Fuel Tank and MPG

CARRisma · Post by **CARRisma** » Wed May 09, 2018 7:03 pm

toadster wrote:LO All
TA for replies , My 33mpg figure is the best I have had but that was two long trips cruising along
Would be interesting to know how low people have gone tank wise
Cheers
Toadster

The most I've been able to squeeze in is 58.92 litres. Must have been VERY low on fuel.

Post by **simonc** » Thu May 10, 2018 2:02 am

I should add that my air-con is on all the time, which adds a bit to the consumption, doesn't it?

crxdriver · Post by **crxdriver** » Thu May 10, 2018 2:37 am

I get 33mpg out of my 5th gen h22a. Thats with driving like an angel around town and freaking insane driving elsewhere. Im not on the motorway much so cant comment on what it would do on a motorway run. The auto used to get about 24mpg iirc so yours sounds as if its doing good.

crxdriver · Post by **crxdriver** » Thu May 10, 2018 2:38 am

The auto correct

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu May 10, 2018 8:07 am

simonc wrote:I should add that my air-con is on all the time, which adds a bit to the consumption, doesn't it?

Not by much really - the air con and less mpg thing stems from the "yuge" 'murican cars where the compressor was permanently engaged. Anything newer than the 70's has a compressor that can be engaged and disengaged magnetically. Even if A/C is on all the time, the compressor isn't

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Thu May 10, 2018 9:07 am

Yes ac on my car or van makes no difference to mpg.

Dragging a supercharger.... that does.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu May 10, 2018 11:06 am

My ludes are super efficient - they've managed infinite* mpg so far this year

(* or 0, depending on how you want to look at it...)

toadster · Post by **toadster** » Thu May 10, 2018 12:46 pm

CARRisma wrote:
toadster wrote:LO All
TA for replies , My 33mpg figure is the best I have had but that was two long trips cruising along
Would be interesting to know how low people have gone tank wise
Cheers
Toadster
The most I've been able to squeeze in is 58.92 litres. Must have been VERY low on fuel.

Blimey

that's a bit of an understatement about 1 litre left or about 7 miles at most

Cheers
Toadster

Post by **simonc** » Sat May 12, 2018 5:28 am

Not by much really - the air con and less mpg thing stems from the "yuge" 'murican cars where the compressor was permanently engaged. Anything newer than the 70's has a compressor that can be engaged and disengaged magnetically. Even if A/C is on all the time, the compressor isn't

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Cheers for that little snippet, Graham. I've been under that misapprehension about air-con for ages.