Exellent Fuel Economy Or What

[galaxytdi115]

hello every 1 ,just a short note on my fuel consumption ,i have an 04 1.9 tdi zetec,27,000 in good nick,

i filled up before i set off to disneyland paris in manchester using the "burping technique" and after 1,188 miles the fuel buzzer sounded on saturday morning whilst taking my daughter dancing,how chuffed am i!

[Guest wolfie]

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[adrianf.]

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Bloody low flying pigs will have my head of one of these days

[mumof4]

You mean this one???

 

[MadBaz]

I take it 500 of them miles was done on the back of a RAC wagon?

[Scorpiorefugee]

I think you should check your next credit card statement for a mystery entry of about 100 Euros from a filling station in the vicinity of Paris.

 

By my reckoning, You could just about manage this if you made the entire journey on tow while leaving the engine running to keep the brake servo active.

 

Mind, it would be nice and, at a steady 50mph on the level in 6th gear with a strong tail wind, 80/90 mpg is just about possible.

 

:ph34r: B) B)

[adrianf.]

Id be happy to get that out of TWO tanks

[tdi90]

:ph34r:

Our 1999 TDi 90 galaxy does 540 miles to a full tank of derv. Ya must be running it in 2nd gear and no throttle everywhere B) .

[sanjsanj]

hello every 1 ,just a short note on my fuel consumption ,i have an 04 1.9 tdi zetec,27,000 in good nick,

i filled up before i set off to disneyland paris in manchester using the "burping technique" and after 1,188 miles the fuel buzzer sounded on saturday morning whilst taking my daughter dancing,how chuffed am i!

whats the "burping technique", how many litres did you manage to get in and what was your driving technique?

[gregers]

Shirley that must be kilometers???????????

[El Dingo]

It was a 2.3 not a diesel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ha ha ah ah ahahhahahhhahahahahahhahahahahahahhah!!!!!!! ;)

[galaxytdi115]

there is alittle valve just inside the filler tank, when the pump trigger shuts off cos its full, depress the button and all the exeess air in the tank comes out thus you can then get more fuel in < in my case an extra tenner nearly. only do this though if after you have filled up you are gonna do a few miles first cos you will suffer overspill from ya tank,dunno howmany litres but it cost me 89 quid to fill er up, cos im gettin on a bit i drive frugally and smooth an cautious cos them french drivers r mad and suicidal!!!! ;)

[Triple Trouble]

"dnno how any litres but it cost me 89 quid"

 

Today is not April the first is it by any cahnce? ;),.

 

Now doing a quick bit of maths, assuming a price of 94p/l, I reckon that's almost 95 litres of Shell's finest pouring into a 70 litre tank!!

 

Someone somewhere is being economical with the truth me thinks ;)

[mumof4]

Um..diesel is on average around 97.9 p/l...can be more.some places are 98.9...

 

even so..that is 90 litres into a 70 litre tank!!..cant be right at all.

[Triple Trouble]

Um..diesel is on average around 97.9 p/l...can be more.some places are 98.9...

 

even so..that is 90 litres into a 70 litre tank!!..cant be right at all.

 

Blimey, you must live in the wrong part of the country, for diesel at least ;) Even the likes of BP/Shell are 'only' charging 93.9, and unleaded is now more expensive in some petrol stations!

[mumof4]

but we are agreed on one thing..it is over 90 litres he put in the tank!!..how is that possible?

[adrianf.]

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Its not possible

Put a 45 gallon drum in the boot fill it with derv and that should do the trick

Edited May 14, 2007 by adrianf

[tim-spam]

If we assume he bought the most expensive diesel and gets an extra tenner's worth by 'burping', that would mean around 80 litres in the tank (still a little doubtful, but let's continue anyway). The fuel light comes on with around 7 litres left, which would then equate to 1188 miles on 73 litres. This means he claims to have achieved around 74mpg - hmmmmm.

 

However, if the odometer is reading in km instead of miles, this would mean he achieved around 46mpg, which is quite likely for a gently driven TDI. Perhaps a quick session with VAGCOM to reset the odometer to miles is in order.....

[Smilge]

Tim ...I think you got it there matey ...... I was also wondering whether the odometer wasn't reset but your reason is more likely .....

[Triple Trouble]

Theonly downside to the thoughts above is that the mileage to EDP from Manchester is approximately 1150, and he stated that he did the whole trip on one tank full!! Miles or km that is still unlikely without serious mods to the tank! I stil think its April 1st :wacko:

[mumof4]

I think the most anyone has got out of one full tank, is just over 600 miles..no way can you get over a thousand out of one humongously full tank!..you would have to have a tank that was double the normal size.Even at a quid a litre..the most expensive....thats 89 litres.which would equate to maybe an extra 150/200 odd miles out of the tank??(maths isnt good this time in the morning.)..which still leaves it short nearly 388 miles at the most??..def summit not right here.

[tim-spam]

Well, just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, my brother-in-law has just achieved over 65mpg in his TDI....

[Smilge]

Yea and I can get 199 mpg from mine ..... that's what my trip computer tells me when I coast downhills .....

[mumof4]

But nearly 1190 miles to a tank??..

[Smilge]

Well it is all downhill to France ..... :wacko: