Gunny-Corsa-Sport
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does that sound about right or not? seems to be using alot of petrol at minute.
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tom_simes
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That's inthe region of 30 mpg - sounds a little low, but it depends on a lot of factors.
Are your journeys short? If so, the cold weather won't be allowing the engine to reach normal operating temperature, which is where an engine is most efficient.
Is it through town, with a lot of top-start moving? Are you having to use a fair bit of throttle to keep up with traffic? All of those will cause a fair bit of fuel consumption.
Obviously, if it's markedly more usage than before then perhaps it needs investigating, but bear in mind that fuel has gone up arund 7-8p a litre since Christmas - that'll reduce your mileage for the same cost of fuel by about 5, or about 8 miles when you're using £25 a time.
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corsa power
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ive got a p reg 1.4 sport am geting around 60 miles to tenner dunno if that helps
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JaffaTB
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sounds about right, i get about 55 miles to a tenner to work and back with my 1.4 8v sri, if i go on a long run i get about 75
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corsa power
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how much do u get from 20 usually as hink my fuel gauge dodgy only on 50 and just above red
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JaffaTB
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depends how i drive if i hammer it all over it goes down a lot faster lol
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Scotty C
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My misses 1.0 106 does around 100 miles to £20, so yeh that's about right for around town.
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corsa power
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so prob another 30 mile left then
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AlunJ
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I think I get about 150miles to £20
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bullock106xsi
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i use mine for work and short drives mainly and get about 130-140miles to 20 litres.
ps thats a 1600 corsa sport
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corsa power
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am only geting 15 litres for £20
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noshua
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I get about 100miles to £20 at roughly £1.30 a litre, 1.4 16v sport
[Edited on 27-01-2011 by noshua]
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pow
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Just for your comparison, I like to keep an eye on what cars use to see if there are any problems...
The KA does about 125 all town miles to £20 @ 128.9 - just over 15 litres
The corsa is currently doing between 65 and 70 miles to a tenner (nearly 8 litres) - take that you 1.2 8v haters!
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noshua
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That can't be right, there's no way you can do 65-70 miles in a 1.2 8v - they don't move unless they're at or above 4,000 RPM.
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corsa power
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i honestly think i got a fucked dials as temp gauge dont move and fuel gauge dont hardly move when put tenner in it one min lights on when stick tenner in then off then on hink might change dials r these easy to do
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noshua
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I've only ever seen my temp gauge move 3 or 4 times on a long run and sat in traffic.
£10 will hardly move the needle these days.
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corsa power
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yeah but few days ago it shot up to half then was way back down agian also when full beam is on the blue lighjt dont show on clocks yeah tenner dont last like i get 60 mile is this right
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harrisp
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A £10 wont even take my petrol light off  and I only get about 30 miles to that
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c20xecorsa
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Registered: 8th May 09
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quote:
Originally posted by bullock106xsi
i use mine for work and short drives mainly and get about 130-140miles to 20 litres.
ps thats a 1600 corsa sport
thats mint for the job you do ha ha
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