V POWER usage

[rico1979]

hi all i put £35 worth of v power in and only got 112 miles from it, now this is my first tubby and im not expecting 80 to the gallon but surely 112 miles for £35 is pointing to something majorly wrong

any help would be great

[Steve-O 2007]

I also get this, if you find the problem let me know

Oh and is this town usage? Hard driving or easy driving? Do you use it for lots of short trips (eg work) ?

[Steve Horrocks]

So that's roughly 17mpg (working on roughly £1.18 / litre) now, i'm presuming town driving/short commute? I can average 13mpg when town/commute, but managed to stretch out 30mpg on a long motorway run.

[rico1979]

so are you saying thats not too bad

[Steve-O 2007]

yup thats probably right then if it is just town driving. I made £40 of Tesco Ron99 go in 104 miles from town driving back and forward to work. on the motorway you will get better mpg

What car did you own before?

[rico1979]

rev 2 N/A use to get 350 kilometres for £35 so about 60 mile for a tenner

[Steve Horrocks]

Like I said, it amazed me seeing 300 miles to a tank on a steady motorway run, but I average 120-140 miles to a full tank normally.

[alanmr2turbo]

i put £20 in and get about 90 miles and that town driving with the odd boost here and there

[Adam86]

If you was using boost thats very normal.

[hardeep1990]

My old rev3 turbo used to use about 30 miles to a tenner, thats gently town driving.

My present mr2 rev3 turbo, which is pretty modified is getting around 60 miles to a tenner of v-power, i'm actually shocked how good it is on fuel! compared to the last one! the other day put £20 of V power in and it lasted about 130 miles. which when you say it sounds absolutely shocking to somebody who owns a normal car, but in an jap turbo i think its good!

[Meko]

rev 2 N/A use to get 350 kilometres for £35 so about 60 mile for a tenner

My rev1 N/A is currently on 330miles with quarter of a tank left. That's mainly doing an 80 miles a day round trip to work - 97% motorway. The car could do with a service, so i reckon i can push 400+ out of it when it's running smoother.

[TheBaker]

My present mr2 rev3 turbo, which is pretty modified is getting around 60 miles to a tenner of v-power, i'm actually shocked how good it is on fuel! compared to the last one! the other day put £20 of V power in and it lasted about 130 miles. which when you say it sounds absolutely shocking to somebody who owns a normal car, but in an jap turbo i think its good!

Is that town driving??

Tis more than my NA gets.

[Ian Geary]

v-power is £125.9 at my shell today


So measuring xxx far on £10 is never the best comparison

here's what I do:

reset the trip when I fill up.

Always fill to the brim, or as near as damn it as I can get.

when I feel like filling up, compare the miles driven, with the amout of litres it taks to brim the car again.

So today, I put 38.00 litres of v-power in, and the odometer said 178 miles.

178/38 = 4.68 miles per litre

* 4.45 = 20.8 mpg.

I do mostly short shopping trips, with the odd blast, so I'm quite pleased with this.

When doing a motorway run at 0.8 leptons, I can get 350 miles from a brimmed tank (say 45 litres) which is 35 mpg.

Normal driving is 220 a tank, which is again around 21 mpg.


As I always say, my MR2 uses twice as much fuel as my old car, but I enjoy driving it twice as much

hth

Ian

[Steve-O 2007]

v-power is £125.9 at my shell today

Good god you must be a multi millionaire to afford £125.90 a litre

[Mike]

I get about 250miles out of a tank on the motorway in my Tubby. If I'm going anywhere via the mway I actually get there quicker in my 306 turbo diseasel as I can afford to cruise alot faster in that

[Ian Geary]

v-power is £125.9 at my shell today

Good god you must be a multi millionaire to afford £125.90 a litre

you should see the rewards I get from the V-power club though...

only another 100 litres or so and I'll get 50p of a sandwich!


Ian

[TbarSAN]

I haven't even done 100 miles and I've used half a tank
N/A auto for me
I hate town driving

[willfinch36]

I get about 30 miles to 10L.

[DeusMR2]

I get roughly 250 miles out of a tank too in day to day use - mostly 40-60mph. I have got almost 300 miles on a motorway journey though

[RyanRs]

I get 18.5 ~ 19 MPG when gently cruzing at 65~75 down the motorway. I get 4.5 mpg when i floor it! But i do have 1200cc injectors