TNM
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Does MPG bother you?
I get fed up with people saying i bet the MPG isnt very good on that.
Or whats the MPG like.
Mabe im not old enough or something but when my tank is empty i fill it up.
if it last 100 miles then it last 100 miles. If it last 300 it last 300.
I wouldnt drive a sports car if i was botherd about MPG.
So does it bother you?
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Robin
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I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it
I fill my car up when it needs it.
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Sam
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I write down every trip, start mileage, end, times, weather, passengers.
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Pop
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it doesn't bother me
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cunningham
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am not botherd either but if i was i would take the bus lol or get a deisel
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ed
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It sort of interests me. I am enjoying getting 450 miles to a tank
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davcohen
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am not to bothered however when i have to constantly fill it up like my old XE'd corsa it just gets annoying due to an unknown overfuelling issue
[Edited on 06-01-2007 by davcohen]
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Colin
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I'll say it bothers me more than it used to, I used to be of when its empty fill it up & never pay any attention to the price/litre. But then started doing more miles & giving shell £400 every month to have the privalage of sitting in a fast car through miles of traffic jams started to wear me thin.
Bad MPG doesnt bother me its the amount of bad mpg I was doing that finally cracked me!!
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Ste L
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quote: Originally posted by Robin
I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it
I fill my car up when it needs it.
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Colin
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I'll also say it was nice when I had my old mans A4 2L TDi - 50mpg & it was still pretty quick
I may convert to diesel for my next car, if im back to low miles then I wont & I will happily live with mid teen mpg
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by Ste L
quote: Originally posted by Robin
I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it
I fill my car up when it needs it.
You both drive small engined hatchbacks though....good mpg comes as part of the package
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SetH
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ok heres a scenario
take the golf V6 4 motion and compare it to the 1.8T, remap the 1.8T for £500 and youve got roughly the same power? but i bet you the 1.8T will still be more economical. so in a situation like that yes MPG would matter.
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Colin
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Ones a 4WD V6 & the others a FWD Turbo though the larger capacity & permanent 4WD will always be thirstier.
Better scenario would be to take the 1.8T GTi & the GT tdi - similar performance stats but one will do many more mpg that the other.
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davcohen
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did feel nice in the summer when someone wrote off my astra and got that new mondeo 130 tdci, cruising to PV at 120 with a/c getting 40mpg as a rental
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Robin
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quote: Originally posted by Colin
quote: Originally posted by Ste L
quote: Originally posted by Robin
I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it
I fill my car up when it needs it.
You both drive small engined hatchbacks though....good mpg comes as part of the package
I used to get 170 to a tank in my 1.6 when it was dying. It didn't bother me
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jr
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bothers me as i do alot of miles in the week, hence be buying a tdi
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by Robin
quote: Originally posted by Colin
quote: Originally posted by Ste L
quote: Originally posted by Robin
I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it
I fill my car up when it needs it.
You both drive small engined hatchbacks though....good mpg comes as part of the package
I used to get 170 to a tank in my 1.6 when it was dying. It didn't bother me
You admit to not doing many miles if you did it would!!
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Robin
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Yeah, but like TNM says, you don't by a sports/tuned/stripped car if you do lots of miles, but people on here seem to always ask what MPG a 1.2 16v Corsa should do
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rustyarchs
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my next cars hopefully a diesel if i ever find one i like
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by Robin
Yeah, but like TNM says, you don't by a sports/tuned/stripped car if you do lots of miles, but people on here seem to always ask what MPG a 1.2 16v Corsa should do
Situations can change though, you can have the sports/tuned/stripped car before you need to do the miles then your opinion will quickly change & it will be for sale.
People asking about for an example wanting to buy a scooby/evo/supra but worried about the fuel economy should stick to their corsa, someone with a 1.2 moaning about their mpg should stick to walking
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jr
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1.28v are shocking on fuel though
my wiesel is brillaint at evreything, baring going round a track id imagine
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by rustyarchs
my next cars hopefully a diesel if i ever find one i like
Im seriously considering one, like I said I had my old mans A4 for a couple weeks, clocked up over 1000 miles driving all over the country & only had to fill up a couple times....was ace
Any Vag Derv or maybe 5 series is high up on my list.
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deano87
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MPG doesn't really bother me - I tend to fill up every Sunday before Uni, regardless of where the fuel gauge is. I know I pay out just as much in the long run, but paying £22 for 3/4 of a tank rather than £35 makes a huge difference in a week with not much money, being a student n'all.
I think I would convert to diesel, ONLY if it was a modern, quiet diesel and not a tractor - something like the Fabia vRS diesel would do me just fine.
Oh, and I'd have to be doing a lot of miles for a diesel - my trip to Uni is about 25miles, so isn't huge and the 12v doesn't seem too thirsty.
[Edited on 06-01-2007 by deano87]
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Warren G
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'MPG - What does it mean to you?'
Miles Per Gallon
sorry to lower the tone
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rustyarchs
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quote: Originally posted by Colin
quote: Originally posted by rustyarchs
my next cars hopefully a diesel if i ever find one i like
Im seriously considering one, like I said I had my old mans A4 for a couple weeks, clocked up over 1000 miles driving all over the country & only had to fill up a couple times....was ace
Any Vag Derv or maybe 5 series is high up on my list.
its the way forward i like the mg zt diesel but everytime i look at them i shake my head at how much more they are over the normal petrol ones
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