MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: amanda on July 23, 2016, 05:39:10 pm
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Just driven downto Heathrow and back on a full tank of petrol which cost me £56 ....wasn't a snail either and I still have 65 miles left :)
Well happy as I have to do the same journey again next week!
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No idea how good that is, since I'm not sure where your journey started!
One of the benefits of turbocharged cars though - relatively good efficiency.
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What was the total mpg?
My record is 48
I drove 40miles home today and got 42 then when I hit a motorway merge point I floored it and had a bit of fun for no more than 2 miles and it dropped to 35!
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Never seen more than 35 on mine!
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averaging 35 in mine too. Even on a run with cruise set to 70 we were at 38.9 which i thought was rather low - glad it is normal!
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On a run 37 at best. Only worried about mpg when my cars did nothing else for me and there was nothing worth talking about.
I do get why people get curious though. 330bhp & 300lb/ft of torque and 37mpg if you behave is great.
Now that's out of the way... :driver:
This car, as a daily driver, is the first car in many years that's had me going out for a drive just for the hell of it. :love:
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I think 48 is my record on a super eco boring run..... I've managed Cardiff to Liverpool on less than half a tank, and Cardiff to Mechelen (Belgium) followed by several days of local driving on a single tank
My tank average is around 20-22 though normally though :smiley: :driver:
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My record is a tank to 190miles. Around the Yorkshire moors :signLOL:
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37 mpg :thinking: how I got that fig .....I have no idea as I tend to have a heavy right foot!
I live just outside Chester.
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Normally factored around 360 miles to a full tank. Lowest i've seen is 19mpg, highest 42 mpg. Just bought a Mazda 6 as a family car due to 2 young kids. 2.5 petrol, and i'm getting 450 miles to the tank. It's swift rather than fast, but the Golf is much more fun.
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The question is...... is that a big tank or a little tank? Does anyone really run the tank until empty?? Not advisable, if you do...... :slap:
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Why is it not advisable? Please don't say something along the lines of 'it suck up all of the crap at the bottom of the tank' as that simply isn't true
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The question is...... is that a big tank or a little tank? Does anyone really run the tank until empty?? Not advisable, if you do...... :slap:
Not the case anymore. May have been an issue years and years ago on older cars before fuel standards and advances in filters where some sediment might lie in the tank. In modern engines the fuel must meet high quality standards so sedimentation can't occur in day to day driving. If you think about it, when you take a corner at speed your entire fuel tank will slosh everything up and when pumping in fuel, again the same thing!
If you did leave a car sitting up for a few years (although I've only seen this with diesel, not to say it won't with petrol) it can start to settle out and become viscous.
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still not reccomended to run the low pressure fuel pump dry. it does rely on the lubrication properties of the fuel. kind of unlikely but running it dry can damage the pump
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still not reccomended to run the low pressure fuel pump dry. it does rely on the lubrication properties of the fuel. kind of unlikely but running it dry can damage the pump
If you're foolish enough to run it dry and out of fuel to then get stuck on the side of the motorway then you deserve it :jumpmove:
What I mean is running the tank down to the last 10miles on the trip computer!
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I hit 41.7 mpg today, on A and B roads, driving like a snail with the kids in the car, then ended up with 39.9. after a 30 mile journey. Pretty pleased with that although the wife's average 8 mile round trip to the school only returns 27 ish. I'm thinking of getting a stage 1 done at R-tech soon so will be interested if this increases the MPG on an economy run but I can't see me being 'economical' very often!
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Why is it not advisable? Please don't say something along the lines of 'it suck up all of the crap at the bottom of the tank' as that simply isn't true
See the link here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3213671/Why-never-drive-quarter-tank-fuel-827-000-break-year-ignoring-warning-light.html .... this is petrol; not highly refined rocket fuel...stored in manky underground tanks in fuel stations, very often contaminated and then put into cars, many of which have done well over 100,000 miles, and as the article states, guages are very unreliable.....You risk it if you want to.....was only advice; not compulsary. If you know better, then please carry on.
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Daily Mail :signLOL:
40 years ago - yes it was an issue. Tanks would rust, water contamination would sit under the fuel etc. On a modern car, where the inside of the fuel tank will look like brand new - no.
Not to mention these cars already take their fuel from the bottom of the tank, have a strainer and a fuel filter designed to catch any 'sediment' or contaminant... Not to mention that if you did run out, the in-tank pump will prime the system for you with no need to 'bleed' it. I could go on and on.
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Ok, I am 'old skool' and that was the thinking back then........
Daily Mail might not best the best 'pedigree' of motoring journalism, but some of it seems to make sense.......I hear what you say, but why would you want to run so low, and risk running out of fuel? A change in 'driving style' or traffic situation can alter the 'fuel remaining / distance figure' dramatically, so best not to be relied on, other than in an emergency situation....