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James
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How many miles would you expect to get out of £10 of petrol in a Bravo 1.8 HLX driving around town?
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Phil Lee
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not much
i got 220 miles out of my hgt with about 120 of that on A-roads and motorway averaging 70mph. The tank was full and i filled it again with £40 last night. I haven't even been driving that hard either, so fuel economy is not my cars forte i'm afraid. i don't understand these people who claim 300miles for their hgts - what am i doing wrong?
i got 220 miles out of my hgt with about 120 of that on A-roads and motorway averaging 70mph. The tank was full and i filled it again with £40 last night. I haven't even been driving that hard either, so fuel economy is not my cars forte i'm afraid. i don't understand these people who claim 300miles for their hgts - what am i doing wrong?
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ryan
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dont understand....
I've found the 1.8 hlx really economical (for a sporty hatch)! I do a mixture of motorway and town driving and i'll easily do 450 miles on a tank, at the moment im on half and have done 260 miles. Don't know why the same cars vary so much on fuel consumption heard some people say they cant get more than 180 mile out of a tank in the hlx!!
later and goodluck
I've found the 1.8 hlx really economical (for a sporty hatch)! I do a mixture of motorway and town driving and i'll easily do 450 miles on a tank, at the moment im on half and have done 260 miles. Don't know why the same cars vary so much on fuel consumption heard some people say they cant get more than 180 mile out of a tank in the hlx!!
later and goodluck
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Simon
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320miles in my last tankfull
i had done 320miles when the low petrol red warning light came on. This was mostly on A roads (60-70mph)
When i do more in town(london traffic) driving i get around 280 miles.
When I fill up the tank from the red warning light, it takes about 45litres
My car is a 1.8hlx with 54K miles with a recent major service!( although my exhaust needs changing very soon) so hopefully a new exhaut will improve comsumption!
The strange thing is that, when the petrol indicator shows the tank is half full, i will have done around 200 miles, by the time i need to feel up i have only done around 300 miles!
I might consider a ecotek device to improve comsumption. Apparently is really works!
regards
Simon
i had done 320miles when the low petrol red warning light came on. This was mostly on A roads (60-70mph)
When i do more in town(london traffic) driving i get around 280 miles.
When I fill up the tank from the red warning light, it takes about 45litres
My car is a 1.8hlx with 54K miles with a recent major service!( although my exhaust needs changing very soon) so hopefully a new exhaut will improve comsumption!
The strange thing is that, when the petrol indicator shows the tank is half full, i will have done around 200 miles, by the time i need to feel up i have only done around 300 miles!
I might consider a ecotek device to improve comsumption. Apparently is really works!
regards
Simon
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Nigel
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HGT mpg
I am averaging about 20mpg after 3,000 miles in my 155 HGT. All my journeys are fairly long - 70 miles average - and a mixture of fast A roads (fosse way - roman road) and M40. In my 1.4sx I get about 24mpg. However in my Alfa 156 V6 I got about 15mpg on the same journeys. The best I had out the HGT was 26mpg on a 190 mile round trip up the M6 which I did after picking it up from the garage and it only had 10 mile son the clock so I was taking it relatively easily. However since then I only change gear when the revs hit the red.
I do reckon though that white dials would improve the mpg.......bugger..sorry...I didn't say that..
I am averaging about 20mpg after 3,000 miles in my 155 HGT. All my journeys are fairly long - 70 miles average - and a mixture of fast A roads (fosse way - roman road) and M40. In my 1.4sx I get about 24mpg. However in my Alfa 156 V6 I got about 15mpg on the same journeys. The best I had out the HGT was 26mpg on a 190 mile round trip up the M6 which I did after picking it up from the garage and it only had 10 mile son the clock so I was taking it relatively easily. However since then I only change gear when the revs hit the red.
I do reckon though that white dials would improve the mpg.......bugger..sorry...I didn't say that..
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Martin
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I get about 28-30ish from my 147Bhp HGT
That is a mixture of short motorway and round town. My missus is a bit lead footed, dropping down the gbox to overtake, whereas I use the torque and keep it in 5th for overtaking. Round town she very rarely gets out of 3rd but I can normally get into 5th at times, so a real mixture of driving.
I can get to about 280 before the orange light comes on. When I was driving it by myself I could get to 340 on a tankful if I was careful and didn't go over 90. but generally 300 miles is a good tankful.
That is a mixture of short motorway and round town. My missus is a bit lead footed, dropping down the gbox to overtake, whereas I use the torque and keep it in 5th for overtaking. Round town she very rarely gets out of 3rd but I can normally get into 5th at times, so a real mixture of driving.
I can get to about 280 before the orange light comes on. When I was driving it by myself I could get to 340 on a tankful if I was careful and didn't go over 90. but generally 300 miles is a good tankful.
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fab
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400 miles
dad can strech 400 (every last drop) out of a tankfull
from an hgt 147 bhp with 53.000 on the clock, mostly on a roads, travelling in 17 mile stints,he really is the king of economy though, with his short shift and free wheeling, see if any of u can better that!!
dad can strech 400 (every last drop) out of a tankfull
from an hgt 147 bhp with 53.000 on the clock, mostly on a roads, travelling in 17 mile stints,he really is the king of economy though, with his short shift and free wheeling, see if any of u can better that!!
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Phil Lee
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400!!
thats bloody unbelievable, there's something wrong - me or the car - i've got to find out!!!
thats bloody unbelievable, there's something wrong - me or the car - i've got to find out!!!
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Peter / NL
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Hmmm 300 - 320 miles when I drive like my grandpa...
Also a HGT 147bhp (1998) and 50000 km's (= 30.000 miles??), but 320 miles (535 km's) is the absolute max I can squeeze out of a full tank!!!!!!
Also a HGT 147bhp (1998) and 50000 km's (= 30.000 miles??), but 320 miles (535 km's) is the absolute max I can squeeze out of a full tank!!!!!!
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dogs bottom
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297 doing over 90
I got 20v marea 98 33.000 just got back from Devon the otherday did 50 miles around lanes and then the rest was on the moterway doing a steady 95mph but sometimes going upto 110 120 on a quiet strech, back and got 297 onto warning light.
I got 20v marea 98 33.000 just got back from Devon the otherday did 50 miles around lanes and then the rest was on the moterway doing a steady 95mph but sometimes going upto 110 120 on a quiet strech, back and got 297 onto warning light.
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John
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Punto HGT
Thought you might like to know(just for comparison) that my new Punto HGT only averages 25mpg. AND it's got one less cylinder! Because the fuel tank is smaller than my old Bravo I can literally see the needle move on the fuel guage as I drive. Boo Hoo!!
Thought you might like to know(just for comparison) that my new Punto HGT only averages 25mpg. AND it's got one less cylinder! Because the fuel tank is smaller than my old Bravo I can literally see the needle move on the fuel guage as I drive. Boo Hoo!!
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Nick
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Costs of using lots of fuel
Heres an alarming calculation.
Lets say you keep a car for 50,000 miles before selling it. Lets assume you get about 25mpg. Then over your 50,000 miles you use 2000gallons of fuel. Now lets assume its possible to get an extra 5 mpg by driving properly, tuning it properly, pumping the tyres up etc. This improves the fuel consumption by 20%, which is 400 gallons over the 50,000 miles. Assuming fuel is £3.50 a gallon this is a saving of £1400. If you do 20,000 miles a year this is £560 per year saving or £46 per month!
Now if you trade your 1.8 for a JTD (50mpg) and do the same calculation, you save 1000gallons which is the equivalent of £116 per month.
Now you can put that in perspective by looking at the size of your mortgage, and noticing that that is the equivalent of a 1.5% cut in the interest rate of a £100,000 mortgage.
Alternatively you could view it as an effective gross salary increase of £1800 p.a.
All this just by switching to a car that looks the same as your old one, but just does more miles to the gallon. The savings are even greater if the cost of fuel goes up. How likely is that?
Unless I have made a mistake, this is quite an eye-opener! Any comments?
Heres an alarming calculation.
Lets say you keep a car for 50,000 miles before selling it. Lets assume you get about 25mpg. Then over your 50,000 miles you use 2000gallons of fuel. Now lets assume its possible to get an extra 5 mpg by driving properly, tuning it properly, pumping the tyres up etc. This improves the fuel consumption by 20%, which is 400 gallons over the 50,000 miles. Assuming fuel is £3.50 a gallon this is a saving of £1400. If you do 20,000 miles a year this is £560 per year saving or £46 per month!
Now if you trade your 1.8 for a JTD (50mpg) and do the same calculation, you save 1000gallons which is the equivalent of £116 per month.
Now you can put that in perspective by looking at the size of your mortgage, and noticing that that is the equivalent of a 1.5% cut in the interest rate of a £100,000 mortgage.
Alternatively you could view it as an effective gross salary increase of £1800 p.a.
All this just by switching to a car that looks the same as your old one, but just does more miles to the gallon. The savings are even greater if the cost of fuel goes up. How likely is that?
Unless I have made a mistake, this is quite an eye-opener! Any comments?
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fab
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come and see the freaky hgt 400 miles between fills>>
i was speaking to my dad last nite about it actually,he has just covered 120 miles on 1/4 tank, obviously there is more than 1/4 in the first 1/4 if you include the pipe but youll have to see it to beleive.im inheriting soon so im pretty chuffed to hear this to be honest , although i am rather more of a lead foot everywhere
have fun trying to match theses figures
i was speaking to my dad last nite about it actually,he has just covered 120 miles on 1/4 tank, obviously there is more than 1/4 in the first 1/4 if you include the pipe but youll have to see it to beleive.im inheriting soon so im pretty chuffed to hear this to be honest , although i am rather more of a lead foot everywhere
have fun trying to match theses figures
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luciano fiatto
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Try this
Look down towards the floor (in between the driver and passenger seat), you should see a kind of stick thingy.
Wiggle it about a bit until you can hear loads of grinding noises, then pull back hard and let go. With any luck you should get it out of what we in the trade call 'first gear'. If successful, you will find that your MPG's improve.
Look down towards the floor (in between the driver and passenger seat), you should see a kind of stick thingy.
Wiggle it about a bit until you can hear loads of grinding noises, then pull back hard and let go. With any luck you should get it out of what we in the trade call 'first gear'. If successful, you will find that your MPG's improve.
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John Doe
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Use the engine's torque
If you drive so that the engine is at near maximum torque you will find that you use smaller throttle openings and hence less fuel. It means sometimes driving in a lower gear than usual around town but it works. Leave 5th gear for the flat motorways and use 3rd and 4th around town and on A roads.
If you drive so that the engine is at near maximum torque you will find that you use smaller throttle openings and hence less fuel. It means sometimes driving in a lower gear than usual around town but it works. Leave 5th gear for the flat motorways and use 3rd and 4th around town and on A roads.
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Simon
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Where is max torque
I have a 1.8 hlx
So wen is it best to change gears for max torque to get better mpg?
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I have a 1.8 hlx
So wen is it best to change gears for max torque to get better mpg?
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bruce from winchester
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ecotek and economy
There's no doubt that Ecotek works. I tested one for Volkswagen Driver magazine in a Golf GL (1800 carburettor) and I reckoned about 5% gain, plus generally smoother throttle response and more torque. I'd love to fit one to my Brava, but can't (or don't choose to) as the car is still under warranty. Besides I'd like to establish a reference datum of fuel consumption in standard trim before I start adding things like Ecotek, K&N air filter, etc.
There's no doubt that Ecotek works. I tested one for Volkswagen Driver magazine in a Golf GL (1800 carburettor) and I reckoned about 5% gain, plus generally smoother throttle response and more torque. I'd love to fit one to my Brava, but can't (or don't choose to) as the car is still under warranty. Besides I'd like to establish a reference datum of fuel consumption in standard trim before I start adding things like Ecotek, K&N air filter, etc.
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John Doe
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Torque
Around 4400 rpm for the 1.8 engine. Just try driving in a gear lower than you normally would around town and be gentle on the accelerator. Using both together correctly is the key. Let us know how you get on .
Cheers
Around 4400 rpm for the 1.8 engine. Just try driving in a gear lower than you normally would around town and be gentle on the accelerator. Using both together correctly is the key. Let us know how you get on .
Cheers