a very low average over a lot of mile's I think the computer uses that as a benchmark for the range it will show. Has the OP tried re setting it ?

Mine is about the same as RR ... Also dsg, Maybe a tad higher on longer runs 32 ish...

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #81 on: January 24, 2013, 08:07:20 pm »
I get between 305-330 depending how i drive when i fill up  :evilgrin:

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Re: Re: Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #82 on: January 24, 2013, 08:53:49 pm »
Mines a TDI 170 and I filled up with £70 worth of diesel, drove 510 miles until the light came on.

Consisted on urban driving and some "spirited" driving!  so could expect more if on a long journey.

Last car was an A3 2.0 TSFI and lucky if I got 300 miles out of it so quite happy with that !

That's some good going, I could only get that pout of my 170 if I was really careful.... You sure your computer works properly? :-\

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #83 on: January 24, 2013, 09:55:20 pm »
I very rarely fill the tank, however overall I'm getting slightly worse fuel economy with custom TBE (with 200 cell cat) and Milltek back-end. Usually 29-31mpg on the drive to-from work (7 miles) which works out about 55 miles to a tenner..

When the car was standard, I averaged 38mpg on the computer on a drive to Alton Towers (managed 400 miles to a tank) and since I had the 200 cell etc fitted I managed to get 36mpg on the same run. Not complaining  :happy2:
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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #84 on: January 24, 2013, 10:22:42 pm »
How are you all getting these figures!

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #85 on: January 24, 2013, 10:25:06 pm »
590 but it is a diesel :)

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #86 on: January 24, 2013, 10:32:12 pm »
approx 250 miles to £50.00 super unleaded :happy2:
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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #87 on: January 24, 2013, 11:27:45 pm »
500 from my sooty before the "ping" and the fuel light come on  :grin:

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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #88 on: January 25, 2013, 06:37:10 am »
I get about 390/tank. Used to get 400/tank with the K03.
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Re: How many miles you getting on a Full Tank?
« Reply #89 on: January 25, 2013, 09:51:11 am »
Best I saw was 365 in an edition 30 in Norfolk (very flat) and best in cornwall (Hilly) is 275
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