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    #32
    RiderOnTheStorm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭RiderOnTheStorm


    skylight1987 wrote:
    I filled up my Hyundai I 20 with 60 euro ten days ago and got 611km before she was signalling empty .is this good, bad or average .I am curious to know thanks

    No, this is not good at all. You got about 40 miles per gallon. In the old days, 50mpg was good. It should be even higher now. City driving (stop start, low gears etc) is terrible for economy. Not much you can do about that .

    For metric fans, average/good is about 10 miles per liter.


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    #33
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users Posts: 19,070 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Sounds fairly good mileage for hauling around a fat bastard.


    Imagine what you'd get if ya lost a few stone


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    #34
    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,264 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Sounds fairly good mileage for hauling around a fat bastard.


    Imagine what you'd get if ya lost a few stone

    It's around 40 mpg in old money. Good enough for zooming around a city. Expect much better on a long run.
    It's about right for your car type and size and driving.


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    #35
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    mickdw wrote: »
    It's around 40 mpg in old money. Good enough for zooming around a city. Expect much better on a long run.
    It's about right for your car type and size and driving.

    Maybe the dog is "big boned"


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    #36
    Boom_Bap
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    mickdw wrote: »
    It's around 40 mpg in old money. Good enough for zooming around a city. Expect much better on a long run.
    It's about right for your car type and size and driving.


    What's that in yards per pint? It's a future currency


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    #37
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,156 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    What's that in yards per pint? It's a future currency


    thats easy. 40 mpg = 5 miles per pint = 8000 yards per pint.


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    #38
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    thats easy. 40 mpg = 5 miles per pint = 8000 yards per pint.

    Sounds waaaaay more economical when you put it like that. Think I'll quote my cars fuel economy that way when I'm selling it.


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    #39
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »
    For metric fans, average/good is about 10 miles per liter.

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    #40
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    What is a mile? This is the EU not some backwater ****hole like Liberia or the United States of America.:pac:


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    #41
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    What is a mile? This is the EU not some backwater ****hole like Liberia or the United States of America.:pac:

    I think even Liberia these days are metric.....


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    #42
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene.


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    #43
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,507 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    She will only go if she feels like it. Get a male car.


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    #44
    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Gravelly wrote: »
    If you throw away the dog, break off the wing mirrors, tape up all the panel gaps with duct tape (use the windows to get in and out) and strip out the interior, you could get at least 10% better fuel efficiency. And you'd save on dog food.


    No, no, no! You want to fit a hitch to the dog and get her to tow the car up hills, save a fortune on fuel costs.


    She can jump in when you're coasting on downhill sections - I'm not cruel, like.


    (Your fuel economy will suffer slightly when you need to keep winding down the window to shout "Mush!" at her, but no solution is perfect)


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    #45
    BuboBubo
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    Look at you with your fancy pants car!

    :P

    Jaysis, even my 07 banger has that feature! What are you driving eh? A bloody wheelbarrow?


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    #46
    tigerboon
    Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭tigerboon


    skylight1987 wrote: »
    I filled up my Hyundai I 20 with 60 euro ten days ago and got 611km before she was signalling empty .is this good, bad or average .I am curious to know thanks

    I wouldn't say that's particularly good. I drove about 400km for about €25 today. It depends on the type of driving. If it's all stop/start city driving it might be ok but open road should be better


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    #47
    punisher5112
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    Noveight wrote: »
    She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene.

    Put it in H


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    #48
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Op are you driving it easy or hard and are you in the right gear for what your driving needs.

    It's not great for a small car to be honest.


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    #49
    Capt'n Midnight
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    The metric system is a tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

    NB this is not good fuel economy.
    Not quite as bad as a Saturn V first stage though.


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    #50
    Capt'n Midnight
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    wexie wrote: »
    I think even Liberia these days are metric.....
    In the US of A a gallon is 3.785411784 litres, here a gallon is 4.54609 litres. Pints are also different sizes too. A US pint is only 83% the size of a real one.

    As for distance the US doesn't even use the units nationwide. :rolleyes:
    This video explains the difference between the U.S. survey foot (sFT) and the international survey foot (iFT)
    Many states have adopted legislation defining what type of foot is to be used in that state, and well over half have chosen the U.S. Survey foot.


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    #51
    Larbre34
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Op are you driving it easy or hard and are you in the right gear for what your driving needs.

    It's not great for a small car to be honest.

    I just did the maths myself and I agree, the manufacturers spec for that car would be 960 kms for a full tank. Yes, makers do exaggerate economy, but even splitting the difference it should be a lot more than 600~ kms. If its brand new, it could be that its still wearing in, but if it continues for long I'd be talking to the dealer. A 35kg dog, or in other words the weight of a child, would make little or no difference

    Seeing as we're comparing, my missus does three loads of washing to the batin'


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    #52
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Larbre34 wrote: »
    A 35kg dog, or in other words the weight of a child, would make little or no difference'
    It's 3.5% of one tonne. So for a one tonne car it means 3.5% more rubber on the road.


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    #53
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,388 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Wouldn’t think that’s great mileage for a small car. My Mazda 6 diesel easily does over 800 km per tank mixed driving and definitely not sparing the horses. Costs about the same to fill granted diesel is cheaper than petrol.


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    #54
    PARlance
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    Is the dog neutered and also a good dog?

    Is it a Rover?


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    #55
    Capt'n Midnight
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    PARlance wrote: »
    Is it a Rover?
    No it's a carpet.


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    #56
    maccored
    Registered Users Posts: 10,660 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    if i filled my landrover with 20 euro of diesel it would last me about a day


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    #57
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Noveight wrote: »
    She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene.
    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Put it in H

    Take it for a test drive and you’ll agree: Zagreb ebnom zlotdik diev.


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    #58
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    maccored wrote: »
    if i filled my landrover with 20 euro of diesel it would last me about a day

    In fairness, one full day without a breakdown is above average for a landrover.


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    #59
    maccored
    Registered Users Posts: 10,660 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    Gravelly wrote: »
    In fairness, one full day without a breakdown is above average for a landrover.

    ah now. Ive had mine 4 years and not a breakdown yet


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    #60
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    maccored wrote: »
    ah now. Ive had mine 4 years and not a breakdown yet

    Do you drive it :P

    In fairness as well, I had one and, other than near constant fuel leaks and pieces of trim falling off all the time, it wasn't as bad as a lot of them are.


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    #61
    Delta Lima
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Delta Lima


    wexie wrote: »
    You need to get one of these :

    https://www.amazon.com/Economizer-Improves-Instantly-Increases-Vehicles/dp/B00GS9GKPG

    This Amazon review for this product really cheered me up today.


    "You have to buy more than one to really get the benefit
    September 24, 2015
    Why buy just one? I used a huge series of splitters and adapters to plug in 100 of these, and now my car uses no gas at all. In fact it actually generates fuel as I drive. Starting with an empty tank, I put in one drop of gas, plugged in my FuelShark array, and started driving. Ten minutes later, my gas tank was so full it overflowed and started spraying gas all over the road. Now I sell gas to chumps who don't know about the FuelShark. In less than a month I've earned enough money to begin construction of a power plant that will harness over 9000 FuelSharks to generate enough free energy to run a large factory. The factory will produce 100,000 FuelSharks every day. In one week, the entire planet will be powered by FuelSharks. In one month, spacecraft will be launched to Mars in order to disassemble it for material for more FuelSharks. In one year, most of the solar system will be converted into FuelSharks, providing enough energy for humans to colonize the entire galaxy."

    And it only got 4 stars!


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