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Fuel economy - just wondering what others get for 20 euro?

  • 02-07-2010 10:01PM
    #1
    1059007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭


    Just for pig iron, im curious to see what Km's others get for €20 or €40 :p

    Iv a tiny 1.4 16V engine and get around 170Km for €20 with an average of 10 liters pre 100 Km. I use to get 220Km before the massive hike in petrol prices :eek:


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  • #2
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    1059007 wrote: »
    Just for pig iron, im curious to see what Km's others get for €20 or €40 :p
    Half way to the next petrol station.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,497 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    1059007 wrote: »

    Iv a tiny 1.4 16V engine and get around 170Km for €20

    €97 @1.339 got me 427 miles in my 1993 BMW 520i estate.


  • #4
    stealthyspeeder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭stealthyspeeder


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    Half way to the next petrol station.

    I hear ya!


  • #5
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,887 ✭✭✭GTE


    1059007 wrote: »
    Just for pig iron, im curious to see what Km's others get for €20 or €40 :p

    Maybe stick to litres instead. Fool proof.


  • #6
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    1.25 ltr Ford engine gets me just over 200km for 20 euro.


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  • #7
    smitas5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭smitas5


    €20 approx 200km with 01' Mercedes c220 cdi automatic
    approx 240km with 10' Opel Insignia 2l CTDI EcoFlex manual


  • #8
    1059007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭1059007


    Nice 200Km for a little 1.25....mate has a 1.1 clio and gets at least that but once he hits m50, chop it in half lol takes 4000 rpm to hit 120 in his car :pac:

    I was expecting my 1.4 to do me well but i can see a big hole in my pocket soon enough haha


  • #9
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    Put in €20 worth of fuel in my car today. Got 14.9l of petrol.
    Drove about 50miles. Used up a little more than a 1/4 of what I put in.
    But then again I was driving super economically today. Coasting around in 5th gear with my foot featherlight on the throttle not letting the revs go above 2k mark and all...


  • #10
    flower tattoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭flower tattoo


    i get 500 km for 40 litres costing about €46-€50 in a 1.6 petrol suzuki liana.
    Thats loads of stupid short trips and mostly country roads.

    is that good or bad??:confused::confused::confused:


  • #11
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    about 80-90 miles

    2001 Audi S3 remapped to approx 250bhp, mostly city commuting.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    1 Ltr petrol Yaris, €20 on a run will get me round 360km, normal everyday driving round 310km.


  • #13
    1059007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭1059007


    af_thefragile wrote: »
    Put in €20 worth of fuel in my car today. Got 14.9l of petrol.
    Drove about 50miles. Used up a little more than a 1/4 of what I put in.

    Is that good for you? thats like €5 for every 11.3 miles if my maths are right :confused:


  • #14
    bmw535d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    could be worse, the QE2 does about 50feet per gallon:eek:


  • #15
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    1 Ltr petrol Yaris, €20 on a run will get me round 360km, normal everyday driving round 310km.

    jesus thats good!

    so for 15 litres of fuel you're getting 310km, nice.


  • #16
    1059007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭1059007


    flower tattoo wrote: »
    i get 500 km for 40 litres costing about €46-€50 in a 1.6 petrol suzuki liana.
    Thats loads of stupid short trips and mostly country roads.

    is that good or bad??:confused::confused::confused:

    I wreckin thats not bad for a 1.6....although I can see the advantages of a 1L yaris....more funds for the pub ha over 300km for €20...wanker ;):D


  • #17
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    bmw535d wrote: »
    could be worse, the QE2 does about 50feet per gallon:eek:

    yeah that's why I had to sell on my QE2, was costing me a fortune on the school run :D


  • #18
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,161 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    1059007 wrote: »
    Is that good for you? thats like €5 for every 11.3 miles if my maths are right :confused:

    Its about 45mpg I think. Which is pretty good compared the the 30ish mpg I get with my normal (slightly hard driving). It takes considerably more effort to drive a car economically than it does to trash it around!!


