Well... if you actually read the OP
edit: and how are you getting 90 MPG?
Don't know mate, but its doing me wonders. 115 is the highest I've had
How far would you drive to collect your online order?
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Don't know mate, but its doing me wonders. 115 is the highest I've had
Lmao that wasn't Halfords
It was a guess
Sorry, didn't mean for it to come off as a personal attack 
Don't know mate, but its doing me wonders. 115 is the highest I've had
Sure you're not looking at the speedometer?
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I used to love going to my local computer shop and looking at all the new stuff. I remember back in the days of 4x cd writers I would spend hours in there talking to the computer guys about stuff. My local shop is pretty lame now though, barely have any stock. They did have some gaming mouses on display which was ok. I only buy air cans from there though.
Sure you're not looking at the speedometer?
haha
Its a 2002 Mk VI Fiesta with a 1.4TDCi engine. I managed 115 after a week of plodding down the M4 behind a lorry (not in a hurry and rather enjoying the radio) and then a drive down to Dorset on the Friday.
The fuel gauge is 8 bars and each bar is 1 gallon. So driving down to the cost, gallon drops and I check my trip. Work out how many empty bars go into the trip value to give the mpg - e.g. 300/4
8 bars would suggest that the fuel tank is only 36 litres though (8*4.5) whereas the fuel tank on a Fiesta is around 43 i think.
Unless it just has an insanely large reserve tank?
I'm also not sure i'd trust a fuel needle to assist working out MPG, they're notoriously inaccurate.
Unless it just has an insanely large reserve tank?
I'm also not sure i'd trust a fuel needle to assist working out MPG, they're notoriously inaccurate.
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That's got to be the most inaccurate way I've ever heard someone work out their mpg
Going by that logic, my old Mitsubishi Galant could do over 150mpg, since if you brimmed it, it took about 100 miles before the needle would move at all
Going by that logic, my old Mitsubishi Galant could do over 150mpg, since if you brimmed it, it took about 100 miles before the needle would move at all
Read it again, its not a needle, its a digital readout.
That's got to be the most inaccurate way I've ever heard someone work out their mpg
Really? It couldn't be easier and it perfectly accurate.
As above its a digital readout. 8 bars=8 gallons (4.45 liters to a gallon) and you are only working out the average. So drive 250 miles and 3 bars are empty=used 3 gallons. Your trip is 250 miles so divide 250 by 3 - simple!
How you get 150mpg from driving 100 miles?
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If only Ford had used that logic in their marketing bumph.
But likewise you could've ended up nearly at the point the 4th bar disappears so it could actually be a lot closer to 4 gallons than 3.
This doesnt even go into the point of how inaccurate fuel tank measurements are.
I'd be very interested if you did any motorway journey what the mpg is by using actual accurate measurements
This doesnt even go into the point of how inaccurate fuel tank measurements are.
I'd be very interested if you did any motorway journey what the mpg is by using actual accurate measurements
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3 bars could be mean 3 gallons or 3.99. That's a difference of 20mpg on the above journey so not very accurate.
lol ok so book MPG on that Fiesta is 64mpg
Also it has a 45l fuel tank, which is 10 gal not 8
(http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/ford/fiesta/hatchback-2002/24246/)
I'd be amazed if you could get 115 out of it. Put your next few fill ups onto fuelly and get a real MPG!
Also it has a 45l fuel tank, which is 10 gal not 8
(http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/ford/fiesta/hatchback-2002/24246/)
I'd be amazed if you could get 115 out of it. Put your next few fill ups onto fuelly and get a real MPG!
haha
Its a 2002 Mk VI Fiesta with a 1.4TDCi engine. I managed 115 after a week of plodding down the M4 behind a lorry (not in a hurry and rather enjoying the radio) and then a drive down to Dorset on the Friday.
The fuel gauge is 8 bars and each bar is 1 gallon. So driving down to the cost, gallon drops and I check my trip. Work out how many empty bars go into the trip value to give the mpg - e.g. 300/4
This isn't a very good way of doing it
Trip computers are crap too, though (at least, the VW ones are).
I reset the trip miles at each refill, then work it out based on litres used to fill the tank. I've not compiled a long-run average, but each refill is usually either side of 55mpg in my 1.4tdi polo (around 42mpg in my 2.0 Passat)
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I can't even...
