Getting annoyed with how much the car drinks!

ibizatom

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Mar 13, 2010
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Drove the car to reading for a gig with my band. Filled up, drove there and bank and only managed 200 miles to 3/4 of a tank. That was all motorway with no mucking about, keeping a nice steady 70 all the way there and back.

I know my car is tuned quite a lot, but after reading what over makes cars with more HP can get, I'm really thinking about selling the car, just to get more power and better mpg. I don't fancy going diesel as I love the petrol sound so Diesel is a big no no.


Don't help that after only using V Power since I have owned the car, I'v have to use BP with the car passing petrol through the system like nothing else. Must of spent £100 this week in petrol, and thats to cover around 350 miles. Not right at all!


Just wanted to vent my anger [:@]
 

ibizatom

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Mar 13, 2010
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Kent
I'm the drummer but the kit is not that heavy tbh.

MPG works out at 35 which is the same as what the car says also.
 

Seatmann

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Sep 16, 2010
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That doesn't sound to bad for a petrol car though, I think it's the cost of the fuel that's the real problem. I thought at one point I was getting bad milage until I worked it out. Don't believe everything you read either, some people say they're getting this or that to the gallon but it doesn't work out that way when you have the same car.

What sort of music do you play?
 

ibizatom

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Mar 13, 2010
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Kent
Still annoyed as I usually get around 40mpg when driving at 70mph on motorways. Don't even use the turbo at all so should be really good in fuel. :(


We play metalcore. Basically heavy metal and hardcore.
 

Seatmann

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Sep 16, 2010
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I don't know about the petrol cars but with the tdi's we get less mpg at this time of year because of the winter additives they stick in.
 
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considering the power that your putting down and that its a big engined turbo'd petrol even 27 aint bad at all, we have a 210bhp 2.0T Saab 93 completely standard and that only achieves low 30's high 20's on the motorway cruise on 65, and its and auto to boot
 

ibizatom

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Mar 13, 2010
328
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Kent
Looking at selling the car, well px it in for something faster and gonna get banger for work runs.
 

Seatmann

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Sep 16, 2010
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It's all about waying it up really, you could spend money on another car but would you get the money back in running costs being lower.
 

ibizatom

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Mar 13, 2010
328
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Kent
It's all about waying it up really, you could spend money on another car but would you get the money back in running costs being lower.

I would guess so. I mean, I get paid petrol money for how car the office is to where ever the site is. Lucky for me the site I'm at atm is only 8 miles away, but it's these short journeys that kill my petrol. Get £35 a week to cover petrol and it does just that. Need to fill up if I wanna take the car anywhere else.

I could keep the ibiza and buy another car, but seeing that the ibiza is maxed out before spending silly money on hybrid, I might as well sell the car/px for something quicker standard, and then buy a cheap diesel banger.
 

m0rk

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I would guess so. I mean, I get paid petrol money for how car the office is to where ever the site is. Lucky for me the site I'm at atm is only 8 miles away, but it's these short journeys that kill my petrol. Get £35 a week to cover petrol and it does just that. Need to fill up if I wanna take the car anywhere else.

I could keep the ibiza and buy another car, but seeing that the ibiza is maxed out before spending silly money on hybrid, I might as well sell the car/px for something quicker standard, and then buy a cheap diesel banger.

I make that 80 miles a week using about 25L of fuel - 14mpg? Even running cold start you'd never get it that low surely
 

ibizatom

Warrrrp tish
Mar 13, 2010
328
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Kent
No word of a lie, it does use it all up. Takes around 20 minutes to do the 8 miles also, when off peak 10 mins tops.
 

Seatmann

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Sep 16, 2010
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Yeh you have to take stop starts and other traffic conditions as well as the engine being cold etc into consideration mork. (By the way, how is Mindy:D)
 
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