  • #19
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    38eu thats 28l 249km today from co. cork to dublin airport. I was doin around 130km/h on power fc, at one stage alot alot more, wount say hiw much as griendly people in here will hang me, damn honda got in a away so we had fun :d

    If i drive to work and home only: 24eu 20l 150km... Allmoust no boost and throtle 30-40% max

    So like some one said: 20 eu gets me to the ather petrol station prety much :d.

    If i start messingand hit 1.4bar 20eu will just get me a fe minutes, not myles :d


  • #20
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,426 ✭✭✭testicle


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    38eu thats 28l 249km today from co. cork to dublin airport. I was doin around 130km/h on power fc, at one stage alot alot more, wount say hiw much as griendly people in here will hang me, damn honda got in a away so we had fun :d

    If i drive to work and home only: 24eu 20l 150km... Allmoust no boost and throtle 30-40% max

    So like some one said: 20 eu gets me to the ather petrol station prety much :d.

    If i start messingand hit 1.4bar 20eu will just get me a fe minutes, not myles :d

    I hope you kept left when you were breaking the speed limit for so long! :D


  • #21
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Wifes car does 1100 km for 70 litres its a 2.0 tdi passat. Mine does the 1000 for 75 litres. Dont fill at the pumps so i dont know what it costs:)


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  • #22
    bad2dabone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,333 ✭✭✭bad2dabone


    SARASON wrote: »
    Wifes car does 1100 km for 70 litres its a 2.0 tdi passat. Mine does the 1000 for 75 litres. Dont fill at the pumps so i dont know what it costs:)

    ? how do you get your fuel then ?

    fuelpipewithautosyphon.jpg


  • #23
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    bad2dabone wrote: »
    jesus thats good!

    so for 15 litres of fuel you're getting 310km, nice.

    Or 49mpg. I doubt it.


  • #24
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    bad2dabone wrote: »
    ? how do you get your fuel then ?

    fuelpipewithautosyphon.jpg


    Hah ha we wish. We have a transport business with mostly coaches so we fill the cars of that.


  • #25
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    testicle wrote: »
    I hope you kept left when you were breaking the speed limit for so long! :D

    Feck that i am too cool for losser lane i had a handa in there :D. Thx god no zafiras or she would out run bouth of us!


  • #26
    smitas5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭smitas5


    bad2dabone wrote: »
    jesus thats good!

    so for 15 litres of fuel you're getting 310km, nice.
    I would like to see motorway driving figures...
    20 yoyos = 16litres = 160km? at 120-130km/h :D


  • #27
    smitas5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭smitas5


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Feck that i am too cool for losser lane i had a handa in there :D. Thx god no zafiras or she would out run bouth of us!
    my opinion loosers are the drivers who stay in the second or third lane constantly, when first lane is empty... this is just plain ignorant to think that some lane is cool, but that is other threads discussion
    obviously I didn't get you joke, sorry:rolleyes:


  • #28
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    smitas5 wrote: »
    my opinion loosers are the drivers who stay in the second or third lane constantly, when first lane is empty... this is just plain ignorant to think that some lane is cool, but that is other threads discussion
    obviously I didn't get you joke, sorry:rolleyes:

    You are not long enought here ;) . Be here longer and you understand ;)

    P.s. Op, we count 100km to xxl back in my old country. Newer knew people started here aswell, as mpg is still extremly popular even if all roads are marked in km for quite a bit.

    Well thing is 100km to 10l is really alot for 1.4 . Even if thats city driving.


  • #29
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,021 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    You are not long enought here ;) . Be here longer and you inderstand ;)

    Thats veeerrrryyy true:D


  • #30
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    SARASON wrote: »
    Thats veeerrrryyy true:D

    1272381484937.jpg

    :D


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  • #31
    iceax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭iceax


    New 2010 car does 650 km/ 403 miles for 50e/ 41 litres its a 1.9 tdi leon eco. it's doing 45 mpg. ~~ 16 km per litre , i think it could be better !!! :confused:


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