Darkside-Dee
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that im only gettin 140 miles out of £20's worth of petrol at 86.9 ?
i drive a 1.2 8v aswell lol
[Edited on 06-02-2009 by Darkside-Dee]
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pow
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It depends what your driving.
In these shitty conditions, cos i'm start stopping, low speed (idle) driving, i'm drinking the juice.
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pow
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Then no, they are notoriously bad on fuel 
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Darkside-Dee
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forgot to put what im driving lol ive got it now!
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pow
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Neo on here used to manage 180-220 miles to a full tank - 35 litres - 28MPG at the best of times.
[Edited on 06-02-2009 by pow]
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Adge
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i get 120 miles to £20 in a 1.6 16v! so cant be right surely!
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Tom
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Is deano not online, pow's here, where's deano? I mean i'm actually confused.
When are you setting up MPG day ian?
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pow
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Sling your hook mate, he has a problem, hes asked for help.
I have experiance of his problem,I gave him the answer he wanted.
[Edited on 06-02-2009 by pow]
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Darkside-Dee
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cheers mate, its people like you who make this site good, and then you get the sarcastic tw@'s like tom who spoil the site!
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pow
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No problem!
I'd doa full service, all the filters, plugs (maybe even leads) and the oil, flush the coolant system out, check for any fault codes (paperclip test) and replace any sensors that need replacing (if the CTS is naff it'll overfuel) and get some injector cleaner in the tank 
The problem is mate, I'm obsessed with MPG.
Becuase I don't earn that much and don't want to spend every penny I earn on my car (I want to save for a house and buy myself clothes etc), it is a problem with a select few members for me to have an economical car.
[Edited on 06-02-2009 by pow]
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Nath
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I got 80 miles out of £10 in my Ibiza @ 86.9. Nae bad 
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Tom
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@ spoiling the site, pipe down and take a joke
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Sling your hook mate
Old skool insults FTW 
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pow
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Gets a bit boring hour in hour out.
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Darkside-Dee
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same here, im a student i get £30 a week ema, and i get £100 a semester for petrol, which obviously doesnt get used for fuel, so i try to get every last mile out of it.
the 140 miles is treating the car nice aswell, i seem to get more miles the more i push the car :S
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Nath
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Tom you sarcastic twat. Just do one already.
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
quote:
Originally posted by pow
Sling your hook mate
Old skool insults FTW
My Mum taught me that
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by Darkside-Dee
same here, im a student i get £30 a week ema, and i get £100 a semester for petrol, which obviously doesnt get used for fuel, so i try to get every last mile out of it.
the 140 miles is treating the car nice aswell, i seem to get more miles the more i push the car :S
I edited my post for some solutions. All the parts listed will be very cheap on Halfords trade.
£10 for 5 litres of oil
£4 Oil Filter
£5 Air Filter
£5 Fuel Filer
£6 Spark Plugs
£10 Leads?
£8 for some injector cleaner - but, tbh, SPI only has one injector. Prehaps find a local company that can clean it for cheap - cash in hand?
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saj_123
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As Pow said it really depends on the way you drive and the roads you drive on.
I get 200 miles for £20 petrol, that's on local roads, Although i drive a 1.0 Litre 12V Corsa.
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pow
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Saj you local lad, get into the SC forum 
1.0's are boss on fuel driven Grandma like
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Darkside-Dee
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i think im gonna treat the car to a service like, get all the seals, oil, filters, spark plugs etc change, i think the seals broke on something cos i asked a while back about a creamy substance around my oil cap and they sed check your water for oil ... which there is lol.
so i think it deserves a service!
cheers pow
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pow
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Water in Oil noramlly means headgasket 
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RichR
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@ 86.9p/l; using £20 worth of petrol means your using 23litres of fuel which is the equivalent of 5.06(UK)Gallons.
140/5.06 = 27.66mpg.
I used to get around 30mpg but that was normal driving (ie bit of foot down/bit of traffic/bit of not caring about mpg)
I'm now getting 42.6mpg average from a 150hp  Audi A3 1.8T
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Darkside-Dee
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nooo lol oil in water, something to do with seals i think.
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Darkside-Dee
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lol dont rub it in lee 
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