danny_dub
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Registered: 12th Dec 09
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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Going to PVS on Saturday was the longest trip I'd taken the Corsa on since owning it. Santa Pod is 150 miles from where I live (Southampton) so I thought I'd tank my car and see how good it would be on fuel.
I put £55 in about 45litres and got to Santa Pod on a quarter of a tank. Taking it steady. On the way home on Sunday we sat about 85mph the whole way home and used a bit more than on the way up.
None the less I didnt need to put any fuel in untill last night after going to and from work. I covered 350 miles to £55 which I think is pretty good! I'm taking the Corsa to the Nurburgring next month so was a good test to see how much fuel i'm gonna do.
What do other people get to a full tank? Is mine about right?
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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They're very good on petrol when not heavy footed.
My xe easily got more to a tank than my 1.6, and a lot of people have also experienced the same 
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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agreed, can be pretty awesome on fuel.
Even my old let corsa was good on fuel...
On the run at 70 in 6th gear 
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N4_RUE
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Registered: 14th Feb 09
Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester
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i did 170 mile there an back on a full tank off opitimax in mine , its better on fuel then my 1.4 sport was lol
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Eddx14xe
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Registered: 12th Jan 10
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My 1.4 sport is shocking on petrol
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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1.2 8v is the least economic vauxhall engine ever built lol
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Darryl H
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Registered: 19th Nov 09
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
1.2 8v is the least economic vauxhall engine ever built lol
mine gets rid of fuel like there's no tomorrow on the motorway when going up hills!!! Not so bad on flat/downhill
Your XE sounds like it's using as much as I used
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Crana
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Registered: 20th Jan 09
Location: Newcastle
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put 39L in mine and done 270 miles to pvs and still had over quater when I got there in mine  great when you take your time with them
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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my XE is'nt bad on fuel (although it is stripped bare)
i had just over half a tank, took it steady to the pod, had 6 runs over the day and had a play on the way home
i live 50mins-hour away and have just under a 1/4 of a tank left, was well chuffed when i realised lol
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
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i get 160miles to £50 tesco 99 or optimax:S
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Fro
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Thats less than i get in the bimmer
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Ricky352
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Location: Lisburn, N.I.
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
1.2 8v is the least economic vauxhall engine ever built lol
My carb isn't too bad lol, although only having four gears on the motorway doesnt help. I drive slow as anything to save fuel, even if I did put the foot down we wouldn't be moving anywhere quickly sure.
My Astra GTE 16v was great on fuel, the extra weight of the Cavs would bring the MPG down a bit
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philip2
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i forgot to add...thats in the evo haha
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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I got to santa pod (420miles) in one tank in my XE astra gsi last year with 3 folk in it and a shit load of stuff. Was quite impressed tbh
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Kieran
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Registered: 12th Sep 08
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The most i have ever achieved was 600 miles to £45 that was shell v-power too! Mine is spot on to drive on mways, but driving through gears is not as good as that lol
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Originally posted by kizzacorsab
The most i have ever achieved was 600 miles to £45 that was shell v-power too! Mine is spot on to drive on mways, but driving through gears is not as good as that lol
So judging the price at my local shell.....you did 81 mpg! Good going that...
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Prius fucking DRUNK through the go juice, I did 160 miles and put in £27 on the way home. It was running most of Sunday though plus I had it on a couple of times to heat up/charge phone etfc.
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Prius fucking DRUNK through the go juice, I did 160 miles and put in £27 on the way home. It was running most of Sunday though plus I had it on a couple of times to heat up/charge phone etfc.
Isnt that like 35 mpg....not bad tbh
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Kieran
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This was 2 yrs ago  forgot to add that.
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by pow
Prius fucking DRUNK through the go juice, I did 160 miles and put in £27 on the way home. It was running most of Sunday though plus I had it on a couple of times to heat up/charge phone etfc.
Isnt that like 35 mpg....not bad tbh
The Prius is normally 57+ though
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
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Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by pow
Prius fucking DRUNK through the go juice, I did 160 miles and put in £27 on the way home. It was running most of Sunday though plus I had it on a couple of times to heat up/charge phone etfc.
Isnt that like 35 mpg....not bad tbh
The Prius is normally 57+ though
Im just not use to it. For the last couple of years ive been buzzing if ive done 30 mpg in any of my cars . I cant imagine what it must be like to have a car that does 60 mpg, when im use to seeing 25-27 on the clock on the time 
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Andrew
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My 1.8 is over fueling. I used £65 to do 370 miles. Does need a good service so going to do that first and see where we are at. I can live with that though as it's not my main car.
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