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TNM

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6th Jan 07 at 21:27

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?

Robin

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6th Jan 07 at 21:29

I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it

I fill my car up when it needs it.

Sam

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6th Jan 07 at 21:30

I write down every trip, start mileage, end, times, weather, passengers.

Pop

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6th Jan 07 at 21:31

it doesn't bother me

cunningham

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6th Jan 07 at 21:34

am not botherd either but if i was i would take the bus lol or get a deisel

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6th Jan 07 at 21:37

It sort of interests me. I am enjoying getting 450 miles to a tank

davcohen

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6th Jan 07 at 21:38

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]

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 21:46

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!!

Ste L

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6th Jan 07 at 21:47

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
I couldn't give a flying fcuk about it

I fill my car up when it needs it.

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 21:49

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

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 21:50

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

SetH

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6th Jan 07 at 22:02

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.

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 22:23

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.

davcohen

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6th Jan 07 at 22:25

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

Robin

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6th Jan 07 at 22:27

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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6th Jan 07 at 22:27

bothers me as i do alot of miles in the week, hence be buying a tdi

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 22:30

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!!

Robin

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6th Jan 07 at 22:31

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

rustyarchs

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6th Jan 07 at 22:33

my next cars hopefully a diesel if i ever find one i like

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 22:37

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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6th Jan 07 at 22:38

1.28v are shocking on fuel though

my wiesel is brillaint at evreything, baring going round a track id imagine

Colin

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6th Jan 07 at 22:39

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.

deano87

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6th Jan 07 at 22:41

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]

Warren G

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6th Jan 07 at 22:44

'MPG - What does it mean to you?'

Miles Per Gallon

sorry to lower the tone

rustyarchs

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6th Jan 07 at 22:47

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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