Fuel gauge doesnt seem to be doing much
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This^^
Have had to rescue fellow colleagues who have over estimated how many miles they have in a tank and it ain't fun in the winter up a mountain.
I have also seen many diesel and petrol cars kill the lift pump when run dry. It's really not worth the risk at all.
450 miles
I get about 150 miles to a tank..
Tank size will ofc factor but I only drive a piddly 1.4 Corolla, and most of those are motorway miles (which gives surprisingly good fuel economy considering 5th at 70 is 3.9k rpm). Barge-like execs can get better mileage than my thing nowadays though!
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Once had an old mazda that didnt register any amount below 1/4 of a tank, once had it go from 1/4 to completely empty even the reserves gone without the engine running.
Touch wood every motor ive had since has been on the button, even if the beamers estimated 400 miles to a full tank is ever so slightly optimistic
Touch wood every motor ive had since has been on the button, even if the beamers estimated 400 miles to a full tank is ever so slightly optimistic
I had a Golf mk4 that had one particular fuel level that it wouldn't register. So the first half a tank was fine. then it would hit a certain spot and not register any petrol at all. Then after another qauter of a tank it would register again. Googling showed it to be a faulty sensor in the tank. Maybe this is similar?
I've had the opposite once. Going down like normal until I was basically on fumes with less than 30km predicted. It suddenly stared going up, both the fuel gauge and the predicted mileage left. I think it ended up at around 200km left and not far off a quarter of a tank when I got to the pump. I ended up putting in around 108L of fuel so it was pretty damn empty!
Otherwise it's the usual, I can do about 100+km and not see the gauge move if I've brimmed the tank.
Otherwise it's the usual, I can do about 100+km and not see the gauge move if I've brimmed the tank.
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In my Z4 the gauge has moved off the top in about 10 miles! I only get 250 to a tank though
In my Z4 the gauge has moved off the top in about 10 miles! I only get 250 to a tank though
I get 200-250 out of my mazda 3 2.0 lol so I'd say your z4 is doing alright
my avg is 25.4mpg
I get 200-250 out of my mazda 3 2.0 lol so I'd say your z4 is doing alright
my avg is 25.4mpg
Jeez you must rag it
Thats not far off my 350z mpg! and my Mazda 6 2.0L gets about 35mpg
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I get 200-250 out of my mazda 3 2.0 lol so I'd say your z4 is doing alright
my avg is 25.4mpg
Wow ok! Mines a 3.0 and I average 28-29
I get 200-250 out of my mazda 3 2.0 lol so I'd say your z4 is doing alright
my avg is 25.4mpg
Fuelio tells me if i'm doing mainly motorway miles on a tank i'll get about 24-30mpg, if it's just around town & commuting, it's closer to 17MPG... Mazda 3 MPS though, still don't know how to drive it slow
Mine did that when I first got it, where 70 miles would be four bars and 200 miles would be 8/9, but it seems to be normal now.
Fuelio tells me if i'm doing mainly motorway miles on a tank i'll get about 24-30mpg, if it's just around town & commuting, it's closer to 17MPG... Mazda 3 MPS though, still don't know how to drive it slow
And this is why I don't own an MPS.... shocking fuel use for a car that's only 40 bhp more powerful..
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I was going to say, that's not great! My missus has a Golf GTI with 230 bhp and that happily averages 35mpg, going down to 25 on a hoon!
Jeez you must rag it
Thats not far off my 350z mpg! and my Mazda 6 2.0L gets about 35mpg
heavy london traffic + heavy right foot = lolmpgz.
