Fuel consumption - I know, I know, there's a million threads on this...
Fuel consumption - I know, I know, there's a million threads on this...
I didn't buy the IS cos it does great mileage, but I've found it to be better than my last car
hock: which was a horrible Zafira... (passed that onto the old man now :lol
I've seen that Ormi got 210 miles out of a full tank of v-power, and that was a bit of an eye opener.
I've been running on standard unleaded since I bought the car in Feb, and was getting 340 miles to a tank, which I thought was pretty good. But last week I filled up with v-power (cos the standard pump was out of order and I couldn't be bothered moving to another pump) and lo and behold, 381 miles later the wee light has come on.
Not only did the car feel smoother and more responsive, but I got 41 extra miles for about a fiver extra in the tank.
I finally understand why people pay for the more expensive petrol - and have joined those ranks...
Now all I gotta do is work out what that is in mpg :lol:
... but rather than necropost one of them (as they seem to have been dead for a while, mostly) I figured I'd do my own...
I didn't buy the IS cos it does great mileage, but I've found it to be better than my last car hock: which was a horrible Zafira... (passed that onto the old man now :lol
I've seen that Ormi got 210 miles out of a full tank of v-power, and that was a bit of an eye opener.
I've been running on standard unleaded since I bought the car in Feb, and was getting 340 miles to a tank, which I thought was pretty good. But last week I filled up with v-power (cos the standard pump was out of order and I couldn't be bothered moving to another pump) and lo and behold, 381 miles later the wee light has come on.
Not only did the car feel smoother and more responsive, but I got 41 extra miles for about a fiver extra in the tank.
I finally understand why people pay for the more expensive petrol - and have joined those ranks...
Now all I gotta do is work out what that is in mpg :lol:
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FirebirdPhil
20-03-2017, 09:33 PM #3Living in Milton Keynes its all stop start driving I rarely got 25+, only when out of the city, when turboed MPG dropped to 20.
"Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But, rather to skid in sideways........
totally worn out and broken, shouting 'Holy ****, WHAT A RIDE!'"
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There was a item on fith gear once about the benefits of V-Power and other similar fuels and it showed that not only do they return better MPG but also better performance, I should use it really but my missus moans when I do because it's £1.25 a litre.
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i now get approx 320 miles if i drive nicely under 300 if i give it the beans..
i got 210 miles for the first two tanks after i charged it..
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thats the thing,as dave found out it costs approx £5 more and gets you an extra 41 miles.
i now get approx 320 miles if i drive nicely under 300 if i give it the beans..
i got 210 miles for the first two tanks after i charged it..
TTE supercharger,pr0lex manifold,hks fcd,larger intercooler,apexi induction kit,silicone hose kit,IK22's,polished engine parts,TTE front bumper mod'd for intercooler,TRD side skirts,TRD rear lip,JDM headlights and fogs,10k hid headlights 8k full beam,L8XSS p/plate,fog/brake/light conversion,18"fox rs's,lowered 90mm(f)100mm®,moleys under bars,yellow trd anti rollbars,full stainless exhaust,carbon fiber intake plus so much more
People also don't factor in the shell points - normal unleaded gets you 1 point per litre, v power gets you 2 points per litre (and that also doesn't include the bonus points offers they do for v power customers, you don't get them on standard)..........once you average it out over the year there isn't much of a difference in cost.
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It seems to vary for different people, but I found that the combination of V Power and the K&N filter has improved my fuel economy slightly. In fact the recent warm weather has really helped too, I'm currently averaging 26-27mpg which is quite amazing considering........
People also don't factor in the shell points - normal unleaded gets you 1 point per litre, v power gets you 2 points per litre (and that also doesn't include the bonus points offers they do for v power customers, you don't get them on standard)..........once you average it out over the year there isn't much of a difference in cost.
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Well I thought I would let you know how I'm doing in terms of fuel consumption on my three cars. Firstly the LS. I'm running it on Sainsbury's 95RON petrol. The computer is telling my it's averaging 22MPG at present. I'm preety happy with that. My Nissan Micra driving school car is averaging 42MPG. It's a 1.2 petrol with a 4 speed automatic. Now, here comes the best bit. My Honda Civic which has a 1.4 litre engine (non vtec) which is also an automatic averaged on it's first tank, 27MPG. That's right. Just 5 more than the LS. I'm hoping this gets better over time. The lady who had it before me hardly ever used it so I'm hoping with some longer runs, things will improve. I just don't understand why it's only getting slightly better than a car which weighs 2 tonnes and has a 4.3 litre V8 engine.
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21-03-2017, 03:37 AM #9crikey jim thats bad on the civic-it could still be "tight" from low miles and short stop start journeys as well - might be worth giving it some redline action as well just to wake it all up a bit-i presume its reasonably up to date on oil and filter and air filter change etc
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That is a bit of a shocker on the civic, has it been serviced regularly? Lack of use might mean it needs a few bits changed that may have decayed over time.......
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