638miles from 1 tank! ..... (dci content)

[Dangerous_dave]

I just did a round trip to Newcastle on the weekend from Bracknell, just over 600 miles.

My GF bought me tickets to see NUFC play middlesborough, tyneside derby and all that,

2-0 to NUFC WOOP WOOP

Anyway,

I did the entire trip on 1 tank of fuel!!!
Well chuffed!

i stuck to the speed limit - and did 50 in the 50 zones - quite a few

i got 638 miles from a tank and the little diesel fuel light had not even come on!


638mile & used 50 litres approx = 58mpg average!

and this included sitting in 5mph crawling traffic for the last 10 miles of my journey which took about 3 hours, because of the mad snow on monday.



So If you ever thought about buying a clio 1.5dci van / car for frooglness, do it!

 

[Martin_172]

dci power i get that fuel economy plus 130bhp/190lb/ft

 

[Gorms]

WOW i dont believe it, you must be lying there is no way in hell..









That Newcastle won!!! :rasp:

Gorms

 

[.Ben.]

LOL

 

[Jaff]

no bad, i got near enough 700 miles out my c4, averaged 64.1mpg over the week, the remaps seemed to help the economy normal driving i get about 52-53.

 

[R20 CWH]

decent returns that - whats a tank costing £54 or so?

 

[Dangerous_dave]

decent returns that - whats a tank costing £54 or so?

about 50 usually... dont usually run it rite down

 

[S23]

Christ! I've never got that from mine...got 580 actually Very first tank in mine was 21mpg...I just liked the turbo kick. Haha. Glad to hear they do well on a run though

 

[Alastair.]

ive been looking for a dci clio, fed up with my golf, my last 55litres did me 300 miles of town driving.

 

[172Ben]

638 miles to 1 tank! FFS im in the wrong car

Might look into one as a run about

 

[El Marko]

YES.

did the exact same journey, basghot to newcastle and back to see the game!

we sat behind the goal underneath the smoggies, the c***s were ripping seats out and throwing them down...was mental

 

[Martin_172]

638 miles to 1 tank! FFS im in the wrong car

Might look into one as a run about

thats what i done then sold my 190bhp 172 and remaped the dci, granted its no where near as fast straight line but still massively capable and mega fun to drive with the sportlines on it, dont regret selling the 172!

 

[.GAZ.]

FFS! I put 60litres of ron95 in my 1.8 16v Vectra SRi, ive done 150 miles and used 40litres!!

Seriously gutted reading this thread lol!

Time to get rid!

 

[Martin_172]

gaz, get a dci!!

 

[DJRowlando]

i get 245 miles from a full tank lmao (ph2 172) bloody decat lol

 

[.GAZ.]

gaz, get a dci!!

Too small mate! My Clio days are over!

Mondy ST220 3.0 V6 next!

 

[Martin_172]

Too small mate! My Clio days are over!

Mondy ST220 3.0 V6 next!

much more economical than a 1.8 16v sri vectra LOL!!

 

[.GAZ.]

much more economical than a 1.8 16v sri vectra LOL!!

Cany be any worse mate! I only do 40-50 miles a week if i'm lucky, so no point in getting the 155 derv!

 

[Scrooge]

Dci's are brilliant 60mpg in mine feels faster than a sport just isnt lol I have more fun drivng my dci than when I borrowed a sport for a month.

 

[Dink]

dci power i get that fuel economy plus 130bhp/190lb/ft

gti power i get no fuel economy:dapprove: plus 230bhp 250lb/ft:approve:

 

[Martin_172]

dont get me wrong if i was going for a blast the 172 would be my car of choice but the thing about the dci is you still have genuine overtaking power and useable power from 30mph in 5th gear with no fuss like you have with the 172 when you need to use the full rev range (which is the attraction to the 172 its what makes it fun, but not every day especially in the winter when your just not in the mood)

 

[172Ben]

i get 245 miles from a full tank lmao (ph2 172) bloody decat lol

That's either fucked, or you drive everywhere flat out

 

[W17GLE]

over a 1000 mile journey my vectra averaged 57.6mpg not bad at all considering the weight and power. I could of done a lot better but driving sensibly is boring and the roads in scotland are too fun.

 

[Russ.]

All these mpg figures are putting my ST's 22mpg average so far to shame lol

 

[Mike_182]

That's either f**ked, or you drive everywhere flat out

One day I dream to get 200 miles out of my Vee.

 

[daydotz]

i get 57mpg out of mine pottering about impressive mpg ftw

 

[172Ben]

One day I dream to get 200 miles out of my Vee.

I get about 240 on ITB's. Around 24mpg average, and about 12mpg if I nail it.

Can't be right for a standard 3.0 to only do 200 miles per tank? Or do you drive toe down?

 

[stevo040880]

Only use my dci around the doors work and food shopping had it from new July 2004 and its only done 41000 drive it hard and i still get on average 44mpg about 450-500 per tank using vpower diesel :rasp:

 

[.GAZ.]

I think my Vectra is goosed lol, seems like im getting 17.5'ish mpg

 

[stevo040880]

I think my Vectra is goosed lol, seems like im getting 17.5'ish mpg

driving it way to hard lol