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Title: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: rsreid2000 on October 25, 2010, 06:51:23 pm
Drove home from work tonight MFD read 305 miles to empty. 10 mile drive home, couldn't have a blast due to traffic being heavy and MFD read 315 Miles when I got home.
Brilliant, a 200 bhp car that hardly uses any petrol!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: rich83 on October 25, 2010, 06:52:37 pm
Good isnt it.... shame that as soon as you boot it, it soon wipes the smile off its own face!
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Nasir on October 25, 2010, 06:53:36 pm
It works out the miles to empty on your driving style over X amount of time. Your driving style changed and at that rate the car thinks you can go further and thus calculates 315 miles.
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: edd666999 on October 25, 2010, 06:56:15 pm
small petrol fairys
 :laugh:
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: divweir on October 25, 2010, 06:59:42 pm
i filled up yesterday and it said 300 miles to empty is that good or not
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Janner_Sy on October 25, 2010, 07:01:10 pm
after a track day, i can refil the car and it reckoned i only had 160 miles for the tank. :grin:  20 minutes on cruise at 70Mph and thats right back up into the 300s.

300 miles was my average distance but im quite heavy footed and was stage 2+ and used the car as it was designed
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: rsreid2000 on October 25, 2010, 07:03:35 pm
i filled up yesterday and it said 300 miles to empty is that good or not

Mine always says 300 when I fill it up, depending how I drive determines how many miles I get.
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on October 25, 2010, 08:53:42 pm
i filled up yesterday and it said 300 miles to empty is that good or not

Mine always says 300 when I fill it up, depending how I drive determines how many miles I get.
I've given up the will to live when looking at miles to empty.  On my way back from JMK, I averaged sommat like 16mpg, and on the way to the Pod, it was 13.1mpg . . . . :booty:
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Greeners on October 25, 2010, 09:03:05 pm
It's like that at the Nurburgring, 8MPG on the track and the light comes on half way round. Leave the circuit to go and get some fuel and by the time you get there the lights gone back off and the range has gone up!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: simonp on October 25, 2010, 09:10:22 pm
Phew, I thought you were talking about the price of the stuff for a minute! Mine goes up on the motorway, but rapidly down in suburbia.
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: rich83 on October 25, 2010, 09:11:27 pm
OFF Topic.... sorry

Greeners... is this your motor?

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm5.static.flickr.com%2F4145%2F4961582384_8f03099ab7.jpg&hash=8e7879b80c6b35dee68761447777423740633823)

Rich
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: RedRobin on October 25, 2010, 09:13:51 pm

Phew, I thought you were talking about the price of the stuff for a minute!


....Me too. You might want to revise your topic title to "Mpg going UP!!!!!"
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on October 25, 2010, 09:15:02 pm
It's like that at the Nurburgring, 8MPG on the track and the light comes on half way round. Leave the circuit to go and get some fuel and by the time you get there the lights gone back off and the range has gone up!  :laugh:
Ahhhhh - happy days - my lowest ever average was 6.7 mpg, flat out on the autoroutes in a Vectra 2.5 V6 GSI.
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: RedRobin on October 25, 2010, 09:16:48 pm

It's like that at the Nurburgring, 8MPG on the track and the light comes on half way round. Leave the circuit to go and get some fuel and by the time you get there the lights gone back off and the range has gone up!  :laugh:


....You probably already know the reason why: The mpg is calculated smartly on-the-fly and so it re-adjusts as you come off track and drive 'normally'.

[T_T will correct me if I'm wrong]
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on October 25, 2010, 09:28:30 pm

It's like that at the Nurburgring, 8MPG on the track and the light comes on half way round. Leave the circuit to go and get some fuel and by the time you get there the lights gone back off and the range has gone up!  :laugh:


....You probably already know the reason why: The mpg is calculated smartly on-the-fly and so it re-adjusts as you come off track and drive 'normally'.

[T_T will correct me if I'm wrong]
Yes, I forget exactly - but it is only calculated on the previous 20 miles, or 20 minutes.
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Greeners on October 25, 2010, 09:33:59 pm

It's like that at the Nurburgring, 8MPG on the track and the light comes on half way round. Leave the circuit to go and get some fuel and by the time you get there the lights gone back off and the range has gone up!  :laugh:


....You probably already know the reason why: The mpg is calculated smartly on-the-fly and so it re-adjusts as you come off track and drive 'normally'.

[T_T will correct me if I'm wrong]

Yup!  :wink:
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: RedRobin on October 25, 2010, 09:35:53 pm
@ Greeners:

Seeing you online and as you like Katy Perry you might want to check out Ch Five @ 10:00pm tonight   :happy2:
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Greeners on October 25, 2010, 09:36:45 pm
@ Greeners:

Seeing you online and as you like Katy Perry you might want to check out Ch Five @ 10:00pm tonight   :happy2:

Thanks mate, already set it to record as I saw you mention it in another thread!  :happy2:
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on October 26, 2010, 12:01:17 am
Phew, I thought you were talking about the price of the stuff for a minute!

Same here  :laugh:


I have noticed the range figure going up on my dad's 1.9 TDI sometimes.

EDIT:
Of topic but can you see the range figure on a midline display or just highline?
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: RedRobin on October 26, 2010, 12:42:21 am

Of topic but can you see the range figure on a midline display or just highline?


....If by the term "range" you mean how many miles remaining before fill up, then yes you have this display option on Midline (06-build 05-plate GTI).
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: stealthwolf on October 26, 2010, 06:31:32 am
it's part of the trip computer so doesn't matter if you have mid/highline.
Title: Re: Petrol going UP!!!!!!!
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on October 26, 2010, 02:15:12 pm

Of topic but can you see the range figure on a midline display or just highline?


....If by the term "range" you mean how many miles remaining before fill up, then yes you have this display option on Midline (06-build 05-plate GTI).

it's part of the trip computer so doesn't matter if you have mid/highline.

Ok thanks for the info guys  :happy2: