Fuel Consumption
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Fuel Consumption
Well chuffed - just shows you dont need to spend thousands on a new "green engined" car!!!
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Chairman
That's just over 25mpg - that's after a new engine and gearbox too - not happy about it to be honest - I was gonna post a topic about it
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I always thought it was about right but people I've spoken seem to think it should be more 30-35 - seems a bit unrealistic to me though!
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isnt the original book figure at 23 and 27mpg for town and runs - or have i made that up?
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Old Timer
23 mpg and you may seriously have a fuel leak. I had a rubber between the filler and the fuel tank perish and only noticed one day after I dropped my keys a faint drop. One drop every few seconds may not leave a puddle on the drive but would certainly kill the mpg.
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Old Timer
The Clipper automatic did do 34 - 36 (driving carefully), but seems to have dropped to 32 to 34 for some reason, plugs are perfect and it pulls like a rocket, only thing changed was the tyres !!!!
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2000 (Mar) Passat Sport Estate 1.9 TDI (ATJ) 5 speed automatic with Tiptronic - TUG 2 (Remap and cruise control by CCC)
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2000 (Mar) Passat Sport Estate 1.9 TDI (ATJ) 5 speed automatic with Tiptronic - TUG 2 (Remap and cruise control by CCC)
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1983 Golf 1.3 Driver:
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1983 Polo CL - daily
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1984 Golf G60 Syncro - sold
1989 Rallye Golf - sold
1992 Corrado G60 - crushed
1989 Polo C - chopped and crushed
1991 309 Style - crushed
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Old Timer
Does anybody know the official figures for a combined cycle, and range?
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Chairman
rossirvine said
oh and crazyfist - how the heck can you cram nearly ?50 worth of juice in!!?? I just about hit ?35 when its been running on fumes, and thats at tesco which is 112p ?
When I bought my cabby last year it used to cost me ?43 to fill up (I let it click twice) when petrol peaked a few weeks ago i got ?55 in.
It was @ tesco - 112p when I filled it up from deep in the red - because I had a new downpipe due to a holeand wanted to see if my MPG was improved.
It's always took that much, am I an oddity..?
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Also whilst we are on the subject - where exactly on the guage is empty? anybody ran out and found the hard way? I ask because my guage rests below the end of the red section when engine is off - by about 2-3 needles width, but when I brim it it sits just a little over 3/4 - so is my guage out, or is empty really the end of the red bit?
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rossirvine said
maybe cabbys have a different tanks to tin tops then?
Also whilst we are on the subject - where exactly on the guage is empty? anybody ran out and found the hard way? I ask because my guage rests below the end of the red section when engine is off - by about 2-3 needles width, but when I brim it it sits just a little over 3/4 - so is my guage out, or is empty really the end of the red bit?
When I bought the car it had no petrol in at all, it got me up the road and then died (this was just above where it stays when switched off) also the battery had died - so my first trip home was with the AA
Started as I meant to go on..
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tyeness said
Yeah but remember Cabrio tanks are a bit bigger than on the tin tops, so 250 miles out of a cabby isn't quite as good, though I suppose they are a lot heavier too…
This is why you can get ?50 in a tank…
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Kerb (unladen) weights (aprox):
Hatchback 800 - 840 kg
GTI Cabriolet 966 kg
Clipper 976 kg
Fuel tanks:
Hatchback - 10 gals (50 litre)
Cabriolet - 12 gals (60 litre)
…and don't forget the extra wind resistance of the Cabby, especially with the roof down…….
Owning a Mk1 cabby is a vertical learning curve…
1989 Mk1 Clipper 1.8 automatic - Sadly now up for sale - medical issues dictate)
1999 (Nov) Passat S Saloon 1.9 TDI (AFN) - TUG 1 (Remap by CCC ( - **** …..change pants !!) with cruise control
2000 (Mar) Passat Sport Estate 1.9 TDI (ATJ) 5 speed automatic with Tiptronic - TUG 2 (Remap and cruise control by CCC)
1989 Mk1 Clipper 1.8 automatic - Sadly now up for sale - medical issues dictate)
1999 (Nov) Passat S Saloon 1.9 TDI (AFN) - TUG 1 (Remap by CCC ( - **** …..change pants !!) with cruise control
2000 (Mar) Passat Sport Estate 1.9 TDI (ATJ) 5 speed automatic with Tiptronic - TUG 2 (Remap and cruise control by CCC)
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So much so i recently bought a nice littel Rivage, I havent driven this one as much to see yet. but I fileld the tank up in Essex and drove all teh way back home (about 210) miles and had just over a quarter of a tank.
Although this may not be accuarate as just the other day i have discovered a slight fuel leak.
Obviously a lot of it is down to the type of journey you are doing (long or short, up loads of hills, stuck i traffic etc), how you drive (do you have a heavy right foot) and condition of your motor.
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