Mark330d
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Red diesel is the way foward
Until you get pulled in for a dip test & loose your car.
do they put something stick into ur fuel tank?
they can do but never ever seen it happen. If its a cheap car the savings you make will cover the cost of the car if you ever get caught which is unluikely/
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
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well fit a secondary tank then in the boot  normal diesel in ur normal tenk and red diesel in the second tank. redirect the fuel lines and u r onto the winner.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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either a 306 Dturbo or a nova/corsa d/td imho, 306 lovely cars to drive, rather nippy, some good trim levels, but french  corsa 1.5td pretty nippy, had 450 to a tank driven easy.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Or XE your Corsa.... I've seen 350 miles to a tank in mine 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
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Our 2.0DTi astra cost £2k in May (60k on the clock). If you drive it sensibly, and your on your own in the car for less weight blah blah motorway driving, it will see 50+mpg, 55 litre tank, costs £45 ish to fill
edit - on our recent run of majority 60 - 90mph distance driving and a pinch of about town driving over christmas netted us 500 miles with the light on, I reckon it had at least another 50 miles in it and it was a fully loaded car most the time, and I wasnt hanging about
[Edited on 02-01-2009 by dannymccann]
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Cole
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1.5d clio its what i use balances out the fuel costs on the zafira 180miles a week to £15
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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tbh, your 12v is probably as cheap as it'll get. Bigger engined diesel cars are only more economical compared to petrol alternatives.
What you're spending on fuel sounds about right. And another car won't see it reduce enough for you to notice imho.
Driving the 12v with economy in mind will save you just as much. Drive at 60mph than 70 for example. It won't take you much longer considering rush hour traffic and don't rev the nuts off it.
A 1.5D Corsa won't be much more entertaining given the circumstances.
I always see 45mpg+ in my 12v. For anyone that sees a lot less must mean their car isn't running right imho or it won't last long because they're ragging it to within 1krpm of its life.
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Ojc
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This thread is your equivelent of a wet dream isn't it Deano :kiss:
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Jenko_Sport
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Originally posted by Ojc
This thread is your equivelent of a wet dream isn't it Deano :kiss:
 Beat me to it
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sxibeast
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pug 206 1.4 hdi - i do about 70 miles a day (mon-fri) and only go to work and back in it. fill up pretty much every 2 weeks aswell
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Carl
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Not sure on the 106 but I ran my vento on used veg oil for a bit. Was only filtered to 100 microns oopose to 10 so it clogged the fuel filter up.
You have to change them a lot more anyway don't you if you are running veg oil?
if you go 306 td, make sure its a bosch pump one, that way you can run veg oil no worries.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Best thing really is to slow down. I get 500 miles to 50 litres ay 60 and 400 miles doing 70.
Also, bear in mind, diesel costs around 15p a litre more.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
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Originally posted by Ojc
This thread is your equivelent of a wet dream isn't it Deano :kiss:
Beat me to it
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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I love people who link Passat TDi's do 100 mph all day long at 60mpg.
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Twiggy
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Originally posted by pow
Kirstys Dad's does 55mpg round town.
I took it for a run to Selsea and managed 63MPG sitting at 70.
We struggle to get the mrs sisters upto 60 let alone stay at 70!!!!
We were doing 40 going up a hill the other day!! ITS FUCKING DANGEROUS!!
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