MPG's What ya all getting?

[David_smith_909]

the only thing i would use in mine is v-power or tesco 99, preferably V-power if im being honest

my map was mapped to 98octane when i was apr'd, anything lower than this octane level the ecu would knock the timing back and my car would run flat as f@@k,

if your cars not mapped for the fuel octane you wont get any benefits from it apart from a cleaner running engine, if it is then you will gain about 5/6bhp from going from 95ron to 98+ron, this is what i got told regarding my map off awesome-gti

 

[acidstrato]

the ecu is adaptive though, so it will still run fine (or atleast it should do, if it dont then it aint set up properly) it might lose abit of power but not a great deal really.

sometimes people get caught out and have to use a 95ron fuel, it happens alot (not that everyone likes to admit it)

 

[CupraTgirl]

why do you HAVE to run on vpower? the car should still gonna run fine on any other 97,98,99ron fuel and even 95 occasionally if u have to

The car has a remap done to work around Optimax/V-Power and so i just stick to that! I probably could use other 98/99ron but i dont want to and there is LOADS of Shell garages around my area

 

[CupraTgirl]

I have no idea how much petrol is, or what my MPG is

I just wait for a beep to let me know that I must visit the refuelling station and stand there until the pump stops. I go and pay and go about my merry way...

I have trouble remembering my own name at times.

Oblivion is bliss.

I never used to look into mileage or petrol to be honest, i got the car because i wanted it and just put petrol in when i needed it!

I have looked into it more this year after seeing a lot of threads about it

 

[cupra_joe]

is anyone using additive such as red-x or such like (as these are supposed to give better MPG)

Fuel is preety cheap where i am:

Optimax 85.9 or normal shell 83.9. i only use proper petrol stations though, i.e. shell, bp etc... as there are to many additives in supermarket petrols. so i have been told.

Does anyone know the old skool way of working the MPG out. whats the mathmatics formular?

Trying to work out what my williams was. fill up for £35 got 220 ish miles to the tank and was paying 86p a litre.

Any ideas?

 

[nick s]

so is anyone else getting as low as 24mpg?

 

[jNx]

20.4

 

[m0rk]

if people are getting regularly as low as sub 28mpg, and they've "tried" to be economical then there's something a miss.

a full tank is 45L, so comparing money worth is pointless really - brim to brim mpg is the best calculation, and on std FPR the computer is pretty accurate (for average mpg) pretty much nailling the 10x the average figure will give you your maximum range. you can run for miles on 0 though.

38mpg is easy to attain, 45+ if you cruise to get where you want. but it's frustrating.

no boost = no fuel = no load

 

[seli_babe]

Does anyone know the old skool way of working the MPG out. whats the mathmatics formular?

Trying to work out what my williams was. fill up for £35 got 220 ish miles to the tank and was paying 86p a litre.

Any ideas?

Sorry don't know any old skool ways.. but this site has a MPG Calcualtor.. http://www.pug306.net/mpg.php

According to them you were getting 24.6 MPG!

 

[cupra_joe]

that very useful, thanks seli... so anything other than driving my williams is an improvement!

 

[seli_babe]

that very useful, thanks seli... so anything other than driving my williams is an improvement!

No worries.. Yer... I'd agree with that comment... SEAT Derv's are deffo the best to go for IMO... low insurance and lots of power... just gotta live with the noise.. When I get a Leon i'll go derv

 

[nick s]

if people are getting regularly as low as sub 28mpg, and they've "tried" to be economical then there's something a miss.

a full tank is 45L, so comparing money worth is pointless really - brim to brim mpg is the best calculation, and on std FPR the computer is pretty accurate (for average mpg) pretty much nailling the 10x the average figure will give you your maximum range. you can run for miles on 0 though.

38mpg is easy to attain, 45+ if you cruise to get where you want. but it's frustrating.

no boost = no fuel = no load

well i dont try and be economical, i do like boost so put my foot down a fair bit

glad to see someone else in the same boat as me. 20.4 mpg lmao!

 

[cupra_joe]

whats dervo??? im stupid i know!!!!!!!

 

[nick s]

Derv = Diesel

 

[seli_babe]

whats dervo??? im stupid i know!!!!!!!

OOps.. sorry...

 

[cupra_joe]

why dervo??? being stupid still!

 

[nick s]

Sorry don't know any old skool ways.. but this site has a MPG Calcualtor.. http://www.pug306.net/mpg.php

According to them you were getting 24.6 MPG!

lol, according to that my old cammed 106 gti was doing 18mpg to the gallon!!!! it did see 7800rpm on a regular basis though

 

[cupra_joe]

you thrash monkey nick.....good on ya son!

 

[PhilW]

Not a good idea gettin anything mapped to Optimax/V-Power as it degrades over time and doesnt actually have a RON rating coz of this.

 

[nick s]

you thrash monkey nick.....good on ya son!

lol,my 106 suffered a year and a half of pure abuse and it still came back for more (although i had to replace the clutch and gearbox several times)