Fuel up/down again

Hate · 31 May 2011 at 15:33

Dropped £80 into the S3 at the weekend! the fuel computer amusingly claims 450 miles till empty on a new tank when I've not seen more than 350...

wez130 · 31 May 2011 at 15:35

Stuck £75 in the 525D yesterday, took me upto just over 3/4 a tank from almost empty, and a range of around 430 miles mixed driving.

Ill get a good idea of it's motorway economy next week as i drive Teesside > Daventry > Manchester > Teesside.

Pants · 31 May 2011 at 19:18

PMKeates said:
750 miles from the tank is optimistic - I had just finished my mainly M25 60 mile journey home, refilled, and saw that as I drove down the road from the garage. It actually went up to 753 briefly! Based on typical fuel consumption I can get ~550-650 miles between refills (38-45 MPG). To get 750 to a tank it'd need to be a long, steady drive and 49 MPG!

But yes, either way, it's quite impressive from a 1735 Kg 350 HP automatic!

I thought my Octavia VRS had a good BHP to MPG ratio, but the figures for the 535D are epic. That's a whole lot of power for the economy on offer! And it must be really nice not having to frequent to petrol station too often with such a good range.

If I ever went over to the diesel side I would love for it to be an engine like that.

I'm getting about 350 miles maximum on £80 of v-power.

EvilFranky · 31 May 2011 at 20:09

My wallet is getting a bashing at the minute as well. The Evo is costing me £60 to fill once the fuel light is on and I get roughly 170-180 mile of normal road miles, possibly break the 200 mark on a long run.

PMKeates · 31 May 2011 at 20:53

Pants said:
I thought my Octavia VRS had a good BHP to MPG ratio, but the figures for the 535D are epic. That's a whole lot of power for the economy on offer! And it must be really nice not having to frequent to petrol station too often with such a good range.

If I ever went over to the diesel side I would love for it to be an engine like that.

I'm getting about 350 miles maximum on £80 of v-power.

It is pretty good, though that power figure is mapped. The 535d occupies what is a bit of a sweet spot on the logarithmic curve between power and economy. To get much more power you start significantly losing economy, but to gain much more economy you start significantly losing power.

Shimmyhill · 31 May 2011 at 22:18

Thread needs a title change, prices have been going down for a couple of weeks!

However on the news today the independents are now complaining to the competitions commission about price fixing at supermarkets and/or selling below retail

Duke · 23 Jun 2011 at 16:40

Oil price has fallen back further today - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13890072

FreeStream · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:04

Khaaan! said:
£40 for a fillup, ludicrous!

I hope that was sarcasm

But for my car, yes it is.

Given when I first started driving I filled up the same amount for £25.

It's all relative.

Dr Who · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:09

PMKeates said:
If I am very low on fuel and the price is £1.45 pl or so, I can top £100 for the fill-up :\

Wouldn't it be somewhat dumb to fill the car up an an inflated price rather than put in just enough to find a cheaper pump?

ubersonic · 23 Jun 2011 at 20:22

£91 to fill up last night, though I was running on fumes, should keep me sorted for a couple of weeks. I miss 8Xp petrol...

Fusion · 23 Jun 2011 at 20:27

Duke said:
Oil price has fallen back further today - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13890072

Thank god. It would be great if it kept falling, or at least stayed at this level for a while.

I actually felt half-chuffed today at filling up at 133.7p/litre, I've been paying 134.5/134.9p/litre for a while now.

Sad, I know.

kip02 · 23 Jun 2011 at 23:37

Filled up today at 128.9 for unleaded, i should be fuming but seems quite a bargain at the minute.

ubersonic · 24 Jun 2011 at 10:46

Tesco dropped 3p off its prices today following "a big fall in the cost of oil internationally"

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tesco-knocks-3p-off-petrol-price-085452428.html

jaybee · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:12

I brimmed ours for £74 yesterday.

Valentino · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:19

Why do people continue to brim their cars? Do you fill the boot with bricks too?

Prophet · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:20

Valentino said:
Why do people continue to brim their cars? Do you fill the boot with bricks too?

I can do over a 1000 miles a week. Part filling would be stupid.

bledd · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:23

Valentino said:
Why do people continue to brim their cars? Do you fill the boot with bricks too?

Because I hate going to the petrol station

Dutch Guy · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:30

Valentino said:
Why do people continue to brim their cars? Do you fill the boot with bricks too?

Do you like to go to a petrol station :confused:

I go whenever I have a litre left and fill up the tank, why would I go to the petrol station when I still have half a tank of petrol?

Prophet · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:50

Dutch Guy said:
Do you like to go to a petrol station

I go whenever I have a litre left and fill up the tank, why would I go to the petrol station when I still have half a tank of petrol?

I think he's one of those people who believes you save loads of money by only part filling your tank.

Duke · 24 Jun 2011 at 12:10

I've only part filled if its a loan car, don't see the point of keep going back for £10 here and there.