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Title: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: gti265 on June 20, 2011, 08:29:06 pm
Just intrested to no as im going to edinbrough tomorow from near basingstoke in hampshire, and just wanted to no if i could do it on one tank witch wold be great as im selling the car at the other end :) i think its about 445miles

Tom
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: strapper on June 20, 2011, 08:35:20 pm
yeah you could do that if you driver carefully :happy2:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: johnboy07 on June 20, 2011, 09:01:05 pm
i managed 495 miles once and i had to drive like miss daisy. backing off slightly up hills gaining extra speed down. Girlfriend fell asleep the whole way so i was playin this very boring game haha. Is achievable though  :happy2:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: scott84 on June 20, 2011, 09:36:17 pm
I tried 'driving like miss daisy' a few weeks back, very boring!! I say for the extra £30 drive it like a gti!!  :happy2:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: adamf on June 20, 2011, 09:45:33 pm
If its going to be your last blast...go balls deep  :driver: :signLOL:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: AlanEdition30 on June 20, 2011, 09:50:22 pm
I did 80 miles today and managed 42.5 mpg. But that was down small a and b roads. Its definitely not how a gti should be driven, however I do love the flexibility of the mpg that these engines allow. i didnt buy the car for its mpg that would be stupid but its definitely an added bonus when you do want to drive at a budget  :laugh:

Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: patrickcullen87 on June 20, 2011, 09:51:07 pm
haha got to agree with adamf on this one  :grin:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: damoegan on June 20, 2011, 09:57:11 pm
If its going to be your last blast...go balls deep  :driver: :signLOL:

Amen to that  :driver:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: tommy_a on June 20, 2011, 10:13:50 pm
i managed 39.9 mpg and did 440 miles !! that was doing a constant 60 mph from manchester to cornwall. lost a miles to the end as it was more stop start town driving !! i reckon i could have hit 500 mile to the tank if it had been all motorway !!
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: griff439 on June 20, 2011, 10:32:17 pm
40.3 over 11 miles!  :driver:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: Hurdy on June 20, 2011, 10:33:21 pm
9.3mpg at the Nurburgring :driver:


DEFINITELY the BEST  mpg I ever did - not the highest, but definitely the best :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: johnboy07 on June 21, 2011, 07:23:16 am
9.3mpg at the Nurburgring :driver:


DEFINITELY the BEST  mpg I ever did - not the highest, but definitely the best :evilgrin:

Now thats the figures i want to see. She was definately being driven properly then  :signLOL:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: swgti on June 21, 2011, 08:21:42 am
We drove from Cumbria to Kent last week and managed to get just about 400 miles out of the tank either way which was showing about 33-34mpg on the comp. Both ways due to road works and bad weather we spent a lot of time at no more that 50mph.
i was fairly happy with that as it included non m/way driving too.

Only had the car about 6wks so worrking on it!
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: mattchaps on June 21, 2011, 08:46:58 am
I did Kent to York and back and averaged 34 mpg, approx 400 miles to a tank. However I think having a knackered PCV valve is giving me slightly reduced MPG, and lets just say on the way home the flow of traffic was well paced!
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 21, 2011, 12:21:41 pm
I drove from Derby to Crewe (53miles of A-Roads at around the speed limit) - Manged 44.2mpg  :grin: and that was on Sainsburys 95RON unleaded  :wink:

Now im running it on V-Power and can't get it above 40mpg.
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on June 21, 2011, 12:23:20 pm
. . . . Also drove from Crewe to Inverness (400miles) and averaged 42.6mpg - was still showing 85 miles remaining (again on 95RON fuel driving at around 70mph)  :happy2:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: dodds-gttdi on June 21, 2011, 12:36:09 pm
Best i've had is about 57 mpg over a 100 mile trip,  and 650 out of a tank on a road trip Edinburgh => Inverness => Edinburgh . Then again I do drive a diesel.  :P
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: dannydubs on June 21, 2011, 06:09:23 pm
i go to south of ireland alot around 400 miles from me and do it with quater of a tank left :smiley:
Title: Re: Best mpg ever achived
Post by: patrickcullen87 on June 22, 2011, 07:30:28 am
i go to south of ireland alot around 400 miles from me and do it with quater of a tank left :smiley:
how do yous guys do this? seriously! ive tried driving like miss daisy and am lucky to get over 350!!