My MR2 Turbo MPG Record!

L0rdMike · 15 May 2006 at 11:08

Sure having a fast car is great and all but with todays petrol prices filling the car up really hurts.

So yesterday I thought I would do 55mph gps all the way to and from Birmingham all part from some small boostage in and around the city.

Stopped in a service station on the way up, looking rather good so far. 105 miles and not even a 1/4 used. :eek:

Stopped at another service station on the way back for some sleep. Would have had a bit more fuel if I didnt boost around Birmingham.

Made it back home and nearly 300 miles with about a 1/4 left. Normally average about 230miles to a 55L tank.

Enfield · 15 May 2006 at 11:13

Woah! I went to Gatwick and back, then back to gatwick then back home again the other week on a full tank and only managed 250 miles to a full tank lol.

lordrobs · 15 May 2006 at 11:15

I'd love to know what my car was capable of if I was capable of sticking to 55mph

Von Luck · 15 May 2006 at 11:15

Using my VL guesstimator (tm), I reckon that's about 33mpg?

(3/4 of a 55l tank = 41.25l / 4.54 = 9.08g, 299/9.08 = 32.9mpg)

Although a lot of tanks taper, so you won't know till you brim it again.

[TW]Fox · 15 May 2006 at 11:18

Von Luck said:
Using my VL guesstimator (tm), I reckon that's about 33mpg?

(3/4 of a 55l tank = 41.25l / 4.54 = 9.08g, 299/9.08 = 32.9mpg)

Although a lot of tanks taper, so you won't know till you brim it again.

You can't work it out like that, fuel guages are nowhere near accurate enough.

L0rdMike · 15 May 2006 at 11:21

Yeah it gets down to zero, stays like that for a while and when the light does come on I still have about 9L left I think.

Von Luck · 15 May 2006 at 11:24

[TW]Fox said:
You can't work it out like that, fuel guages are nowhere near accurate enough.

Which is, just possibly, why I mentioned that it was a guess and he wouldn't know till he brimmed it? :rolleyes:

merlin · 15 May 2006 at 11:24

[TW]Fox said:
fuel guages are nowhere near accurate enough.

You know Honda?

My gauge is a friggin joke.

Anyway - for mpg boasting - I got 34 mpg out of mine last week - South Bham to York, then back.

[TW]Fox · 15 May 2006 at 11:25

I win, 43.2 mpg Plymouth - Cheltenham for the 2nd RR day \o/

merlin · 15 May 2006 at 11:27

[TW]Fox said:
I win, 43.2 mpg Plymouth - Cheltenham for the 2nd RR day \o/

Very impressive - how many times did you use vtec though?

Von Luck · 15 May 2006 at 11:27

Always found Vauxhall gauges the worst - every car I've ever had from them had a broken gauge.

Best I've had from the Bora is about 36/37 with motorway cruising and keeping it off-boost as much as possible.

[TW]Fox · 15 May 2006 at 11:28

merlin said:
Very impressive - how many times did you use vtec though?

Eleven times. It's ZETEC which sounds a bit like VTEC so obviously is the same.

GlasgowTitan · 15 May 2006 at 11:31

Fox how did you work out the mpg if you didn't use the fuel guage which isn't accurate?

[TW]Fox · 15 May 2006 at 11:34

GlasgowTitan said:
Fox how did you work out the mpg if you didn't use the fuel guage which isn't accurate?

My car has a trip computer.

Princey · 15 May 2006 at 11:39

I managed around 54mpg going from Birmingham to London and back in a 1.6 Focus.

Nathan · 15 May 2006 at 11:54

For the last 4 years iv raged around in my dturbo not really thinking economy. As fuel prices are getting a bit of a joke, I too have been taking it steady in the past 2 weeks. 60 mph everywhere with no boost = 618 miles to the tank of my car

Before my max was 430!

Simon · 15 May 2006 at 12:00

[TW]Fox said:
My car has a trip computer.

They are just as inaccurate,

I get 380-390miles to 10 gallons (full tank) yet the computer shows 44mpg :rolleyes:

(03 Toyota Corolla Derv)

paradigm · 15 May 2006 at 12:06

Simon said:
They are just as inaccurate,

I get 380-390miles to 10 gallons (full tank) yet the computer shows 44mpg (03 Toyota Corolla Derv)

Odd, mine showed an average of 38.2MPG for my last tank, and I got 460 Miles from it. Oddly, a 55 Litre tank, returning 460 miles = 38.3MPG

Hardly innacurate. Perhaps you have a naff car?

Simon · 15 May 2006 at 12:09

paradigm said:
Odd, mine showed an average of 38.2MPG for my last tank, and I got 460 Miles from it. Oddly, a 55 Litre tank, returning 460 miles = 38.3MPG

Hardly innacurate. Perhaps you have a naff car?

Doubt it, everyone else in Toyota says the same.

cruel_kindness · 15 May 2006 at 12:22

Best i've got out of my MR2 is 340 miles

L0rdmike was the silver surround hard to fit?